Katja Lange-Müller

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Katja Lange-Müller (born 13 February 1951) is a German writer living in Berlin.^[1] Her works include several short stories and novellas, radio dramas, and dramatic works.

The daughter of Inge Lange, an East German party functionary, Katja Lange-Müller was born in Berlin-Lichtenberg.^[2][3] She was expelled from school at the age of 17 for "unsocialist" behavior.^[2] From an early age, she and her circle of friends were carefully watched by the Stasi.^[4] Prevented from attending college, she first learned to be a typesetter, and later worked as a nurse in a psychiatric clinic.^[4] At the age of 28, she was accepted to the "Johannes R. Becher" Literature Institute in Leipzig, marking the beginning of her career as a writer.^[5][6]

• Lange-Müller, Katja (1986). Wehleid—wie im Leben : Erzählungen (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer. ISBN 3-596-22347-4. OCLC 15255045.
• —— (1988). Kasper Mauser, die Feigheit vorm Freund : Erzählung (in German). Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch. ISBN 3-462-01895-7. OCLC 18238922.
• —— (2009). Verfrühte Tierliebe (in German). Frankfurt, M. ISBN 978-3-596-18164-3. OCLC 318642371.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• —— (1997). Bahnhof Berlin. München: Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-423-08392-1. OCLC 38075373.
• —— (2000). Die Letzten : Aufzeichnungen aus Udo Posbichs Druckerei (in German). Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch. ISBN 3-462-02929-0. OCLC 45284971.
• ——; Henze, Volker; Scheib, Hans (1999). Stille Post : Volker Henze, sechzehn Bilder : Hans Scheib, sechzehn Figuren ; Kunsthalle Vierseithof in Luckenwalde, Okt./Nov. 1999 ; Leonhardi-Museum, Dresden, März/April 2001 (in German). Schwetzingen: Ed. Rothes Haus. ISBN 3-933495-05-9. OCLC 163821545.
• —— (2002). Vom Fisch bespuckt : neue Erzählungen von 37 deutschsprachigen Autorinnen und Autoren (in German). Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch. ISBN 3-462-03073-6. OCLC 50418111.
• ——; Jörg, Ingrid (2002). Der süsse Käfer und der saure Käfer (in German). [Berlin]: Berliner Handpresse. OCLC 828869240.
• Maron, Jonas; Lange-Müller, Katja; Maron, Monika (2002). Was weiss die Katze vom Sonntag? : Fotografien (in German). Berlin: Nicolai. ISBN 3-87584-193-X. OCLC 50052966.
• Lange-Müller, Katja (2006). Die Enten, die Frauen und die Wahrheit Erzählungen und Miniaturen (in German). Frankfurt am Main. ISBN 978-3-596-15624-5. OCLC 181456979.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• —— (2007). Böse Schafe : Roman (in German). Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch. ISBN 978-3-462-03914-6. OCLC 166334136.
• —— (2016). Drehtür Roman (in German). Köln: Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch. ISBN 978-3-462-04934-3. OCLC 950026786.

• Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, 1986^[7]
• Alfred Döblin Prize, 1995^[4]
• Berlin Literature Prize [de], 1996^[8]
• Preis der SWR-Bestenliste, 2001^[8]
• Mainzer Stadtschreiber of the city Mainz and the television station ZDF, 2002^[8]
• Roswitha Prize of the city Bad Gandersheim, 2002^[8]
• Kassel Literary Prize, 2005^[9]
• Kleist Prize, 2013^[10]

• 2000 Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, Darmstadt^[11][8]
• 2002 Academy of Arts, Berlin^[8]
• 2022 PEN Berlin [de]^[8]