Nora Bossong (born 9 January 1982) is a German poet and writer. She lives in Berlin.
Career Bossong studied literature at the German Institute for Literature, as well as cultural studies, philosophy and comparative literature at the Humboldt University of Berlin, the University of Potsdam, and the Sapienza University of Rome. She was a 2001 Fellow of the first Wolfenbüttel literature laboratory.
Bossong's poetry and prose have been published in individual newspapers, anthologies and literary journals. In 2006, she published her debut novel. In 2022, she published a non-fiction book about her generation, Die Geschmeidigen: Meine Generation und der neue Ernst des Lebens (The Smooth Ones: My generation and life's new seriousness).Christine Lehnen (4 March 2022), Author Nora Bossong on Germany's new generation of politicians Deutsche Welle.
An advocate for democracy, peace and human rights, Bossong was also a member of the presidium of the PEN Centre Germany for two years.
Awards (selection)
2001 – Young Authors meeting winner 2001 – Bremer Author scholarship 2003 – Klagenfurt Literature Course 2004 – Leipzig Literature Scholarship 2005 – prose fellowship from the Jürgen Ponto Foundation 2007 – Wolfgang Weyrauch Prize 2007 – Berlin Senate Scholarship 2008 – New York Fellowship in the German House 2010 – Scholarship from the Heinrich-Heine House of Lüneburg 2011 – Berliner Kunstpreis, the Academy of Arts Berlin 2012 – Peter Huchel Prize for Sommer vor den Mauern 2017 – Roswitha PrizeKonstantin Mennecke (14 November 2016), Roswitha-Preis: Berlinerin Nora Bossong wird 2017 ausgezeichnet Hessische/Niedersächsische Allgemeine. 2019 – Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis for Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung 2020 – Thomas Mann PrizeNora Bossong mit Thomas-Mann-Preis 2020 ausgezeichnet Süddeutsche Zeitung, 6 June 2021. 2020 – Joseph-Breitbach-Preis
Publications
Gegend: Roman (Area), novel, Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2006, . Reglose Jagd: Gedichte (Motionless hunting), poems, . Location (audio CD), Munich-Spring-Verlag, München 2009. Webers Protokoll (Weber's protocol), novel, Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2009, . Sommer vor den Mauern: Gedichte (Summer before the walls), poetry, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2011, . Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (Limited liability company), novel, Hanser, Munich 2012, . 36,9°. novel, Hanser, Munich 2015, . Rotlicht. Reportage. Hanser, Munich 2017, . Kreuzzug mit Hund. poems, Suhrkamp, Berlin 2018, . Schutzzone. novel, Suhrkamp, Berlin 2019, . Auch morgen. Politische Texte. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2021, . Die Geschmeidigen: Meine Generation und der neue Ernst des Lebens. Ullstein, Berlin 2022, . Reichskanzlerplatz. novel, Suhrkamp, Berlin 2024, .
References
External links "10 Fragen an", Goethe Institut, Juli 2011