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Sibylle Berg was born in Weimar, lived with a foster family in Israel, Germany and other countries that no longer exist and has Swiss and German citizenship. Until she decided to write books, she studied in Hamburg, was active in judo, kung fu and GST diving, can milk, drive a tractor and speaks a few foreign languages moderately well. Sibylle Berg has no hobbies, does not believe in systems and principles, never drinks on principle, doesn't take drugs, doesn't eat meat and has no hobbies. She is an active privacy advocate and says: “Privacy is called privacy because it is private. To date, she has published 32 plays, 17 novels, numerous anthologies and radio plays. Her works have been translated into 34 languages. For her novel “GRM - Brainfuck”, Sibylle Berg was awarded the Swiss Book Prize, among others. In 2020, she received the Grand Prix Literature, Switzerland's highest award for literary creation, for her work.

Awards

2008 - Wolfgang Koeppen Prize
2009 - Invitation to the Mühlheimer Theatertage
2010 - Culture Prize of the Canton of Zurich
2010 - Long List German Book Prize
2012 - Nomination Swiss Book Prize (2012)
2012 - Culture Prize of the City of Zurich
2014 - Es sagt mir nichts. Best play of the year elected by "Theater Heute"
2016 - Friedrich Luft Prize for the play "Und dann kam Mirna"
2016 - Radio play award of the war-blind for "Und jetzt: Die Welt"
2016 - Audience Award of the Mülheim Festival "Stücke - 2016" for "Und dann kam Mirna"
2016 - Else-Lasker-Schüler Drama Prize
2019 - Kassler literature prize for grotesque humor
2019 - Thuringian Literature Prize
2019 - Nestroy Theater Prize
2019 - Swiss Book Prize for the novel "GRM - Brainfuck"
2020 - Grand Prix Literature
2020 - Berthold Brecht Prize
2020 - Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis
2021 - "Play of the Year" in Theater heute's critics poll: And surely the world has disappeared with me
2022- Dreitannen Literaturpreis