Background
Matthias Nawrat was born in Opole in Poland.
Matthias Nawrat was born in Opole in Poland.
From 2000 to 2007, he studied Biology at Heidelberg and Freiburg im Breisgau. Beginning in 2009 he studied at the Swiss Literature Institute in Biel/Bienne.
He moved with his family in 1989 to Bamberg. His debut novel, Wir zwei allein was published in 2012 by Nagel & Kimche. He lives in Berlin.
MDR-Literaturpreis 2011 Silberschweinpreis der Literature.Cologne 2012 Aufenthaltsstipendium am Literarischen Colloquium Berlin (LCB) 2012 Literaturpreis des Kantons Bern 2012 Kelag-Preis beim Ingeborg-Bachmann-Preis 2012 Heinrich-Heine-Stipendium Lüneburg 2013 Förderpreis des Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Preis 2013 2014 Longlist beim Deutschen Buchpreis mit Unternehmer.
