Education
He studied classical philology at the University of Jena for five years, and, until German reunification, was an assistant director (dramatic arts advisor) at the State Theatre in Altenburg 45 km south of Leipzig for two years.
He studied classical philology at the University of Jena for five years, and, until German reunification, was an assistant director (dramatic arts advisor) at the State Theatre in Altenburg 45 km south of Leipzig for two years.
After sleeping through the events of the night of November 9, 1989, Schulze started a newspaper with friends. He was encouraged to write. Schulze spent six months in Street St. Petersburg which became the basis for his debut collection of short stories 33 Moments of Happiness (1995).
He has been living in Berlin since the mid-1990s.
In 2013 he was awarded the Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis.
Sächsische Akademie der Künste. Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. Akademie der Künste Berlin.