Education
Starting in 1975, Ulrich Peltzer studied philosophy and social psychology in Berlin. He graduated as a psychologist in 1982.
Starting in 1975, Ulrich Peltzer studied philosophy and social psychology in Berlin. He graduated as a psychologist in 1982.
Since then he has been working as a full-time author He has written five novels. Four of them deal with his experiences in Berlin, but one takes place in New York (Bryant Park).
Peltzer usually rejects conventional, realistic descriptions of reality.
Instead, his characters are depicted through a stream-of-consciousness technique. Ulrich Peltzer lives in Berlin.
Ulrich Peltzer has received several awards:
2009/2010 Stadtschreiber von Bergen
2003 Bremer Literaturpreis
2001 Niederrheinischer Literaturpreis of the city of Krefeld
2000 Preis der SWR-Bestenliste
1997 Anna-Seghers-Preis
1996 Berliner Literaturpreis of the Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung
Ich setze mich einfach hin und fange an (I simply sit down and start) – Interview, in: BELLA triste Near
Akademie der Künste Berlin. Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung.