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Elise Schmit

b. 1982

Luxembourg writer

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Born 1982. Elise Schmit is a Luxembourgish literary critic and writer.

Elise Schmit (born 1982) is a Luxembourgish writer and literary critic who writes mainly in German. She has won many awards including the 2019 Prix Servais for Stürze aus unterschiedlichen Fallhöhen, a collection of short stories, which was judged to be the most significant literary work published in Luxembourg in 2018. Schmit has received many awards in Luxembourg, including the first prize for the Concours littéraire national in 2010 and 2012, as well as third prize in 2017; and the Prix Servais in 2019.

Biography Born in Luxembourg City, Luxembourg on 4 February 1982, Schmit studied German philology and philosophy at the University of Tübingen from 2001 to 2007. She has lived and worked in Luxembourg since 2012.

Awards Schmit has received many awards in Luxembourg, including the first prize for the Concours littéraire national in 2010, for Brachland. Roman and in 2012, for Im Zug. In 2017, Schmit was awarded third prize in the Concours littéraire national in the adult authors section, for Stürze aus unterschiedlichen Fallhöhen.

Schmit won the Prix Servais in 2019.

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University of Tübingen
Awards
Servais Prize

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Who is Elise Schmit?

Luxembourg writer

When was Elise Schmit born?

Elise Schmit was born on 4 February 1982.

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Elise Schmit is a literary critic and writer.

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Elise Schmit is Luxembourgish.

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· Wikipedia: Elise Schmit

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