Nora Bossong

Nora Bossong (born 9 January 1982) is a German poet and writer. She lives in Berlin.

Career Bossong studied literature at the German Institute for Literature, as well as cultural studies, philosophy and comparative literature at the Humboldt University of Berlin, the University of Potsdam, and the Sapienza University of Rome. She was a 2001 Fellow of the first Wolfenbüttel literature laboratory.

Bossong's poetry and prose have been published in individual newspapers, anthologies and literary journals. In 2006, she published her debut novel. In 2022, she published a non-fiction book about her generation, Die Geschmeidigen: Meine Generation und der neue Ernst des Lebens (The Smooth Ones: My generation and life's new seriousness).

An advocate for democracy, peace and human rights, Bossong was also a member of the presidium of the PEN Centre Germany for two years. 2019 – Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis for Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung 2020 – Thomas Mann Prize 2020 – Joseph-Breitbach-Preis

Publications

Gegend: Roman (Area), novel, Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2006. Reglose Jagd: Gedichte (Motionless hunting), poems. Location (audio CD), Munich-Spring-Verlag, München 2009. Webers Protokoll (Weber's protocol), novel, Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, 2009. Sommer vor den Mauern: Gedichte (Summer before the walls), poetry, Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich 2011. Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung (Limited liability company), novel, Hanser, Munich 2012. 36,9°. novel, Hanser, Munich 2015. Rotlicht. Reportage. Hanser, Munich 2017. Kreuzzug mit Hund. poems, Suhrkamp, Berlin 2018. Schutzzone. novel, Suhrkamp, Berlin 2019. Auch morgen. Politische Texte. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2021. Die Geschmeidigen: Meine Generation und der neue Ernst des Lebens. Ullstein, Berlin 2022. Reichskanzlerplatz. novel, Suhrkamp, Berlin 2024.