Reinhard Jirgl

Reinhard Jirgl (born 16 January 1953 in East Berlin) is a German writer.

Biography Jirgl was born in Berlin-Friedrichshain. He became a skilled worker for electromechanics. Then he completed a degree in electronics at Humboldt University, Berlin. He worked as a lighting and service technician at the Volksbühne in Berlin. In 2010 he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize by the German Academy for Language and Literature. His 2013 novel Nichts von euch auf Erden was shortlisted for the German Book Prize.

At the beginning of 2017, Jirgl withdrew completely from the public.

Awards

1991: Anna Seghers-Preis 1994: Marburg Literatur Prize 2003: Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis, 2009: Grimmelshausen-Preis for Die Stille 2010: Georg-Büchner-Preis 2011: Sudetendeutscher Kulturpreis

Scholarships 1994: Scholarship in Künstlerdorf Schöppingen 1995: Scholarship of the Berliner Kultursenat Land und Beute. Aufsätze aus den Jahren 1996 bis 2006. Edition Akzente, Hanser, Munich 2008. Die Stille. Roman. Hanser, Munich 2009. Nichts von euch auf Erden. Hanser, Munich 2013. Oben das Feuer, unten der Berg. Hanser, Munich 2016.