Ursula Krechel

Ursula Krechel is a German writer and poet.

Biography

Krechel was born on 4 December 1947, in Trier. From 1966 to 1972, she studied German studies, theatre, and art history at the University of Cologne. From 1969 to 1972, she worked as a dramaturge in Dortmund. After 1978, she lived in Frankfurt on Main for many years and since 2000 has lived and worked in Berlin as a writer, focusing on Lyric poetry, but also writing prose, drama, and radio drama.
In 2012 Krechel won the German Book Prize for her hybrid novel Landgericht, subsequently published as an audiobook in 2014. German public service broadcaster ZDF aired a film version in 2017.
Ursula Krechel is a member of Akademie der Künste and the German Academy for Language and Literature. The Akademie der Künste holds the Ursula Krechel archive, which includes her publications, documents, manuscripts and correspondence. She is Vice-President of the Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz. In 2020, Krechel became the Honorary President of the PEN Centre Germany.
In 2025 she won the prestigious German literature award Georg Büchner Prize.

List obtained from Literatur Port.