German Büchner Prize winner Elke Erb dies at the age of 85

2024-01-23 11:42:32

The Büchner Prize winner Elke Erb is dead. The poet died on Monday evening in Berlin at the age of 85, as a spokeswoman for Suhrkamp Verlag said on Tuesday, citing Erb’s environment. The writer was born in Scherbach in the Eifel in 1938. Most recently she lived in Berlin. In 2020, Erb was honored with the Georg Büchner Prize, which is considered the most important literary award in Germany.

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