Sibylle Berg | |
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 Official portrait, 2024 | |
| Member of the European Parliament for Germany | |
| Assumed office 16 July 2024 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 June 1962 Weimar, East Germany |
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| Political party | Die PARTEI |
| Alma mater | University of Hamburg |
| Writing career | |
| Language | German |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
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| Notable awards | |
| Website | |
| www.sibylleberg.com | |
Sibylle Berg (born 2 June 1962) is a German-Swiss contemporary author and playwright. They write novels, essays, short fiction, plays, radio plays, and columns. And as of 2024 a member of the European Parliament. Their 17 books have been translated into 30 languages.[1] They have won numerous awards, including the Thüringer Literaturpreis, the Bertolt-Brecht-Literaturpreis, and the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis. They have become an iconic figure in German alternative sub-cultures, gaining a large fan base among the LGBT community and the European artistic communities.[citation needed] They live in Switzerland and Israel.[2] Their 2019 work GRM. Brainfuck, a science fiction novel set in a dystopian near future[3][4] won the Swiss Book Prize and was noticed by The Washington Post,[5] and reached fourth place on the Spiegel Bestseller list, with the sequel, RCE, entering the list as highest entry of the week at place 14.[6] On 1 March 2023 Berg was invited as special guest to open the high-profile Elevate Festival in Graz. [7]
- ^ "rowohlt-Theaterverlag :: Berg, Sibylle". rowohlt-Theaterverlag (in German). Retrieved 18 July 2020.
- ^ "Attentat in Tel Aviv: Wir alle, die nicht morden, sind betroffen". Die Welt. 1 January 2016 – via welt.de.
- ^ "Book Review: Grime by Sibylle Berg". www.publishersweekly.com. 14 September 2022. Retrieved 17 October 2022.
- ^ Oltermann, Philip (30 June 2019). "German sci-fi fans lap up dystopian tales of Brexit Britain". The Observer – via www.theguardian.com.
- ^ "the washington post :: Berg, Sibylle". Washington Post. Retrieved 16 October 2023.
- ^ "Roman von Sibylle Berg ist höchster Neueinsteiger". buchreport (in German). 12 May 2022. Retrieved 25 October 2022.
- ^ "Eröffnung des Elevate-Festivals durch Sibylle Berg". ORF (in German). 1 March 2023. Retrieved 1 March 2023.