Kathrin Schmidt , born in Gotha in 1958, has worked as a psychologist, editor and social scientist. She has received numerous awards for her literary work, including the 1993 Leonce and Lena Prize and the Christine Lavant Prize and the German Book Prize for her novel Du stirbst nicht (“You’re Not Going to Die”). Other works by her include the novel Die Gunnar-Lennefsen-Expedition, the collection of poems Blinde Bienen. Gedichte (“Blind Bees”), the short story collection Fitino. Schwamm drüber (“Let Bygones be Bygones”) and the novel Kapoks Schwestern (“Kapoks Sisters”).
Rights to her books have been sold to Belarus, Czech Republic, Egypt, Estonia, Finland, France, Greece, Israel, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Romania, Spain.
