Katja Oskamp

Oskamp was born 20 February 1970 in Leipzig, Germany and grew up in Berlin. She studied theatre at the Theaterhochschule Leipzig (1989–1991) and literature at the German Institute for Literature (1999–2002). Oskamp lives in Berlin. == Career ==

Oskamp began her career working as a playwright at the Volkstheater Rostock. In 2007, she published her first novel, Die Staubfängerin, which won her the Anna Seghers Prize. In 2019, Oskamp published Marzahn, Mon Amour, a novel about the elderly citizens of Berlin, based on the author's own observations as a practising chiropodist in the Marzahn district, after deciding to change her career. It was her first work to be translated into English. == Awards ==