Heike Geißler
German author
Heike Geißler (born 5 April 1977) is a German author. She is a recipient of the Alfred Döblin Prize and the Heinrich-Böll-Preis.
Life
Heike Geißler was born in Riesa, Bezirk Dresden, East Germany, on 5 April 1977. She grew up in Riesa and Karl-Marx-Stadt/Chemnitz. In 2001, she received the "Förderpreis" (sponsorship award) of the Alfred Döblin Prize for her novel Rosa, which was published the following year. Her novel Saisonarbeit (2014) was published as Seasonal Associate by Semiotext(e) in English translation by Katy Derbyshire in 2018 to critical acclaim.
She lives in Leipzig.
Awards (selection)
2001: Alfred Döblin Prize (Förderpreis)
2025: Klopstock-Preis "for her overall literary achievement"
2025: Heinrich-Böll-Preis
2025: Bayerischer Buchpreis (de), non-fiction category, for her essay Verzweiflungen
Publications (selection)
Rosa. Roman. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart/München 2002, ISBN 3-421-05605-6.
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