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Jenny Erpenbeck

Born

in East Berlin, Germany

March 12, 1967

Genre

Literature & Fiction, Historical Fiction, Short Stories

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Edgar Lee Masters, Robert Walser, Friedrich Hoelderlin, Homer, Heiner ...more

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Jenny Erpenbeck (born 12 March 1967 in East Berlin) is a German director and writer.

Jenny Erpenbeck is the daughter of the physicist, philosopher and writer John Erpenbeck and the Arabic translator Doris Kilias. Her grandparents are the authors Fritz Erpenbeck and Hedda Zinner. In Berlin she attended an Advanced High School, where she graduated in 1985. She then completed a two-year apprenticeship as a bookbinder before working at several theaters as props and wardrobe supervisor.

From 1988 to 1990 Erpenbeck studied theatre at the Humboldt University of Berlin. In 1990 she changed her studies to Music Theater Director (studying with, among others, Ruth Berghaus, Heiner Müller and Peter Konwitschny) at the Hanns Eisler Music Conservatory. Aft ...more

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	Kairos 3.35 avg rating — 25,756 ratings — published 2021 — 48 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Go, Went, Gone by Jenny Erpenbeck, Susan Bernofsky (Translator) 3.96 avg rating — 10,509 ratings — published 2015 — 49 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Visitation by Jenny Erpenbeck, Susan Bernofsky (Translator) 3.49 avg rating — 7,308 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The End of Days 3.76 avg rating — 5,129 ratings — published 2012	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Book of Words by Jenny Erpenbeck, Susan Bernofsky (Translator) 3.64 avg rating — 539 ratings — published 2004 — 17 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Geschichte vom alten Kind 3.34 avg rating — 566 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Not a Novel: A Memoir in Pieces by Jenny Erpenbeck, Kurt Beals (Translator) 3.94 avg rating — 437 ratings — published 2018 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Things That Disappear: Reflections and Memories by Jenny Erpenbeck, Kurt Beals (translator) 3.87 avg rating — 325 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Old Child and Other Stories by Jenny Erpenbeck, Susan Bernofsky (Translator) 3.64 avg rating — 211 ratings — published 1999	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Σκύβαλα by Jenny Erpenbeck, Αλέξανδρος Κυπριώτης (Goodreads Author) (Translator) 4.01 avg rating — 147 ratings — published 2001 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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