Barbara Honigmann was born in 1949 in East Berlin, where her parents had returned from exile. At present, she lives in Strasbourg in France. She was a dramatist and theatre director, and has been a full-time writer and artist since 1975. Her work has won numerous awards, including the prestigious Kleist Prize in 2000. Previously published by Hanser: Damals, dann und danach (1999), Alles, alles Liebe! (2000), Ein Kapitel aus meinem Leben (2004), Das Gesicht wiederfinden (2007), Das überirdische Licht. Rückkehr nach New York (2008) and Chronik meiner Straße (2015)