This year, the Wolfgang Koeppen Prize for Literature of the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald is awarded to the author, musician and performance artist Madame
On 23 June 2024, the birthday of Wolfgang Koeppen, the Lord Mayor of the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald, Dr. Stefan Fassbinder, will present the Wolfgang Koeppen Prize to Madame Nielsen. The award ceremony will take place on Sunday evening in the birthplace of the writer and honorary citizen of Greifswald at the Vorpommern Literature Center in Greifswald, Bahnhofstraße 4-5. The laudatory speech will be given by Christian Kracht.
Christian Kracht on Madame Nielsen: "Madame Nielsen continues the themes of literary modernism: aestheticism, decadence, anti-art, Art Nouveau ("The Endless Summer"), the big city ("The Monster"), neo-romanticism ("Lamento"), but also the human being in the big city in an outstanding literary way. Madame Nielsen challenges people in a unique way."
About the prizewinner
Madame Nielsen is an author, singer, artist and worldwide performer. Her novels have won numerous awards and she has been nominated several times for the Nordic Council Prize. Her novel "The Endless Summer" was published in German in 2017 and was a great success. Madame Nielsen writes in German and Danish. Original texts are published in both languages. She lives in both countries
