Awards (selected)

• Debut of the year 2019 by Literaturwerk Rheinland-Pfalz-Saar and the Schriftstellerverband Saarland (VS)
• Robert Gernhardt-Preis (2017), awarded by Hessisches Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst und der Wirtschafts- und Infrastrukturbank Hessen
• Martha-Saalfeld-Förderpreis of Rheinland-Pfalz (2016)
• Inaugural Goethe Institute New Zealand's/German Foreign Office's Writer in Residence (2014)
• Stadtschreiberstipendium (writer in residence) at the European Cultural Capital Pécs, Hungary (2010)
• writer in residence of the the German Academic Exchange Program (DAAD) in Liverpool & Lancaster, UK (2009)
• Alfred-Döblin-Stipendium by the Academy of the Arts, Berlin (2008)
• Bordeaux-Stipendium des Hessischen Literaturrats (2008)
• Stipendium der Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung (2007)
• Residency at Hald Hovedgaard, Viborg/Denmark; appointed by the Baltic Ring (2007)
• Gerhard-Beier-Award (2006)
• Bavarian State Prize for Literary Newcomers (2000)
• Script Award from the Bavarian Theatre Academy (2000)
• 1st prize in the Allegra short story competition (2000)
• Residency at the Villa Aurora in Los Angeles (2005) and at the Villa Serpentara in Olevano Romano, Italy (2006)