Kathrin Passig
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Deggendorf, West Germany (now Germany)
Kathrin Passig | |
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.jpg) Passig in 2016 | |
| Born | 4 June 1970 Deggendorf, West Germany (now Germany) |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Period | Late 20th – early 21st century |
| Genre | Non-fiction books, short story |
| Notable works | You Are Here (2006), Lexikon des Unwissens (2007) |
| Notable awards | Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2006 |
Kathrin Passig (born 4 June 1970) is a German author.
Passig was born in 1970[1] in Deggendorf, a small town in Lower Bavaria. She is editor and programmer of the blog "Riesenmaschine"[2][3] which received the Grimme Online Award 2006, awarded by the renowned Adolf-Grimme-Institut. The same year, her short story "Sie befinden sich hier" ("You are here") got her the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize.[4] One of her most successful books is "Lexikon des Unwissens – Worauf es bisher keine Antwort gibt" ("Encyclopedia of Ignorance – Everything we don't know so far") published by Rowohlt in 2007.[5]
She also works as a translator, among her translations are works by William Leonard Marshall, Bob Dylan, Jacob Weisberg, and Harlan Coben.
