Jenny Erpenbeck

Jenny Erpenbeck is an acclaimed German author and the winner of the 2024 International Booker Prize for her novel, Kairos. Born in East Berlin, Erpenbeck is the author of works of fiction including Wörterbuch, published in English as The Book of Words; Geschichte vom alten Kind, published in English as The Old Child; Heimsuchung, published in English as Visitation; and the nonfiction collection Kein Roman, published in English as Not a Novel. She also won the Hans Fallada Prize and the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize for her 2012 novel Aller Tage Abend, published in English as The End of Days. Her novel Gehen, ging, gegangen, published in English as Go, Went, Gone, was shortlisted for the Deutscher Buchpreis in 2017. Jenny was awarded the Thomas Mann Prize in 2016, and she was a finalist for the 2024 Neustadt Prize.

Jenny Erpenbeck adalah penulis Jerman ternama yang memenangkan International Booker Prize 2024 untuk novelnya Kairos. Lahir di Berlin Timur, Erpenbeck dikenal lewat karya-karya fiksi seperti Wörterbuch (diterjemahkan dalam bahasa Inggris sebagai The Book of Words), Geschichte vom alten Kind (The Old Child), Heimsuchung (Visitation), serta kumpulan nonfiksi Kein Roman (Not a Novel). Ia telah menerima berbagai penghargaan bergengsi atas karya-karyanya. Bukunya yang terbit pada 2012, The End of Days, memenangkan Hans Fallada Prize dan Independent Foreign Fiction Prize. Novelnya Gehen, ging, gegangen (Go, Went, Gone) dinominasikan untuk Deutscher Buchpreis pada tahun 2017. Erpenbeck juga menerima Thomas Mann Prize pada 2016 dan masuk nominasi Neustadt International Prize for Literature pada 2024.