Maren Kames
Literature
Maren Kames, born in 1984 in Überlingen am Bodensee, studied cultural studies, philosophy, and theatre studies in Tübingen and Leipzig, as well as creative writing in Hildesheim. She lives as a freelance author and translator in Berlin. Her debut Halb Taube, halb Pfau (2016) received multiple awards and was adapted as a radio play. Her second book Luna Luna (2019) also won several prizes, was nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize, and was adapted for radio and stage. In 2024, her experimental novel Hasenprosa was published and shortlisted for the German Book Prize. Kames works across genres at the intersection of text, sound, image, and performance, and translates works by Sivan Ben Yishai, among others.
Selected Publications
2024 | HASENPROSA, novel
2019 | LUNA LUNA, book and radio play
2016 | HALB TAUBE, HALB PFAU, book and radio play
Selected Awards
2024 | Shortlist, German Book Prize for HASENPROSA
2020 | "Text & Sprache" Literature Prize of the German Business Culture Circle
2020 | Literature Prize of the City of Wiesbaden
2019 | Villa Aurora Fellowship, Los Angeles
2017 | Anna Seghers Prize
2017 | Kranichsteiner Literature Promotion Prize
2016 | Poetry Debut Prize of the Düsseldorf Heine House
2013 | Jury and Audience Prize, Open Mike Berlin