Biography
Katharina Bendixen was born in Leipzig in 1981 and spent part of her childhood in Laos before attending the Humboldt-Gymnasium in Leipzig. She studied book studies and Hispanic studies in Leipzig and Alicante. Beginning with "Der Whiskyflaschenbaum" (2009), she published several novels for adults and young readers, including "Gern, wenn du willst" (2012), "Ich sehe alles" (2016) and "Mein weißer Fuchs" (2019). Her young-adult novel "Taras Augen" (2022), a near-future dystopia combining a love story with environmental destruction and state surveillance, brought her wider recognition; the book is required reading at secondary schools in Saxony and was adapted for the stage at Staatsschauspiel Dresden in 2026. Her awards include the Würth Literature Prize (2008) and the Kranichsteiner Literature Advancement Prize (2014); in 2022 she served as Dresden's city writer (Stadtschreiberin). Bendixen is prose editor of the literary journal "poet", writes regularly for the newspaper "junge Welt", and is a member of the German PEN Centre.
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