Biography
Oliver Bukowski was born on 6 October 1961 in Cottbus. He studied philosophy with a focus on social psychology from 1985 to 1990 and then worked on a doctorate at Humboldt University in Berlin before turning to writing for the stage as a freelance author in 1991. Since his early play “Die Halbwertszeit der Kanarienvögel” (1991) he has written more than 30 plays, including “Londn – L.Ä. – Lübbenau” (1993), “Gäste”, “Bowling Alone” (2007), “Kritische Masse” (2009) and “Der Sohn” (2022). His awards include the Gerhart Hauptmann Prize (1994), the Mülheim Dramatists’ Prize (1999) and the Lessing Förderpreis of the Free State of Saxony (2001). For Deutschlandradio he wrote the crime radio play series “Serjosha & Schultz”, for cinema the screenplay of “Bis zum Horizont und weiter” (1999), and for the broadcaster rbb the comedy series “Warten auf'n Bus” (2020–2021), which was nominated for the Grimme Award and the German Television Award. From 1999 to 2010 he taught scenic writing at the Berlin University of the Arts, and since 2012 he has been a visiting professor at the Academy of Performing Arts Baden-Württemberg.
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