Ingo Schulze

German writer Ingo Schulze became world-famous in the 1990s with his novel Simple Story’s, followed by 33 Augenblicke des Glücks (33 Moments of Happiness). His work has been translated into twenty-four languages. He has received several literary awards, including the Berliner Literaturpreis. This year he was awarded the Peter-Weiss-Preis for his entire body of work. In February 2007, Nieuw leven will be published. Ingo Schulze, the great chronicler of recent German history, offers a merciless analysis in Nieuw leven of how everyday life in 1989 and 1990 is permanently transformed by the fall of the Berlin Wall.