{{Short description|German writer}}
thumb|Koffke in 2015 at the {{ill|Literarischer März|de}} '''Jan Koneffke''' (born 19 November 1960) is a German novelist and translator.
==Life== Koneffke was born on 19 November 1960 in Darmstadt. He's the son of {{ill|Gernot Koneffke|de}}. He finished his Abitur in 1980 at the {{ill|Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium|de}} in Darmstadt. After that he studied philosophy and german philology at the Free University of Berlin, which he finished 1987 with a master's degree.<ref>{{Cite book |title=Auskünfte von und über Jan Koneffke |publisher=Univ., Lehrstuhl für Neuere Deutsche Literaturwissenschaft |year=2001 |isbn=978-3-935167-05-5 |editor-last=Fröhlich |editor-first=Monica |series=Fußnoten zur Literatur |location=Bamberg |language=de |oclc=248154969 |ol=49855332M |editor-last2=Koneffke |editor-first2=Jan |editor-last3=Arnold |editor-first3=Sven}}</ref> He had a Villa Massimo scholarship after which he lived seven years in Rome.<ref name="DuMont-1" /> Since 2003 he's been living in Vienna and Bucharest.<ref name="UL-1" />
==Awards== *1987: Leonce-und-Lena-Preis<ref>{{Cite web |title=Preisträger*innen |url=https://www.literarischer-maerz.de/archiv/preistraeger/ |access-date=28 October 2024 |website={{ill|Literarischer März|de}} |language=de}}</ref> *1990: Sponsorship associated with the Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wer hat den Hölderlinpreis erhalten? |url=https://www.bad-homburg.de/de/leben/kultur-und-bildung/hoelderlin-in-homburg/friedrich-hoelderlin-preis_/hoelderlinpreistraegerinnen |access-date=28 October 2024 |website=Bad Homburg |language=de}}</ref> *1990: Alfred-Döblin-Stipendium *2005: Offenbacher Literaturpreis<ref name="DuMont-1">{{Cite web |title=Jan Koneffke |url=https://www.dumont-buchverlag.de/personen/jan-koneffke-p-1346 |access-date=28 October 2024 |website=DuMont Buchverlag |language=de}}</ref> *2013: {{ill|Usedomer Literaturpreis|de}}<ref name="UL-1">{{Cite web |title=Jan Koneffke |url=https://usedomerliteraturtage.de/2013_jankoneffke/ |access-date=28 October 2024 |website=Usedomer Literaturtage |language=de}}</ref> *2016: Uwe Johnson Prize *2022: {{ill|Robert-Gernhardt-Preis|de}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=Preisträger |url=https://www.wibank.de/wibank/diewibank/sponsoring/robert-gernhardt-preis/preistraeger |access-date=28 October 2024 |website=Wirtschafts- und Infrastrukturbank Hessen |language=de}}</ref>
==Works== *{{Cite book |last=Koneffke |first=Jan |title=Vor der Premiere: Erzählung |publisher=Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt |year=1988 |isbn=978-3-627-10070-4 |language=de |lccn=88870004 |oclc=246879677 |ol=2155790M |author-mask=0}} *{{Cite book |last=Koneffke |first=Jan |title=Gelbes Dienstrad wie es hoch durch die Luft schoss: Gedichte |publisher=Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt |year=1989 |isbn=978-3-627-10071-1 |language=de |lccn=90139056 |oclc=246625047 |ol=21846843M |author-mask=0}} *{{Cite book |last=Koneffke |first=Jan |title=Bergers Fall|publisher=Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt |year=1991 |isbn=978-3-627-10072-8 |language=de |lccn=91166370 |oclc=246556938 |ol=1621704M |author-mask=0}} *{{Cite book |last=Koneffke |first=Jan |title=Halt! Paradiesischer Sektor! |publisher=Villa Massimo |year=1995 |location=Rome |language=de |oclc=246880927 |author-mask=0}} *{{Cite book |last=Koneffke |first=Jan |title=Gulliver in Bulgarien |publisher={{ill|Das Wunderhorn|de}} |year=1999 |isbn=978-3-88423-157-9 |location=Heidelberg |language=de |oclc=633740443 |ol=18379287M |author-mask=0}} *{{Cite book |last=Koneffke |first=Jan |title=Paul Schatz im Uhrenkasten |publisher=DuMont Buchverlag |year=2000 |isbn=978-3-7701-5219-3 |location=Köln |language=de |lccn=00432728 |oclc=611350956 |ol=6879934M |author-mask=0}} *{{Cite book |last=Koneffke |first=Jan |title=Was rauchte ich Schwaden zum Mond |publisher=DuMont Buchverlag |year=2001 |isbn=978-3-8321-5218-5 |location=Köln |language=de |lccn=2002329996 |oclc=248055331 |ol=12871857M |author-mask=0}} *{{Cite book |last=Koneffke |first=Jan |title=Eine Liebe am Tiber |publisher=DuMont Buchverlag |year=2004 |isbn=978-3-8321-7863-5 |location=Köln |language=de |lccn=2004464917 |oclc=56425817 |ol=26765349M |author-mask=0}} *{{Cite book |last=Koneffke |first=Jan |title=Nick mit den stechenden Augen |publisher=dtv Verlagsgesellschaft |year=2004 |isbn=978-3-423-62157-1 |series=dtv Reihe Hanser Geisterstunde |location=München |language=de |oclc=237836744 |author-mask=0}} *{{Cite book |last=Koneffke |first=Jan |title=Als sei es dein |publisher={{ill|Das Wunderhorn|de}} |year=2018 |isbn=978-3-88423-583-6 |location=Heidelberg |language=de |lccn=2018369752 |oclc=on1029023577 |author-mask=0}} *{{Cite book |last=Koneffke |first=Jan |title=Die Tsantsa-Memoiren |publisher={{ill|Galiani Verlag|de}} |year=2020 |isbn=978-3-86971-177-5 |location=Köln |language=de |lccn=2021379525 |oclc=1196906606 |ol=44056805M |author-mask=0}} *{{Cite book |last=Koneffke |first=Jan |title=Im Schatten zweier Sommer |publisher={{ill|Galiani Verlag|de}} |year=2024 |isbn=978-3-86971-270-3 |location=Köln |language=de |oclc=1404450633 |author-mask=0}}
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