Nora Bossong

Nora Bossong, born in Bremen in 1982, is the author of poetry, novels and essays and has been the recipient of several awards for her works, including the Peter Huchel Prize, the Thomas Mann Prize, the Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis 2019 and the Joseph Breitbach Prize 2020. Schutzzone was longlisted for the German Book Prize 2019. Nora Bossong's works have been translated into various languages.

Awards (selection)

Elisabeth-Langgässer-Literaturpreis 2024
Joseph-Breitbach-Preis 2020
Thomas Mann Prize 2020
Wilhelm-Lehmann-Preis 2020
German Book Prize 2019 (longlist)
Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis 2019
»Text & Sprache« 2019 (shortlist)

PUBLICATIONS

Year of Publication: 2024

Nora BossongYear of Publication: 2024

Reichskanzlerplatz

In her new novel, Nora Bossong paints a double portrait of the woman who became Magda Goebbels, the »first lady« of Nazi Germany, and the young gay man who, for a brief moment, was her lover. Two...

Rights sold to:

France (Les Ecales), Hungary (Open Books)

Domestic rights sales: German Audiobook (DAV), German radio reading (HR/NDR)

Year of Publication: 2021

Nora BossongYear of Publication: 2021

Tomorrow Too

Be it in her award-winning novels, reportages or essays – Nora Bossong’s texts unfailingly take us straight into the painfully relevant problems areas of our time. Where others make snap judgements or withdraw into themselves, she looks closely, listens with compassion and asks questions: about colonial guilt and global justice, about the West’s claims to power and...

Year of Publication: 2019

Nora BossongYear of Publication: 2019

Rules of Engagement

2017: After postings with the UN in New York and Burundi, Mira is working for the United Nations Office at Geneva and mediates talks on the reunification of Cyprus. At a reception at the luxury...

Rights sold to:

Arabic world rights (Alfouad), Netherlands (Wereldbibliotheek)

Domestic Rights Sales: German Audiobook (DAV), German Book Club (Büchergilde Gutenberg), German Entire Radio Reading (HR)

Year of Publication: 2018

Nora BossongYear of Publication: 2018

Crusade with a Dog

In her new volume of poetry, Nora Bossong travels from small-town Germany to the Mediterranean and onwards into the Holy Land and beyond. Her natural manner of movement a shifting back and forth...

Rights sold to:

English world rights (Seagull)