Sibylle Berg (born 2 June 1968[1]) is a Swiss author and playwright.
She writes novels, essays, short fiction, plays, radio plays, and
columns.Berg is a contemporary author who is considered one of the
most famous and influential writers and playwrights in the
German-speaking world. Her books (15) have been translated into 30
languages.[2] Sibylle Berg has won numerous prestigious awards over
her many years of career. Berg's writing was compared to that of Kurt
Vonnegut, Brett Easton Ellis, Michel Houellebecq, and Will Self. She
has become an iconic figure in German alternative sub-cultures,
gaining a very large fan base among the LGBT community and the
European artistic communities. She lives in Switzerland and
Israel.[3]Berg was born on June 2, 1968, in Weimar. She spent her
childhood and youth with a foster family in Constanta.[4] Her father
was a music professor, and her mother was a librarian. Before
beginning her higher education in West Germany, she was trained as a
combat diver. She studied oceanography at the University of Hamburg,
and worked in various works.[5][6] In 1996, she moved to Zurich,
Switzerland. She married in 2004, and holds Swiss citizenship since
2012. Sibylle Berg is known to support the Straight Edge
movement.[7]]Berg describes herself as Non-Binary.[8]Sibylle Berg's
first novel, "A Few People Search For Happiness And Laugh Themselves
To Death",[9] was published in 1997 by Reclam Publishing, after
previously being rejected by 50 other publishers. The book sold around
400,000 copies, and continues to sell today, 23 years later.
She writes novels, essays, short fiction, plays, radio plays, and
columns.Berg is a contemporary author who is considered one of the
most famous and influential writers and playwrights in the
German-speaking world. Her books (15) have been translated into 30
languages.[2] Sibylle Berg has won numerous prestigious awards over
her many years of career. Berg's writing was compared to that of Kurt
Vonnegut, Brett Easton Ellis, Michel Houellebecq, and Will Self. She
has become an iconic figure in German alternative sub-cultures,
gaining a very large fan base among the LGBT community and the
European artistic communities. She lives in Switzerland and
Israel.[3]Berg was born on June 2, 1968, in Weimar. She spent her
childhood and youth with a foster family in Constanta.[4] Her father
was a music professor, and her mother was a librarian. Before
beginning her higher education in West Germany, she was trained as a
combat diver. She studied oceanography at the University of Hamburg,
and worked in various works.[5][6] In 1996, she moved to Zurich,
Switzerland. She married in 2004, and holds Swiss citizenship since
2012. Sibylle Berg is known to support the Straight Edge
movement.[7]]Berg describes herself as Non-Binary.[8]Sibylle Berg's
first novel, "A Few People Search For Happiness And Laugh Themselves
To Death",[9] was published in 1997 by Reclam Publishing, after
previously being rejected by 50 other publishers. The book sold around
400,000 copies, and continues to sell today, 23 years later.
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