Kerstin Specht

Kerstin Specht grew up in Upper Franconia and studied German and Protestant theology in Munich, as well as at the University of Television and Film Munich. From 1990 onward, she wrote numerous plays, including “Das glühend Männla” and “Amiwiesen,” which received awards and were translated into several languages. She was awarded the Else Lasker-Schüler Drama Prize for “Mond auf dem Rücken.” In 2002, she was admitted to the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts; in 2013, she received the Pro Meritis scientiae et litterarum distinction. “Mittelberge” was her first novel.