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Kathrin Schmidt grew up in Gotha and from 1964 inWaltershausen. After graduating from high school, she studiedpsychology at theUniversity of Jena from 1976 to 1981. After completing her studies (diploma), she worked as a research assistant at theUniversity of Leipzig from 1981 to 1982, and then as a child psychologist at theRüdersdorf District Hospital and at theBerlin-Marzahn Child and Youth Health Protection Center.
Kathrin Schmidt began writing as a teenager and initially publishedpoetry. The poems are characterized by strictmetre, powerful, sensual language and frequent use ofpuns. The novels, sometimes classified asmagical realism due to the baroque fullness of the stories, also show Kathrin Schmidt as a powerful author with an exuberant imagination, who has been compared by critics to the earlyGünter Grass andIrmtraud Morgner.
To date, her greatest literary success is the autobiographically tinged novelDu stirbst nicht.[1] In it, the author describes the illness and recovery story of the writer Helene, who is confronted with the lack of control over her body after astroke and must relearn language. The book sold 150,000 copies and was awarded theGerman Book Prize in 2009.[2]
Kathrin Schmidt raised five children with her husband and lives inBerlin-Mahlsdorf.
^Ulrike Hempel:"I wanted to hear words" (PDF; 1.01 MB) Book review of "Du stirbst nicht.", in BERLINER ÄRZTE (Chamber Journal of the Berlin Medical Association), issue 03/2010.
