Overview

• Wolff is the 32nd author to receive the annual prize, which carries a €20,000 award.
• In Weimar on June 1, Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung chair Norbert Lammert cited her novels’ poetic depiction of freedom.
• Literature critic Denis Scheck praised her works—from “Halber Stein” to “Lichtungen”—as time machines that reshape temporal perception.
• The prize, established in 1993, recognizes writers who use their work to give voice to freedom under the auspices of the CDU-linked foundation.
• Born in 1977 in Siebenbürgen before emigrating to Germany in 1985, Wolff draws on her German-Romanian heritage in her exploration of humanity.