Kronauer, Brigitte

Brigitte Kronauer (b. 1940) is one of Germany's most highly acclaimed contemporary writers. With more than twenty-five volumes of stories, novels, and criticism, she has established herself as a uniquely sophisticated literary voice and earned numerous honors. In her fiction she explores the complexities of human relations with empathy and zest, exposing human foibles with subtle irony and an exquisite sense of humor. Beneath its everyday surface, her fiction deals with the eternal human questions of life, death, and love.