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born in 1977 in Halle (Saale), Clemens Meyer is a German novelist and screenwriter. After finishing secondary school, he began studying at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig in 1998, graduating in 2003. At the beginning of his studies, he spent a short period in a juvenile detention center for minor offenses. To support himself during this time, he worked in various temporary jobs \u2014 including as a security guard, furniture mover, forklift driver, and construction worker \u2014 alongside receiving scholarships. The early years of his writing career were marked by financial hardship and existential crises, experiences that continue to resonate in his work. Meyer achieved his literary breakthrough in 2006 with his debut novel \u00bbAls wir tr\u00e4umten\u00ab [As We Were Dreaming], a strongly autobiographical account of a group of teenagers growing up in Leipzig\u2019s working-class district of Reudnitz in the 1990s. Hailed by critics as a long-awaited post-reunification novel, the book was adapted into a film by Andreas Dresen in 2014. This was followed by the short story collection \u00bbDie Nacht, die Lichter\u00ab [All the Lights, 2008] and the novels \u00bbGewalten. Ein Tagebuch\u00ab [Acts of Violence. A Diary, 2010], \u00bbIm Stein\u00ab [Bricks and Mortar, 2013], and \u00bbDie Projektoren\u00ab [The Projectors, 2024]. Meyer\u2019s works have been translated into numerous languages and received multiple awards, among them the Leipzig Book Fair Prize [2008] for \u00bbAll the Lights\u00ab, the Bremen Literature Prize [2014] for \u00bbBricks and Mortar\u00ab, as well as the Bavarian Book Prize [2024] and the Lessing Prize of the Free State of Saxony [2025] for \u00bbThe Projectors\u00ab. Together with Leizig-based director Thomas Stuber, Meyer also co-wrote the screenplays for the feature films \u00bbHerbert\u00ab [2015] and \u00bbIn den G\u00e4ngen\u00ab [In the Aisles, 2018]. Clemens Meyer lives and works in Leipzig. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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