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Vertigo, 2024] \u2013 as well as the column collection \u00bbHabibitus\u00ab (2023). They have been nominated for and awarded numerous prizes. \u00bbMinisterium der Tr\u00e4ume\u00ab received the Audience Award of the Franz Tumler Literature Prize in 2021, and \u00bbHabibitus\u00ab was shortlisted for the Kurt Tucholsky Prize in 2023. 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