Katja Oskamp author biography, plus links to books by Katja Oskamp.

Katja Oskamp

Katja Oskamp was born in 1970 in Leipzig and grew up in Berlin. After completing her degree in theatre studies, she worked as a playwright at the Volkstheater Rostock and went on to study at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig.  In 2007 she published her first novel Die Staubfängerin. Her book Marzahn, Mon Amour, published by Hanser with the subtitle 'Stories of a Chiropodist', was selected for the 'Berlin Reads One Book' campaign and thus literally became the talk of the town. She is a member of PEN Centre Germany. Marzahn, Mon Amour is her first novel to be translated into English. Her collection of stories Half Swimmer was published in the UK in 2024. 

This biography was last updated on 07/07/2026.

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