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Elise Schmit

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Elise Schmit (born 1982) is a Luxembourg writer and literary critic who writes mainly in German. She has won many awards including the 2019 Prix Servais for Stürze aus unterschiedlichen Fallhöhen, a collection of short stories, which was judged to be the most significant literary work published in Luxembourg in 2018.[1][2]

Biography

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Born in Luxembourg on 4 February 1982, she studied German philology and philosophy at the University of Tübingen.[1]

Schmit has received many awards in Luxembourg, including the first prize for the Concours littéraire national in 2010 and 2012, as well as third prize in 2017; and the Prix Servais in 2019.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Jacoby, Nathalie. "Elise Schmit" (in French). Centre national de littérature, Mersch. Retrieved 21 September 2020.
  2. ^ "Literaturpreis: „Prix Servais 2019" geht an die Autorin Elise Schmit" (in German). Retrieved 21 September 2020.