Biography
Krausser lives in Munich and Berlin. He married Beatrice Renauer in 1991.
In 1993 he received the Toucan Prize.
After a few smaller novels his literary breakthrough arrived with Melodien oder Nachträge zum quecksilbernen Zeitalter. Since then, many of his books have been translated into multiple languages and plays of his have been performed all over the world.
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