Awards
- 1986: 1. prize of the poetry convention of Northrhine-Westphalia in Düsseldorf
- 1989: Promotion Prize of Northrhine-Westphalia
- 1990: Rolf Dieter Brinkmann Grant of Cologne
- 1991: Promotion Prize of the arts circle in the Federal Association of German Industry
- 1993: Else Lasker Schüler Prize for Poetry
- 1997: Peter Huchel Prize
- 2001: Ernst Jandl Prize
- 2005: Poetry Prize of the Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf
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