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Lutz Seiler was born in Gera in Thuringia in 1963. Today he lives in the Peter Huchel Haus in Wilhelmshorst near Berlin. Following an apprenticeship as a skilled construction laborer, he worked as a carpenter and mason. In 1990 he completed his degree in German Literature; he has been the director of the literature program at the Peter Huchel Haus since 1997. He has traveled in Central Asia, Eastern Europe and was Writer in Residence at the Villa Aurora in Los Angeles. He has received numerous prizes for his work. (2010)