Lena Gorelik

[1] She studied at the German School of Journalism in Munich and then took a two-year interdisciplinary Master's course in Eastern European studies at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich.

[1][2] Her first novel, Meine weißen Nächte (My White Nights) was published in the autumn of 2004, and was acclaimed by Bücher as “the best new book about Germany - an absolutely charming book”, while the Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote that “‘My White Nights’ proves that new German literature can possess both levity and gravitas.” In 2005, the book won the Bavarian Culture Prize in the category of literature.

[1] She was honored for her work with the Ernst-Hoferichter Prize in 2009 [3][1] and a series of other awards.

[4] In 2006, she completed her Master's thesis "Jews - Russians - Germans.

The Perceptual Change of Russian Jews in the German Media 1989-2006 Against the Background of German-Jewish Relations".