In numerous novels, biographies, and essays, Angela Steidele, born in 1968, reflects upon history as the present, art as science, and love as provocation. Researching scientifically – writing literarily has become the trademark of the author, who has received many grants and prizes (Gleim Prize for Literature, Bavarian Book Prize, Klopstock Prize for New Literature). Enlightenment. A Novel was nominated for the Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair (fiction category). The author lives in Cologne, Germany. Photo Credit © Heike Steinweg/Suhrkamp Verlag