

In 1990 she changed her studies to Music Theater Director (studying with, among others, Ruth Berghaus, Heiner Müller and Peter Konwitschny) at the Hanns Eisler Music Conservatory. She then completed a two-year apprenticeship as a bookbinder before working at several theaters as props and wardrobe supervisor.įrom 1988 to 1990 Erpenbeck studied theatre at the Humboldt University of Berlin. In Berlin she attended an Advanced High School, where she graduated in 1985.


Her grandparents are the authors Fritz Erpenbeck and Hedda Zinner. Jenny Erpenbeck is the daughter of the physicist, philosopher and writer John Erpenbeck and the Arabic translator Doris Kilias. Jenny Erpenbeck (born 12 March 1967 in East Berlin) is a German director and writer.
