Inka Parei (born 1967 in Frankfurt) is a German writer who lives in Berlin. She studied sociology, political science, sinology and German studies. Parei won the 2003 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for excerpts from her book Was Dunkelheit war. Works Was Dunkelheit war, Roman, Schöffling, Frankfurt/Main 2005, 169 S. Die Besten 2003 : Klagenfurter Texte / die 27. Tage der Deutschsprachigen Literatur in Klagenfurt (compiler-editor Iris Radisch) Die Schattenboxerin, Roman, 1999; TB Frankfurt/Main 2001, Translations Chinese Da Taijiquan de Nühai（打太極拳的女孩）, 2002 French La boxeuse d'ombres, 2001 Italian La ragazza che fa a pugni con l'ombra, 2004 Polish Krotiteljica sjenki, 2004 Swedish Skuggboxerskan, 2001 Serbian Krotiteljka senki, 2004 Spanish La luchadora de sombras, 2002 Bulgarian Улична боксьорка, 2007 References 1967 births Writers from Frankfurt Living people Ingeborg Bachmann Prize winners German women writers