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Francis Kirps
Born	Luxembourg
Occupation	Writer
Language	German
Alma mater	University of Strasbourg
Notable works	The Mutations, Planet Luxembourg, Die Klasse von 77
Notable awards	European Union Prize for Literature

Francis Kirps is a Luxembourgish writer. In 2020, he received the European Union Prize for Literature for The Mutations.

Career

He studied Psychology at the University of Strasbourg. Some of his early writings appeared in the cultural journal Cahiers Luxembourgeois. He has published two short story collections titled Planet Luxembourg ("Planet Luxemburg" in the original German), and The Mutations ("Die Mutationen"). He also has a novel to his name (Die Klasse von 77, 2016). His work has been published in various anthologies and contemporary short story collections.

Kirps won the EU Prize for Literature for The Mutations. He has been nominated for the Concours Littéraire National prize in his native country. He contributes to literary magazines such as EXOT and newspapers like taz.

Kirps lives and works in Lintgen.