Mayfly Season

Matthias Jügler studied Scandinavian Studies and Art History in Greifswald and Oslo, and Literary Writing at the German Institute for Literature at Leipzig University. He received several awards for both his novels Raubfischen and Die Verlassenen, including the Saxony-Anhalt Klopstock Prize for Literature 2022. Jügler was the Halle City Writer for 2023. Mayfly Season is his third novel; it won the 2024 Rheingau Literature Prize. He lives in Leipzig, where he works as a freelance editor.