Jens Wonneberger

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Jens Wonneberger (2015)

Jens Wonneberger (born May 3, 1960 in Großröhrsdorf ) is a German writer .

Life

Jens Wonneberger grew up in Ohorn, Saxony . From 1980 to 1985 studied it Civil Engineering at the Technical University of Dresden . He then worked in research, but from 1986 was forced to carry out various other activities. In addition, literary texts were created. Wonneberger has been editor of the Dresden city ​​magazine SAX since 1992 .

Wonneberger is the author of novels , short stories , poems and non-fiction books on the literary history of Saxony . He is a member of the PEN Center Germany and the Independent Writers Association Dresden (ASSO). In 1995, 1999 and 2002 he received grants from the Saxon Ministry for Science and Art , and in 2010 he was awarded the Literature Prize of the Saxon State Ministry for Science and Art .

Wonneberger lives in Dresden .

His novel Mission Pflaumenbaum is one of the 20 books nominated for the German Book Prize 2020 (so-called longlist).

Works

  • The Breath of Stones , Mainz 1993 (together with Hans Strehlow).
  • Ohorn , Dresden 1994.
  • Onuphrius , Dresden 1994.
  • Poets, thinkers, writers from six centuries in Dresden , Dresden 1997 (together with Norbert Weiß ).
  • On the journey to Himmelreich , Dresden 1998.
  • Pfunds dairy , Berlin 1999.
  • Wiesinger , Berlin 1999.
  • Literary Dresden , Berlin 2001 (together with Norbert Weiß).
  • Ums Karree , Berlin 2001.
  • Dresdner Dichterhäuser , Berlin 2002 (together with Norbert Weiß).
  • The last of the Mohicans , Dresden 2003.
  • Weltfreunde on the Elbe , Dresden 2003.
  • Poets' houses around Dresden , Berlin 2004 (together with Norbert Weiß).
  • Infarct , Göttingen 2004.
  • Poets' houses around Leipzig , Berlin 2006 (together with Norbert Weiß).
  • Better Dresden in the rain than Vienna in the sun , Berlin 2006 (together with Norbert Weiß).
  • The plum avenue , Göttingen 2006.
  • Poets' Houses in Upper Lusatia , Dresden 2008 (together with Norbert Weiß)
  • The light is still on across the street , Göttingen 2008.
  • Local history Dresden , Hamburg 2009.
  • Stubborn dogs . Steidl Verlag, Göttingen, 2011 ISBN 978-3869303598 .
  • Goetheallee , Roman, müry salzmann Verlag, Salzburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-99014-101-4 .
  • Himmelreich , Roman, müry salzmann Verlag, Salzburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-99014-128-1 .
  • Celebrities in Dresden and their stories , be.bra verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-86124-660-2 (together with Norbert Weiß).
  • Speak or die , Roman, müry salzmann Verlag, Salzburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-99014-155-7 .
  • Mission Pflaumenbaum , Roman, müry salzmann Verlag, Salzburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-99014-194-6 .

Web links

Commons : Jens Wonneberger  - Collection of Images

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Börsenverein der Deutschen Buchhandels (Ed.): German Book Prize 2020. The nominees. Reading samples , p. 116
personal data
SURNAME Wonneberger, Jens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, editor, journalist and critic
DATE OF BIRTH May 3, 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Großröhrsdorf