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Martin Spieß at a performance by Das Niv

Martin Spieß (* 1981 in Dannenberg (Elbe) ) is a German writer, musician and comedian.

Live and act

Martin Spieß studied creative writing and cultural journalism at the University of Hildesheim from 2003 to 2008 . From 2005 to 2010 he worked as an author for the Berlin literary criticism and literaturkritik.de, among others . He has published in the Financial Times Germany , the daily newspaper , the intro (magazine) , in Das Magazin (Germany) , in the blog of the Huffington Post Germany and in the title culture magazine . He writes regularly for the online magazine Zebra Butter .

In July 2010, Birnbaum Verlag published his debut “ I'm not that far yet. A Heath Ledger Story, ”a fictional version of the final days of Australian actor Heath Ledger , who died in New York in January 2008. His second book, the short story volume “ Weiter Weg ”, was published in June 2011. The Weser-Kurier wrote about it: “If there was a prize for the best first sentences, Spieß would have won it.” In September 2014, his third book, New -York novel " As far away as possible ". In November 2016, his second volume of short stories was published, “ I'd rather turn around and am far, far away ” and in February 2017, his fifth book “ And until it's that far, there's ice cream ”, a novel that was written during a Castor- Transports in Wendland plays.

In addition to the literary, he does music and comedy. His indie rock solo project, with which he has released three long-playing albums so far, is called the opening act. He forms one half of the comedy duo The Level , which has released three studio and three live albums so far.

Martin Spieß lives in Hanover.

Publications

• Berolina . Short story. From: The Blood Cathedral , ed. by Daniel Appel and Rudolf Inderst, Laatzen / Grasbrunn 2020.
• And until that happens, there's ice cream. Novel . CulturBooks Verlag, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-95988-020-6 .
• I'd rather turn around and be far, far away. Short stories . Birnbaum Verlag, Leipzig 2016, ISBN 978-3-942566-21-6 .
• As far away as possible. Novel . Birnbaum Verlag, Leipzig 2014. ISBN 978-3-942566-18-6 .
• Say "friend" and enter. Walter Benjamin's concept of aura using the example of the FIFA series and the second district class in men's football . From: Between | worlds. Atmospheres in Computer Games , ed. by Christian Huberts and Sebastian Standke, vwh Verlag , Boizenburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-864880-63-6 .
• Well, if it is your desire . From: Something to do with writing. Diploma writer in the profession , ed. by Jan Fischer , mikrotext , Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-944543-15-4 .
• Martha Dolorosa . From: Re-Covered , ed. by Carolin Beutel, Verlag Lettrétage, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3981206296 .
• Further away. Short stories . Birnbaum Verlag, Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-942566-01-8 .
• I am not that far yet. A Heath Ledger story . Birnbaum Verlag, Leipzig 2010. ISBN 978-3-942566-00-1 .
• Germany's text top model . conradverlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-9811490-2-9 (together with Jan Fischer , Marcel Maas , Tilman Strasser and Lino Wirag .)
• The Thumb Thing . From: lit.lifestyle. 99 products for a life worth reading : glosses on objects with literary connotations . (Edited by Ariane Arndt , Steffen Martus , Stephan Porombka and Kai Splittgerber ). Glück & Schiller, Hildesheim 2007. ISBN 3-938404-10-8 .
• The three question marks , Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles and TKKG . From: old friends. Heroes of our childhood . Glück & Schiller, Hildesheim 2005. ISBN 3-938404-02-7 .

Discography

Opening act

• 2017: It goes well until someone cries
• 2015: Hashemite prince
• 2013: opening act

The level

• 2014: Leftovers Tomorrow - Live (Live Album)
• 2014: Leveling One (Live Album)
• 2013: Rocks!
• 2012: Woniniwowa (live album)
• 2011: Full album
• 2010: Loose album

Web links

• Homepage of Martin Spieß
• Homepage of Martin Spieß 'indie rock solo project opening act
• Homepage of the Birnbaum Verlag
• Martin Spieß at the title magazine
• Martin Spieß with zebra butter

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Supporting act: Martin von Das Niv publishes first solo album ( Memento of the original from January 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The  archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . zillo-medieval.de
2. ↑ http://www.dasiveau.de/das- level /