Achim Wagner
Achim Wagner (born July 17, 1967 in Coburg ) is a German writer .
Life
Wagner studied various subjects in Würzburg . From 1992 to 1996 he worked there as a freelance editor and proofreader and since 1993 has maintained numerous collaborations with photographers, painters and composers and also takes photos himself. In 1996 he moved to Cologne . He has lived in Berlin and Ankara since 2011 .
From 1997 to 1999 he was dramaturge for various independent music theater productions, and from 1998 to 2000 he was head of the “Endstation Project”, which organized literature, music theater and the visual arts in train stations. He initiated several literary meetings and reading series (e.g. parasites in the ARTheater of Parasitenpresse Köln), worked on literary magazines (e.g. Surrogat - magazine for surrealist art and literature ) and was a member of various literary groups and authors' initiatives (e.g. in "Roundabout", a virtual circle of poets, and the "Rhenish Brigade", which he co-founded in 2001).
In 1999 and 2002 he spent longer stays in Havana , where he also performed. In 2003 he took part in the poetry circle “The joys of the young converter” and was a guest presenter at the Lauter keine literaturlabor in Berlin . During “Dance 2004” he was dramaturge for the dance opera Traumtext (text: Heiner Müller , composition: Helga Pogatschar ) in Munich . In 2005, together with Adrian Kasnitz and Enno Stahl, he founded the Lesebühne at Brusselser Platz in Cologne. In 2012 the opera mystery - mach dir kein Bild was premiered at the 13th Munich Biennale .
Works (selection)
Achim Wagner writes poems , essays, stories , novels and libretti . Since 1984 he has published in numerous anthologies , literary magazines and daily newspapers , such as the Süddeutsche Zeitung , the Augsburger Allgemeine and the Berliner Morgenpost . In 2013 Wagner published a volume of poems written in Turkish in Turkey.
- the yellow lady , lyric libretto for music theater, composition: Ralf Werner, premiere: Lutherkirche, Cologne, 1997.
- borderline , lyric libretto for music theater, composition: Ralf Werner, world premiere: Hufeisen, Germersheim , 1998.
- blind fish. super 8 roman , edition sisyphos, Cologne, 1998.
- die green handtasche , short radio play, WDR , 1998
- nobody this day , poems, parasite press , Cologne, 2000
- Cuban Days , Roman, Aarachne Verlag, Vienna, 2001
- Anna beats , chants, edition roadhouse, Hanover, 2004
- Shesha , Erzählung, SuKuLTuR, Berlin, 2004 (series “ Schönerlesen ”, No. 23), ISBN 3-937737-26-X
- Maneuver criticism , libretto, composition: Helga Pogatschar , WP: Reaktorhalle, Munich, 2005
- Wasser Fluchten , prose, Parasitenpresse, Cologne, 2006
- Before an arrival , poems, Yedermann Verlag, Riemerling near Munich, 2006
- Peep! , Libretto, composition: Helga Pogatschar, director / stage: Sebastian Hirn , world premiere: Muffathalle, Munich, 2007
- Stainless Safari , libretto, composition: Helga Pogatschar, premiere: Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, 2008
- Flugschau , Gedichte, [SIC] - Literaturverlag, Aachen / Zurich, 2011
- mystery - don't make a picture , libretto, composition: Helga Pogatschar, premiere: Schwere Reiter, Munich, 2012
- hafif coğrafya , poems, Nika Yayınevi, Ankara 2013
- Şiir sokakta , photo book, Nika Yayınevi, Ankara 2014
- Gezi'den Soma'ya - Hayat Sokakta , photo book, Nika Yayınevi, Ankara 2014
- between green and half past five, poems , poems, hochroth Verlag , Berlin 2017
Exhibitions
- light geography - ankara mooring in the Middle East Technical University's exhibition room
- hafif coğrafya ankara iskelesi in the exhibition room of the Technical University of the Middle East
Awards (selection)
- 2000: Nomination for the Literature Prize of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2003: Artist in Residence of the Starke Foundation, Berlin
- 2005: Nomination for the Peter Huchel Prize
- 2006: Scholarship from the city of Munich for the artist house Villa Waldberta
- 2006: Working grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2007: Schöppingen artist village scholarship
- 2007: Foreign scholarship from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2009: Working grant from the Kunststiftung NRW
- 2009: Istanbul grant (Atelier Galata) from the Kunststiftung NRW
- 2010: Scholarship for the Stuttgart Writers' House
- 2011: Working grant from the Kunststiftung NRW
- 2012: Scholarship from the city of Munich for the artist house Villa Waldberta
- 2016: Guest author of the Federal Republic of Germany at the 35th Istanbul Book Fair
- 2017: Cultural travel grant from the German Translation Fund for Cyprus
literature
- Enno Stahl (Hrsg.): The Cologne authors' lexicon . 2. Vol. Emons, Cologne 2002. ISBN 3-89705-193-1 .
- Tobias Mahl: Cosmopolitan meeting place and artist house. The Villa Waldberta as a mirror of the 20th century. edition monacensia, Allitera Verlag, Munich 2006. ISBN 3-86520-216-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Achim Wagner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry in the literature network NRW
- Entry in the Upper Franconian Culture Atlas
- Texts by Achim Wagner at poetenladen.de
- Short biography and information on the work of Achim Wagner at Literaturport
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wagner, Achim |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 17th July 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Coburg |