Alex Burkhard
Alex Burkhard (* 1988 in Lindenberg im Allgäu ) is a German slam poet, author, cabaret artist and presenter.
Life
Alex Burkhard grew up in Scheidegg in the Allgäu with three siblings. He studied Scandinavian Studies , German and Ethnology at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . He wrote his thesis in 2014 on the subject of "The meaning of the weather in Hamsuns Pan and Strindberg's I havsbandet ".
Since 2007 he has appeared at poetry slams and other literary events. His style can be described as calm and personal, the Süddeutsche Zeitung wrote in 2017: “With Burkhard, one of the most poetic of the 30 participants has always won, his resilient devotion is calm and sensual. His words are a sea of flowers, his thoughts are a playground. ”Burkhard is one of the most versatile German-speaking slammers, masters humorous prose as well as poetry and very performative texts.
Alex Burkhard is moderator of the poetry slams in Lindenberg and Kempten (Allgäu) , as well as founder and member of the Munich reading stage Die Stützen der Gesellschaft . In 2018 he was accepted into the circle of Munich tower scribes .
successes
- 2014 Munich city champion in the poetry slam
- 2015 Munich city champion in the poetry slam
- 2016 Munich city champion in the poetry slam
- 2017 Bavarian national champion in the poetry slam in Munich
- 2017 German-speaking master in the poetry slam in the individual competition in Hanover
Awards
- 2013 Award of the International Lake Constance Conference
- 2018 Culture Prize of the City of Lindenberg in Allgäu
- 2019 city clerk grant from the city of Rottweil
Works
prose
- ... and what can you do with it later ?: 26 Stories for humanities scholars and everyone else who hasn't learned anything decent either . Satyr Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-944035-15-4 .
- We'll get the time to Rome. Satyr Verlag , Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-944035-50-5 .
- Use it !: The art of making it unnecessarily complicated . Satyr Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-944035-89-5 .
- What I am not writing to her . Satyr Verlag, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-947106-33-2 .
Anthology contributions (selection)
- Daniela Böhle, Paul Bokowski (ed.): The last will be the doctors. Satyr Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-944035-29-1 .
- Bas Böttcher, Wolf Hogekamp (Ed.): The Poetry Slam Primer: 20 Years of the Workshop of Language. Satyr Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-944035-38-3 .
- Dean Ruddock, Karsten Strack (eds.): Writing instead of complaining: the ultimate lovesick anthology of the poetry slam. Lektora Verlag, Paderborn 2016, ISBN 978-3-95461-058-7 .
- Münchner Turmschreiber (Hrsg.): Turmschreiber: Stories, thoughts, poems: The Bavarian house book for the year 2019. Volk Verlag, 2018, ISBN 978-3-86222-292-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Alex Burkhard in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Alex Burkhard's website
Remarks
- ↑ Man of the Word. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Bavarian Championships - heroic tragedy. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Successful world premiere in Schwabmünchen. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
- ↑ The sobbing behind laughter. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
- ↑ The pillars of society - a Munich reading stage. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Three new tower clerks appointed. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
- ↑ a b c Bavarian Championship - Munich wins Poetry Slam: Fortunately, gemenschelt. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
- ↑ Munich City Championship in the Poetry Slam. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
- ↑ October 28, 2017 - Alex Burkhard is German-speaking Poetry Slam Master 2017 / Slam 2017. Accessed on November 3, 2017 .
- ^ IBK sponsorship awards in the Slam Poetry category. Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
- ^ Winner of culture prizes from the city of Lindenberg Retrieved November 28, 2018 .
- ^ City clerk 2019: Alex Burkhard. July 24, 2019, accessed July 25, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Burkhard, Alex |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German slampoet, author and cabaret artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1988 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lindenberg in the Allgäu |