Andreas Martin Widmann
Andreas Martin Widmann (* 1979 in Mainz ) is a German literary scholar , essayist and writer .
He studied German , theater studies and English at the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz and received his doctorate with a thesis on counterfactual representation of history in postmodern novels .
In addition to contributions to anthologies, he published the novel Die Glückparade in 2012 and the novel Messias in 2018 .
From 2012 to 2016 he taught German language and literature in London as a DAAD lecturer at University College London (UCL). He has lived in Berlin-Pankow since 2016 and teaches at Bard College Berlin .
Works
Fiction
- Messiah. Rowohlt 2018, ISBN 978-3-498-04700-9 .
- The lucky parade. Rowohlt 2012, ISBN 978-3-498-03565-5 .
Literary studies
- Counterfactual representation of history: Investigations on novels by Günter Grass, Thomas Pynchon, Thomas Brussig, Michael Kleeberg, Philip Roth and Christoph Ransmayr. (= Heidelberg studies on historical poetics. 4). Winter, Heidelberg 2009, ISBN 978-3-8253-5610-1 . (At the same time: Mainz, university, dissertation).
- "the time passed remains the time suffered." Investigations into the work of Hans Keilson. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2013, ISBN 978-3826049675 . (Ed. Together with Simone Schröder and Ulrike Weymann).
- Odysseus / Passengers: About self-determination and determination in literature, media and everyday life. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 2011, ISBN 978-3826046087 . (Ed. Together with Simone Schröder and Ulrike Weymann).
Awards
- 2008: Scholarship holder of the 12th Klagenfurt literature course
- 2009: Lenka Reinerova scholarship (Prague)
- 2009: Scholarship holder of the Literary Colloquium Berlin (LCB, Prosa Author's Workshop)
- 2010: Robert Gernhardt Prize
- 2010: City clerk grant from the city of Rottweil
- 2010: 1st prize in the Bayern 2 essay competition
- 2012: Martha-Saalfeld-Förderpreis
- 2012: Mara Cassens Prize for The Lucky Parade
- 2013: Scholarship from the Literary Colloquium Berlin (LCB, author's workshop "The Second Book")
- 2017: Alfred Döblin scholarship from the Academy of the Arts and three months stay in Wewelsfleth in Schleswig-Holstein
Web links
- Short biography and information on the work of Andreas Martin Widmann at Literaturport
- Short biography and reviews of works by Andreas Martin Widmann at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ “I learned the courage to take a gap” Interview on buchreport.de
- ↑ Julia Ilgner: Review of: Widmann, Andreas Martin: Kontrafaktische Geschichtsdarstellung. Studies on novels by Günter Grass, Thomas Pynchon, Thomas Brussig, Michael Kleeberg, Philip Roth and Christoph Ransmayr. Heidelberg 2009. In: H-Soz-u-Kult, September 7, 2010 , accessed on November 2, 2012.
- ^ Profile on the University College London website
- ^ Andreas Martin Widmann - Bard College Berlin. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on March 30, 2017 ; accessed on March 29, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://www.adk.de/de/presse/pressemitteilungen.htm?we_objectID=56564
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Widmann, Andreas Martin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar, essayist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1979 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mainz |