Andreas Monday

Andreas Montag (born March 4, 1956 in Gotha ) is a German journalist and writer .

Life

After graduating from high school, Andreas Montag completed an apprenticeship as a librarian at the “Erich Weinert” college for librarians in Leipzig . He then studied at the "Johannes R. Becher" literature institute . His novel Karl der Große or Die Suche nach Julie was published in 1986 by Mitteldeutscher Verlag Halle (Saale) . He worked as a packer, as a hospital chaplain, as a librarian and since 1986 as a freelance writer, first in Leipzig, since 1988 in Halle (Saale). In 1990 he took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt . In the same year he became a member of the editorial team of the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung in Halle (Saale) and has been head of the culture department there since 1996.

Andreas Montag is the author of narrative prose and texts and articles on art, theater, politics and current affairs. The volume The Further Metamorphosis of the Gaze with stories from the last years of the GDR , whose publication was prevented in 1989 by the events of the turning point , was only published by Mitteldeutsche Verlag in 2007. Its 2008 - after more than twenty years of absence from the large form - was also published by Mitteldeutscher Verlag Roman Mannestreu describes the life stories of a post-war Germany quietly and melancholy. Andreas Montag relates this novel to his debut: The main character from Charlemagne walks through the picture in a supporting role - as an aged (and lonely) melancholic.

In November 2017 the artist book “Paradies” with poems by Andreas Montag and graphics by Hélène Habbot Bautista (Paris) was published by Corvinus Press

Andreas Montag was a member of the GDR Writers' Association until it was dissolved in 1990. In 1986 he received the Mitteldeutscher Verlag award. He has been a member of the PEN Center Germany since 2015 .

He lives with his partner and their two children in Halle (Saale) and Berlin.

Works

Novels, short stories

• Charlemagne or The Search for Julie , Halle [u. a.] 1986
• Nothing but living in: compatriots. GDR writers tell , Berlin 1989
• The further transformation of the gaze , Halle (Saale) 2007
• Mannestreu , Halle (Saale) 2008

Non-fiction

• Lothar King. A rebellious soul , Freiburg 2012

Essays

• Epilogue in: Franz Jung, Manfred Jendyschik, Andreas Montag (HG): Die Eroberung der Maschinen , Halle (Saale) / Leipzig 1990
• Limit values in: Robert Schlotter, Andreas Montag & Fabian Knierim: Beyond Cold War , Halle (Saale) 2015

Web links

• Literature by and about Andreas Montag in the catalog of the German National Library
• Info from Mitteldeutscher Verlag on "The further transformation of the gaze"
• Review of "The further transformation of the gaze"
• Report in the halleforum on August 10, 2007 on "The further transformation of the gaze"
• Info from Mitteldeutscher Verlag on "Mannestreu"
• Review of "Mannestreu"
• Info from Kreuz Verlag on "A rebellious soul"
• Preprint "A rebellious soul" (excerpt) in ZEIT No. 42 of October 11, 2012