Armin Kratzert
Armin Kratzert (born June 22, 1957 in Augsburg ) is a German writer , critic and journalist .
Life
Growing up in Stephanskirchen and Rosenheim , where he attended Finsterwalder High School, Kratzert studied theater studies , art history and German at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. He works as an editor for Bayerischer Rundfunk , where he is one of the initiators of the cultural program Capriccio and the ARD book program Druckfrisch and headed the literary magazine KleinesZeichen on Bavarian TV , for which he interviewed hundreds of authors. a. HC Artmann , Hans Magnus Enzensberger , Peter Esterhazy , Lars Gustafsson , Alexander Kluge , Christian Kracht , Friederike Mayröcker , Cees Nooteboom , Christoph Ransmayr , Peter Sloterdijk and Martin Walser . In addition, Kratzert produces documentaries about literature and art. As a curator he was a. a. with the exhibition “Kafka's World” in the Literaturhaus in Munich .
As an author, Armin Kratzert writes poems, plays and novels. Peter Handke says of Kratzert's narrative style: “I have seldom encountered nonchalance in writing so positively or airy or permeable. And at the same time you can feel seriousness and seriousness still and still. "
“What Armin Kratzert seems to put together with a light hand is gradually proving to be a meaningful experimental set-up,” wrote Die Welt about 'Playboy', the Süddeutsche Zeitung stated about Kratzert's novel 'Hundertmark': 'A real joy', and about 'Beckenbauer dives not on ': "The last valid Munich novel".
In 2003 Kratzert was awarded the LiteraVision Prize for his work . In 2005 he was a finalist for the Alfred Döblin Prize . In 2012 he was elected to the PEN Center Germany .
Kratzert lives with his wife, Sandra Hoffmann (writer) , in Munich and a village in Lower Bavaria.
Works
- The dairy farmer. Journey in 7 days from the Alm to Passau. A song. Viechtach 1998
- Gothic. News from the end of the world . Novel. Munich 1999
- King Ludwig Love Sensation. The Neuschwanstein Tapes . Poem. Viechtach 2002
- Second German television . Play. Author's Theater Days, Saarland State Theater. 2002
- Racing team . Play. 2003
- Playboy . Novel. Salzburg 2004
- Hawaii . Novel. Viechtach 2005
- Hundred marks . Novel. Munich 2006
- Magnolia . Novel. Munich 2008
- Propaganda . Love poems. Deiningen 2009
- Beckenbauer does not appear . Novel. Kirchheim Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3874101196
- Berggasse 19 . Novel. Kirchheim Verlag, Munich 2014
- World of Nibelungen . Play. Nibelungen Festival, Worms 2015
- We are children . Novel. Secession Verlag, Zurich 2017
Exhibitions
- ArtTv Art . Artist workshop Lothringerstraße, Munich 1998
- Abstract Novel Manifesto. 10 theses for the third millennium . Kampl Gallery, Munich 2002
- Martin Walser. Nothing is true without its opposite . Literaturhaus, Munich 2005
- Kafka's world. His life in pictures . Literaturhaus, Munich 2008
- Max Frisch. Homesickness for the stranger . Literaturhaus, Munich 2011
Movies
- 'A day in the life of Martin Fengel ', film by Armin Kratzert, 45 min., BR 2012
- ' James Turrell . Heaven on Earth ', film by Armin Kratzert and Florian Holzherr, 45 min., BR 2013
- ' Ayzit Bostan Palast', film by Armin Kratzert, 45 min., BR 2014
- ' Florian Süssmayr Soloalbum', film by Armin Kratzert, 45 min., BR 2015
- Short films and a. about Tony Cragg , Françoise Gilot , Andreas Feininger , Per Kirkeby , Maria Lassnig , Hermann Nitsch , Arnulf Rainer , Herb Ritts , Wolfgang Tillmans , Emilio Vedova , Michael Wesely , Bernd Zimmer
Web links
- Literature by and about Armin Kratzert in the catalog of the German National Library
- Armin Kratzert in the Bavarian literature portal (project of the Bavarian State Library )
- Short biography and information on Armin Kratzert's work at Literaturport
- Armin Kratzert on the A1 Verlag website
- Video 'Once' on You Tube
- Short biography and reviews of works by Armin Kratzert at perlentaucher.de
- Kafka's World ( Memento from May 9, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) - exhibition co-curated by Kratzert at the Literaturhaus Munich (2008)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Scratches, Armin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer, critic and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 22, 1957 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | augsburg |