Armin Strohmeyr

Armin Strohmeyr (born May 23, 1966 in Augsburg ) is a German writer.

Life

Armin Strohmeyr grew up in Königsbrunn . He attended high schools in Königsbrunn and Augsburg. After high school and community service, he studied modern German literature, French literature and musicology at the University of Augsburg from 1987 to 1992 . After completing his studies (Magister Artium) he was editor of the yearbook “Schwäbischer Hauskalender” in Augsburg from 1993 to 1997. In 1997 he received his doctorate with a thesis on Klaus Mann Dr. phil. at the University of Augsburg with Helmut Koopmann . He has been a freelance writer since 1998 and lives in Berlin. In addition to numerous book publications, he is the author of numerous radio features for BR, SWR, HR, NDR, RBB, RB. He also wrote pieces (shadow plays) for puppet theater and worked as an editor. He is a member of VS Berlin.

Works

Volumes of poetry

• Projectiles. Poems. WiderWort, Stadtbergen 1996, ISBN 3-931526-05-4
• Venice consolation: close to the cloud. Poems. Roter Milan, Augsburg 1997, ISBN 3-9805306-1-2
• New Zealand songs. Poems. Roter Milan, Augsburg 1997, ISBN 3-9805306-4-7
• Jelängerjelieber. Poems. Wiesenburg, Schweinfurt 2006, ISBN 3-939518-05-0
• End of the closed season. Poems. Wiesenburg, Schweinfurt 2015, ISBN 978-3-95632-276-1

Novels

• Lady with a red cat, Wiesenburg, Schweinfurt 2015, ISBN 978-3-95632-277-8

Non-fiction

• Dream and trauma. The androgynous sibling complex in the work of Klaus Mann, Roter Milan, Augsburg 1997, ISBN 3-9805306-5-5
• Klaus and Erika Mann. Les enfants terribles, Rowohlt Berlin, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-87134-393-5
• Klaus Mann, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-423-31031-6
• Annette Kolb. Poet between the peoples, Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-423-30868-0
• George Sand. "Do not believe too much in my satanic nature". A biography, Reclam Leipzig, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-379-00808-7
• Klaus and Erika Mann. "We acted like twins". A biography, Reclam Leipzig, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-379-20113-8
• The women of the Brentanos. Portraits from three centuries. Claassen, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-546-00389-6 , ISBN 3-546-00389-6
• Sophie from La Roche. A biography. Reclam Leipzig, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 978-3-379-00835-8 , ISBN 3-379-00835-4
• Lost generation. Thirty forgotten poets from the 'Other Germany', Atrium, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-85535-721-5
• Witnesses of faith of the modern age. The saints and blessed of the 20th and 21st centuries, Patmos, Mannheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-491-72547-8
• The women of the Brentanos. Portraits from three centuries. List, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-548-60949-2
• Vacation in the monastery. Germany. Catholic, Protestant and ecumenical monasteries and communities, Patmos, Ostfildern 2011, ISBN 978-3-8436-0019-4
• Adventure of traveling women. 15 portraits, Piper, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-492-27431-9 (print edition), ISBN 978-3-492-95895-0 (e-book)
• Misunderstood pioneers. Inventors, adventurers, visionaries, Styria, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-222-13394-7 (hardcover), ISBN 978-3-222-13507-1 (softcover).
• First ladies. The wives of the German Federal President. 11 portraits, Styria, Vienna 2013, ISBN 978-3-222-13395-4
• Influential women. 12 portraits, Piper, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-492-30374-3 (print edition), ISBN 978-3-492-96299-5 (e-book)
• Adventure of traveling women. 15 portraits, Malik National Geographic, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-492-40566-9
• Mysterious women. Rebels, mistresses, impostors, 12 portraits, Piper, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-492-30605-8 (print edition), ISBN 978-3-492-96775-4 (e-book)
• The world is Ours. Writing women conquer the foreign. 9 portraits, Piper, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-492-27392-3 (print edition), ISBN 978-3-492-97180-5 (e-book)
• George Sand. Don't believe too much in my satanic nature. Biography, Herder, Freiburg i. B. 2016, ISBN 978-3-451-06814-0 (print edition), ISBN 978-3-451-80771-8 (e-book)
• The shining lands. Traveling women explore the Orient. 9 portraits, Piper, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-492-30967-7 (print edition), ISBN 978-3-492-97599-5 (e-book)
• Annette Kolb. Poet between the peoples. Biography (revised new edition), Piper, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-492-31217-2 (print edition), ISBN 978-3-492-97795-1 (e-book)
• World collectors. Spectacular travel adventures by brave women. 9 portraits, Piper, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-492-30966-0 (print edition), ISBN 978-3-492-99065-3 (e-book)
• The world is Ours. Writing women conquer the foreign. 9 portraits, Malik National Geographic, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-492-40630-7
• "She was the most wonderful woman ...". The life of Sophie von La Roche, Südverlag, Konstanz 2019, ISBN 978-3-87800-126-3
• Poet children. Love, betrayal and drama - the circle around Klaus and Erika Mann, Piper Verlag, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-492-31534-0 (print edition), ISBN 978-3-492-99433-0 (e-book )

Editorships

• Hedwig Lachmann: Works in one volume, Roter Milan, Augsburg 1996, ISBN 3-9805306-0-4
• Oskar Schürer: Das Dichterische Werk, Roter Milan, Augsburg 1997, ISBN 3-9805306-2-0
• The suicide. A literary anthology. Texts from German literature from the Middle Ages to the present, Klöpfer & Meyer, Tübingen 1999, ISBN 3-931402-45-2
• Hedwig Lachmann: Familiar and strange and still me. Poems, adaptations and essays, Wißner, Augsburg 2003, ISBN 3-89639-415-0
• Wind brides. German poets, Reclam Leipzig, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-379-00831-1
• Time stands still enchanted. Evening poems, Reclam Leipzig, Leipzig 2005, ISBN 3-379-00834-6
• Poems for good night, Reclam Leipzig, Leipzig 2006, ISBN 978-3-379-00842-6 , ISBN 3-379-00842-7

Awards

• 2005: Culture Prize of the City of Königsbrunn
• 2010: Burgschreiber zu Beeskow
• 2013: Award of the book "Misunderstood Pioneers" with the 3rd place in the book competition of the magazine DAMALS "The historical book of the year 2014" in the category "Entertainment"
• 2013: Nomination of the book "Misunderstood Pioneers" by the Austrian Federal Ministry for Science and Research and the Buchkultur Verlagsgesellschaft Wien in the category "Science / Technology" in the competition "Science Book of the Year 2014"
• 2014: Residency at the Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf
• 2016: Residence grant at the Künstlerhaus Lukas, Ahrenshoop

Web links

• Literature by and about Armin Strohmeyr in the catalog of the German National Library
• Personal homepage of the author