Aron Boks
Aron Boks (born May 14, 1997 in Wernigerode ) is a German author, poetry slammer and presenter from Berlin.
Live and act
In 2016, Boks began studying German, history and later journalism at the Free University of Berlin . His stage career began in 2016 when he won the state championship in Magdeburg in the U20 category and the Magdeburg city championship in the same year.
After various work at sponsored editorial workshops and the taz at the weekend , Aron Boks wrote his first story, which was published in April 2018 by Unsichtbar Verlag and was awarded the Klopstock Prize for New Literature in 2019.
In 2019, his autobiographical book Luft nach unten was published , which addresses anorexia, especially in men.
He also moderates poetry slams and other events in Saxony-Anhalt, Brandenburg and Berlin and, together with the musician Jonathan Schmitz, is the founder of the band Das Zappelte Tanzorchester .
Works
- 2017: Wednesday child, Insichtbar Verlag, Diedorf (edition kleinLAUT / mini books for adults), ISBN 978-3-95791-063-9
- 2017: Lousy times , Literareon, Munich, ISBN 978-3-8316-2021-0
- 2017: Lousy Times , audio book, Insichtbar Verlag, Diedorf
- 2018: And above all smoke , Scattered Poems, Gonzo Verlag, Mainz, ISBN 978-3-944564-40-1 .
- 2018: This room is already occupied , Insichtbar Verlag, Diedorf ISBN 978-3-95791-081-3
- 2018: This room is already occupied , audio book, Insichtbar Verlag, Diedorf
- 2019: Air down. How I came across and lived with my anorexia. , Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 978-3862657773
Anthology articles
- Hunt in Stephanie Mattner (Ed.): Trümmerseele . Sternenblick, Berlin, 2015, ISBN 978-3-7392-1053-7
- Philipp in Renate Riemann (Ed.): And then the rabbit died . Geest Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-86685-577-9
As editor
- 2019: Aron Boks, Wolf Hogekamp, Noah Klaus: Comma to the point! Slam texts from the capital , SATYR Verlag, Berlin, ISBN 978-3947106202
Awards
- City master of the Poetry Slam Magdeburg
- State champion of the Poetry Slam Saxony-Anhalt
- Klopstock Award 2019 for This room is already occupied
- Uwe Kaschinski Prize 2020 for How the pigeon from the underground station on line 6 almost started the revolution
Web links
- Literature by and about Aron Boks in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Aron Boks in the bibliographic database WorldCat
Individual evidence
- ↑ Panter Workshop No. 23: The participants . In: The daily newspaper: taz . October 26, 2017, ISSN 0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed April 18, 2018]).
- ↑ This room is already occupied by Aron Boks. Retrieved April 18, 2018 .
- ↑ By Beate Hagen, Volksstimme Magdeburg: The juggler of word and meaning. Retrieved February 18, 2020 .
- ↑ by Hannes Beyer: As a boy anorexic: "I was too weak to walk". In: Spreewild. August 13, 2019, accessed on February 18, 2020 (German).
- ↑ "The addiction is always there". November 6, 2019, accessed February 18, 2020 .
- ↑ Stephan Jaensch, Jan Vesper, Marian Gaebler, Kristopher Jelinek, Philip Richter (layout, HTML, CSS) - intosite GmbH: U-20 Poetry Slam Championship Magdeburg . ( urbanite.net [accessed April 18, 2018]).
- ↑ Carmen Jahn: The U20 Poetry Slam Championships are looking for the best young poet . In: City magazine DATEs . October 6, 2016 ( dates-md.de [accessed April 18, 2018]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Boks, Aron |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author, poetry slammer and moderator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 14, 1997 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wernigerode |