Bernd Wagner (writer)
Bernd Max Wagner (born May 30, 1948 in Wurzen , Saxony ) is a German writer . He lives in Berlin.
Life
After Bernd Wagner completed an apprenticeship as a structural fitter , he studied German and art education at the Erfurt University of Education from 1966 to 1970 . From 1970 to 1977 he was a teacher for German and art education in Schmachtenhagen . Sarah Kirsch was a mentor for his acceptance into the GDR Writers' Association . He was one of the co-signatories of the protest resolution against the expatriation of Wolf Biermann . After he had given up teaching, Wagner lived as a freelance writer in East Berlin from 1977 . From 1983 to 1985 he published the illegal literary magazine Mikado with Lothar Trolle and Uwe Kolbe every three months. In 1985, Wagner was expatriated by the GDR authorities and moved to West Berlin , where he has lived since then. In 1994 he took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt .
Bernd Wagner is the author of novels , stories , children's books , essays , poems and dramas . From 1980 to 1985 he was a member of the Writers 'Association of the GDR and from 1992 to 2002 of the authors' group of the Federal Republic . He received u. a. The following awards: 1987 a working grant for Berlin writers, 1995 a grant from the German Literature Fund, 1996 a grant from the Künstlerhaus Edenkoben and in 2003 a grant from the Prussian Sea Action Foundation . For 2013 the city of Magdeburg named him "Magdeburg city clerk ". In 2019 he became Dresden city clerk .
The satire Mao and the 72 monkeys will appear in autumn 2020 . The secret memoirs of the Eternal Chairman edited and translated by Bernd Wagner in the series Exil of the edition buchhaus loschwitz announced.
Publications
Own works
Book publications
- The meeting. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin [u. a.] 1976.
- Second realization. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin [u. a.] 1978.
- G. in B. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin [u. a.] 1979.
- Robbi Blanks and Theo Holzschuh's sea voyage. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1980.
- Little Schorschi lets it go again. drollig-Verlag Mettang u. Wagner, Tübingen 1981, ISBN 3-923094-01-9 .
- The new rascals. Children's book publisher, Berlin 1981.
- Journey in the head. Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin [u. a.] 1984.
- I don't want to go to Austria. Luchterhand, Darmstadt [a. a.] 1987, ISBN 3-472-86652-7 .
- Reaching into space: 11 attempts. Transit, Berlin 1988, ISBN 3-88747-052-4 .
- My too big eye. Luchterhand, Darmstadt 1988, ISBN 3-630-86682-4 .
- The anger in the suitcase. Rowohlt, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-87134-011-1 .
- The human zoo and other dreams. Ed. Fiebig, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-930516-12-8 .
- Paradise. Ullstein, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-550-08244-4 .
- Club Oblomow. Ullstein, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-550-08298-3 .
- Morello cherries. Ullstein, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-548-24440-8 .
- How I got to Chihuahua. Steidl, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-88243-883-5 .
- Hel. Edition Mariannenpresse , Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3-926433-38-1 .
- Berlin for the poor. A city guide for bon vivants. Eichborn, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-8218-5830-2 .
- I will never get along with European people. Walter Spies' adventurous life between Bashkiria and Bali. Radio feature, SWR 2010.
- The street crows Coqui. Magdeburg Journal. Forum Gestaltung, Magdeburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-9813652-9-0 .
- The flood in Saxony. Novel. Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt am Main 2018, ISBN 978-3-89561-142-1 .
Magazine articles
- From publisher to publisher , Secession Issue 94, February 2020
Radio
- The flood in Saxony. 19-part, slightly abbreviated reading of the novel with Jörg Schüttauf , director: Matthias Thalheim, first broadcast: 6. – 31. May 2019 on MDR Culture .
Editing
- The pitch burners. Hinstorff, Rostock 1981.
literature
- Siegmar Faust : Wagner, Bernd . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Bernd Wagner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of the writer Bernd Max Wagner - accessed on May 31, 2019
- MDR Kultur : Bernd Wagner visits MDR Kultur on the occasion of the premiere of his work “The Flood in Saxony” as an audio book with speaker Jörg Schüttauf, produced by MDR. - Length of the studio interview: 43 minutes. Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk , online portal, May 11, 2019. Accessed May 31, 2019 .
- Hans-Christoph Buch: GDR novel by Bernd Wagner: Saxony is by the sea. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , online portal, May 14, 2018. Accessed May 31, 2019 .
- Bernd Wagner: Political feature section: Farewell to the bourgeoisie? How parties are increasingly saying goodbye to the conservative. Deutschlandfunk Kultur , April 25, 2012.
- Bernd Wagner archive in the archive of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.berndmaxwagner.de/biografie.html , accessed on May 31, 2019
- ↑ Bernd Wagner is Dresden city clerk 2019 . Süddeutsche Zeitung , February 8, 2019, accessed on August 14, 2020 . .
- ^ Bernd Wagner: From publisher to publisher . In: Association for State Politics (ed.): Secession . tape 94 . Schnellroda February 2020, p. 13 .
- ↑ Haig Latchinian : Bernd Wagner with Wurzen-Roman as a guest at the Leipzig Book Fair. Born in Wurzen, he is a guest in the LVZ authors' arena at the Leipzig Book Fair. There he will present his novel “Deluge in Saxony” - a panorama of German life in small Wurzen as well as in large Leipzig. In: Leipziger Volkszeitung , online portal. Retrieved March 18, 2018 .
- ^ Secession issue 94. Retrieved on February 13, 2020 .
- ↑ https://www.mdr.de/kultur/themen/lesezeit-wagner-sintflut-in-sachsen-100.html - accessed on May 31, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wagner, Bernd |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wagner, Bernd Max (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Spice up |