Bov Bjerg

Bov Bjerg at the Leipzig Book Fair 2016

Bov Bjerg (actually Rolf Böttcher; * 1965 in Heiningen ) is a German writer and cabaret artist . He chose his pseudonym after the Danish town of Bovbjerg .

Life

Bov Bjerg grew up on the edge of the Swabian Alb . He studied linguistics , political science and literature in Berlin and Amsterdam. He is a graduate of the German Literature Institute in Leipzig .

Bov Bjerg during a reading (2020)

In order not to have to do military service, Bov Bjerg moved to West Berlin in 1984 . There he founded the literary magazine Salbader in 1989 with a few college friends . Between 1989 and 1996 he started several reading stages in Berlin : Dr. Strange morning pint , Wednesday conclusion and the reform stage Heim & Welt . He worked as an actor, author and cook in various productions of the music cabaret Zwei Third . From 1992 to 2002 he wrote for the Berlin city newspaper translucent shock (alternating with Hans Duschke ) the column "Question time". From 1997 to 1998 Bov Bjerg was editor of the satirical magazine Eulenspiegel .

With the short story Howyadoin about "German Hermans" adventures on an American campsite near a railroad line and a US federal prison, he won the 2004 MDR Literature Prize . He has lived in Berlin since 1984 with brief interruptions .

In December 2019, the novel based on his original, Auerhaus , was published.

Awards / recognitions

• 1996: Winner of the Theodor W. Adorno similarity competition organized by Titanic magazine together with Horst Evers
• 2000: Kleinkunstgral Goldener Schoppen
• 2001: Klagenfurt literature course
• 2002: German Cabaret Award (program award) for Wednesday conclusion
• 2004: Winner of the MDR Literature Prize
• 2018: Ingeborg Bachmann Prize - Deutschlandfunk Prize for SERPENTINES
• 2020: Hugo Ball Prize
• 2020: Swr best list 3rd place 03/2020 for serpentines. From the jury's statement: A man and his son on a journey into the past. An imposition for the child, a lifeline for the man. It's about exploring the turning points of biographies in order to be able to explain your own life. And to endure it at all.

Publications (selection)

Books

• Deadline . Mitteldeutscher Verlag , Halle 2008, ISBN 978-3-89812-562-8 .
• Auerhaus. Novel . Blumenbar , Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-351-05023-8 .
• My Mom's Modernization: Stories . Blumenbar, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-351-05033-7 .
• Switchbacks . Novel. Claassen, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-546-10003-8 .

Sound carrier

(all with Horst Evers and Manfred Maurenbrecher )

• Wednesday conclusion . Silberblick-Musik, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-932219-39-2 .
• Stupid Fucks Well! - The tragedy of the gifted . Conträr Musik , Lübeck 2002, ISBN 3-932219-41-4 .
• Horny parts - bakery saleswomen unpack . Conträr Musik, Lübeck 2005, ISBN 3-932219-61-9 .

Contributions to anthologies

• Three articles in: Wladimir Kaminer (Ed.): Fresh gold boys . Goldmann, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-442-54162-X , p. 69-92 .
• Two articles in: Falko Hennig (Ed.): Volle Pulle Leben. Ten years of reform stage home and world . Goldmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-54228-6 , p. 35-44 .

Web links

Commons : Bov Bjerg  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Bov Bjerg in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature by and about Bov Bjerg in the WorldCat bibliographic database
• Official website

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Kürschner's German Literature Calendar . 2010/2011, p. 86.
2. ↑ ^{a b} Volker Weidermann: The silence of the country. Bov Bjerg's new novel "Serpentines" . In: Der Spiegel . No. 5 , January 25, 2020, p. 124 .
3. ↑ Bov Bjerg asked “Howyadoin” - that arrived ( memento from March 18, 2004 in the Internet Archive ) on MDR Kultur from June 1, 2004, accessed on October 13, 2007.
4. ↑ orf.at: Tanja Maljartschuk wins Bachmann Prize 2018 . Article dated July 8, 2018, accessed July 8, 2018.
5. ↑ Hugo Ball Prize 2020 goes to Bov Bjerg / Promotion Prize for Kinga Tóth. In: fixpoetry.de. October 21, 2019, accessed October 21, 2019 .