Burkhard spiders
Burkhard Spinnen (born December 28, 1956 in Mönchengladbach ) is a German writer .
Life
Burkhard Spinnen grew up as the only child of Willy and Cornelia Spinnen in Mönchengladbach. After high school and military service, he studied German , journalism and sociology at the Westphalian Wilhelms University in Münster from 1976 . In 1984 he passed the master’s examination there.
In 1989, Spinnen received his doctorate from the Philosophical Faculty . He then worked there until 1995 as a research assistant . Since then he has lived as a freelance writer in Münster. He is married and has two sons.
Burkhard Spinnen is a member of the PEN Center Germany . From 1997 to 2000 he was a visiting professor at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig . From 2000 to 2006 he was a member of the jury for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize at the Days of German-Language Literature in Klagenfurt, and from 2008 to 2014 he chaired the jury.
In addition to his literary and essayistic texts, Burkhard Spinnen writes reviews and glosses for newspapers and radio.
Burkhard Spinnen has been a member of the arts class at the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts since 2011 .
Awards and honors
- 1991 Aspect Literature Prize for Fat Man in the Sea
- 1992 Scholarship from the Carinthian industry for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
- 1996 Märkisches scholarship for literature
- 1996 Kranichsteiner Literature Prize
- 1999 Literature Prize from the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
- 2001 Oldenburg Children's and Young People's Book Prize for Belgian Giants
- 2002 Minden City Clerk Scholarship
- 2002 Caroline Schlegel Prize for his essay Scandal
- 2003 Herbert Quandt Media Prize
- 2003 Business Book Prize from the Financial Times Deutschland
- 2004 Lower Rhine Literature Prize
- 2007 German Audio Book Prize
- 2008 Rheinischer Literaturpreis Siegburg
Works
- The Minster Makers. A satirical scene , Münster 1986
- A journey through the book. A play for the school theater , Münster 1988
- Age of Adhesion. Attempt on contemporary writing culture , Münster et al. 1990. ISBN 3-89325-028-X
- Fat man in the sea , stories, Frankfurt am Main 1991
- Typefaces. Studies on a history of emblematic short prose , Münster 1991
- Cold duck , stories, Frankfurt am Main 1994
- Long Saturday , Roman, Frankfurt am Main 1995
- Consolation and Reserve , Frankfurt am Main 1996
- Model railway , Munich 1998
- Belgian Giants , Roman, Frankfurt am Main 2000
- Moving Holidays. Essays and speeches , Frankfurt am Main 2000
- The black ridge. The story of the entrepreneur Walter Lindenmaier from Laupheim , biography, Frankfurt am Main 2003
- Lego bricks. Childhood around 1968 , Frankfurt am Main 2004
- The reserve goalkeeper , stories, Frankfurt am Main 2004
- Transparent sleeves. A dialogue on language in the modern economy , Munich 2005
- Kram und Würde , glosses and features, Frankfurt am Main 2006
- All around , Roman, Frankfurt am Main 2007
- Well positioned. Small phrase guide through business language , Herder Freiburg 2008. ISBN 978-3-451-05961-2
- Müller hoch Drei , Roman, Frankfurt am Main 2009
- Reading away. With literature to school , St. Pölten - Salzburg 2010
- Nevena , Frankfurt am Main, 2012. ISBN 978-3-89561-044-8
- At the end of the day , Glossen, Freiburg 2014
- Zacharias Katz , Roman, Frankfurt am Main 2014
- The last facade. How my mother got demented , Herder Freiburg 2016
- Main prize. Die Erzählungen , Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt am Main 2016. ISBN 978-3-89561-047-9
- The book. Eine Hommage , Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt am Main 2016. ISBN 978-3-89561-046-2
- Rückwind , Roman, Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt am Main 2019. ISBN 978-3-89561-049-3
Editing
- Peter Altenberg : Summer evening in Gmunden , Frankfurt am Main 1997
- Peter Altenberg: Viennese stories , Frankfurt am Main 1995
- Peter Altenberg: Vienna Nightlife , Frankfurt am Main 2001
- Peter Altenberg: As I see it , new edition Munich 2007
- Arthur Schnitzler : Corso am Ring , Frankfurt am Main 2002
- Arthur Schnitzler: Stories , Zurich 1994
Individual evidence
Web links
- Literature by and about Burkhard Spinnen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Burkhard Spinnen at perlentaucher.de
- Burkhard Spinnen in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
- Burkhard Spinnen at the North Rhine-Westphalian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- Excerpts from Mehrkampf and The Black Ridge read by the author himself
- Literaturport.de audio sample of stuff and dignity
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Spiders, Burkhard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 28, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mönchengladbach |