Carl-Christian Elze

Carl-Christian Elze (2015)

Carl-Christian Elze (born April 26, 1974 in Berlin ) is a German writer .

life and work

Carl-Christian Elze studied medicine for three semesters, later biology and German at the University of Leipzig . Then he did a long internship at the Berlin Zoo . From 2004 to 2008 Elze studied alongside his teaching activities at the Henriette Goldschmidt School at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig . From 2002 to 2009 he edited the literary magazine plumbum together with Thomas Siemon, Anja Kampmann , Katharina Bendixen and Christian Kreis . He writes poetry , prose , scripts and libretti . His last volume of poems, these small, hanging in the air, mountain preaching structures , was published in 2016 by the Berlin publishing house .

Carl-Christian Elze runs the Leipziger reading series Niemerlang together with Janin Wölke, Sibylla Vričić Hausmann , Udo Grashoff and Christian Kreis . He is a member of the PEN Center Germany and lives in Leipzig .

Single track

• slow weariness in the labyrinth. Poems. Verlagshaus Berlin, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-945832-28-8 .
• these small, in the air, mountain preaching formations. Poems. Verlagshaus Berlin, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-945832-14-1 .
• Records of a silly man. Stories. Publishing house J. Frank , Berlin 2014.
• i live in a water tower by the sea, which is silly. Poems. luxbooks Verlag , Wiesbaden 2013.
• olsztyn-allenstein-express. Poems. heinemann press by Silke Konschak, Berlin 2012.
• corridors. Poems. Connewitzer Verlagbuchhandlung , Leipzig 2009.
• city ​​/ country / stop. Poems. Mitteldeutscher Verlag , Halle 2006.

Anthologies (selection)

• Christoph Buchwald , Ulrike Almut Sandig (Eds.): Yearbook of Poetry 2017 , Schöffling & Co. , Frankfurt am Main 2017, ISBN 978-3895616808
• Song out of nothing. German-language poetry of the 21st century. Michael Braun / Hans Thill (eds.), Verlag Das Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 2010.
• There is another world. New poems. An anthology from Saxony. Andreas Altmann / Axel Helbig (eds.), Poetenladen , Leipzig 2010.
• The beauty is a distinct noise. Baltic poems. Ron Winkler (ed.), Connewitzer Verlagbuchhandlung, Leipzig 2010.
• Thinking about Leipzig. A hundred essays. Leipziger Verlags- und Druckereigesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Leipzig 2009.
• Poetry by Jetzt 2. Björn Kuhligk / Jan Wagner (eds.), Berlin Verlag , Berlin 2008.
• Yearbook of Poetry 2008/2009. S. Fischer Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 2008, 2009.
• Yearbook of Poetry 2012/2013. DVA , Munich 2011, 2013.
• New book. New young poetry. Ron Winkler (ed.), Yedermann Verlag , Munich 2008.
• Air under the wings. The Irsee Pegasus. A reader. Klöpfer & Meyer , Tübingen 2008.

Literature magazines (selection)

• Akzente , EDIT , BELLA triste , poet , Ostragehege , Horen , Park, Place of Eyes, Critical Edition , SIC , Besides

Awards

• 2005: Poetry Debut Prize Poetenladen ; Finalist at the Open Mike
• 2006: 1st prize Irseer Pegasus
• 2008: DLL scholarship from the Saxony Cultural Foundation
• 2009: Grant from the Künstlerhaus Lukas Ahrenshoop
• 2010: Poetry Prize Munich ; New York scholarship from the German House NY and the Max Kade Foundation
• 2012: Residence grant from the Saxony Cultural Foundation in the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Haus in Agnetendorf
• 2013: poet in residence in Dresden-Loschwitz
• 2014: Joachim Ringelnatz Prize (Young Talent Prize); I live in a water tower by the sea, which is silly selected by the German Academy for Language and Poetry and the Foundation Lyrik Kabinett Munich for the poetry books of the year 2013; Rainer Malkowski scholarship from the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
• 2015: Working grant from the Kulturstiftung Sachsen ; Heinrich Heine scholarship
• 2016: Federal grant from the German Study Center in Venice
• 2017: Author's grant at the Künstlerhaus Edenkoben
• 2018: Finalist at the Merano Poetry Prize

script

Atropos. Short fiction (20 min.), Director: Philipp J. Neumann , production: Alte Celluloid Fabrik GbR, Leipzig 2010. (1st Prize Film Festival Kurzsüchtig 2011 / 1st Prize Goldener Reiter Filmfest Dresden 2012 / Competition Film Festival Münster 2011 / Competition Short Film Festival Bamberg 2012 )

Lachesis. Short film by Philipp J. Neumann , Celluloid Fabrik Filmproduktion GbR, Red-HD, 16: 9, 28 min, color. Production: Jürgen Kleinig, Tina Leeb / Script: Carl-Christian Elze / Camera: Lars dos Santos Drawert / Music: Anno Schreier / Production Design: Ulrike Schwarzbuger / Costumes: Nicola Minssen / Sound Design: Kai Tebbel / FX: Sascha Werner / With: Inka Friedrich , Dietmar Voigt, Dinah Geiger, Thomas Dehler, Franziska Endres, Frida & Florentine Bauer. Funded by the Mitteldeutsche Medienförderung, the Saxon State Authority for Private Broadcasting and Media and the Kulturstiftung Sachsen (Competition Filmfestival Kurzsüchtig 2017)

libretto

THE RING . A musical theater . Inspired by Richard Wagner's Der Ring des Nibelungen . World premiere on May 24, 2013. Commissioned by theLeipzig Gewandhaus . Music: Lutz Glandien . Libretto: Carl-Christian Elze and Philipp J. Neumann .

Web links

Commons : Carl-Christian Elze  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Carl-Christian Elze in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and information on the work of Carl-Christian Elze at Literaturport
• Carl-Christian Elze in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Carl-Christian Elze in the poet shop
• Homepage of the author