Claudius Nießen

Claudius Nießen (* 1980 in Aachen ) is a German author , editor and cultural manager .

Life

Claudius Nießen studied Islamic Studies , Dutch Studies and Politics in Münster and at the German Literature Institute Leipzig (DLL). At the DLL he founded the anthology syndicate in 2003 .

Nießen was a scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation and the Institute for Book Art at the University of Graphic and Book Art in Leipzig . Nießen has (had) held several teaching positions for literary writing, including at the German Department of Heidelberg University , but also in Berlin, Düsseldorf and Leipzig.

From 2005 to 2012 he was the managing director of the Free Academy of the Arts in Leipzig . From 2008 to 2013 he was managing director of the DLL.

Nießen is also the founder and head of the Clarapark agency , which has been developing and conducting literary events since 2006, but also acts as an advisory institute for public institutions, foundations and companies on issues relating to the promotion of art and culture. At Clarapark z. For example, the Saxon Student Film Festival, the NeonNeon light installation, the Long Leipzig Reading Night, the Mitteldeutsche Medientage (together with Christian Bollert, BEBE Medien, detektor.fm), the Leipzig literature festival “Houston - we have a reading”, the reading L3 at the Leipzig Book Fair and the literary show Turboprop back. From 2006 to 2009 Nießen curated the Krautgarden Festival in Leipzig and New York .

Nießen works as a reporter for various media companies (including WDR and Handelsblatt as well as Detector.fm ).

Claudius Nießen has been a member of the Leipzig Cultural Council and the Advisory Board for Cultural Promotion in the City of Leipzig's Cultural Office since May 2017. In 2013, on behalf of the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony , Nießen prepared an expert opinion on "Possibilities and conditions of literary communication in Dresden".

Prices

• 1998: German-Dutch Young Literature Prize
• 2003: Prize from the Institute for Book Art at the Leipzig School of Graphics and Book Art (HGB) for Vinta

Publications (selection)

• Two sky dogs , with Clemens Meyer , Dresden: Verlag Voland & Quist, 2016, ISBN 978-3-86391-137-9 .
• Poetry for the diploma , in: Streifband - the training magazine for publishing merchants , (2010, No. 16).
• Local history Leipzig , Hamburg: Hoffmann and Campe, 2009 ISBN 978-3-455-38050-7 .
• Vinta , with photographs by Sven Johne , Leipzig: Institute for Book Art, 2005, ISBN 978-3-932865-38-1 .

As editor:

• Tippgemeinschaft 2003 , Leipzig: Connewitzer Verlagbuchhandlung , ISBN 978-3 000111-20-4 .
• Tippgemeinschaft 2004 , Leipzig: Connewitzer Verlagbuchhandlung, ISBN 978-3-980940-30-6 .
• State and future of creative work in Leipzig - Le Klub Analog , with Vincent Oley et al., Leipzig: Connewitzer Verlagbuchhandlung, 2012 ISBN 978-3-937799-65-0 .
• Turboprop: best stories , with Christoph Graebel, Leipzig: Connewitzer Verlagbuchhandlung, 2008 ISBN 978-3-937799-33-9 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Claudius Nießen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Claudius Nießen at perlentaucher.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} literature around the campfire. Citizens Committee Leipzig eV, accessed on October 30, 2017 . 
2. ^ Claudius Nießen - member of the VS federal board. (PDF) Association of German Writers (VS), accessed on August 24, 2019 . 
3. ↑ Claudius Nießen. Retrieved July 12, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Claudius Nießen. (No longer available online.) Connewitzer Verlagbuchhandlung, archived from the original on November 7, 2017 ; accessed on October 30, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
5. ↑ Former staff. Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig (DLL), accessed on February 23, 2019 . 
6. ^ Literary agent instead of writer. Retrieved July 12, 2019 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b} Vita Claudius Nießen. (PDF) In: Leipziger-Freiheit.de. Retrieved August 24, 2019 . 
8. ↑ Imprint - School Film Festival Saxony. Retrieved July 12, 2019 (American English). 
9. ^ District office: ERDF-KU funding: ClaraPark / NEONNEON. In: West Leipzig. October 9, 2018, accessed July 12, 2019 . 
10. ↑ Contact - Long Leipzig Reading Night. Retrieved July 12, 2019 . 
11. ↑ Von rad: Medientage Mitteldeutschland: Everything new in May. In: Flurfunk-Dresden.de. October 24, 2018, accessed July 12, 2019 . 
12. ↑ MSA-11: Media Days Central Germany. Retrieved July 12, 2019 . 
13. ↑ Houston - we have a reading / festival with literary formats. Retrieved July 12, 2019 . 
14. ↑ Claudius Nießen. Hoffmann and Campe, accessed October 30, 2017 . 
15. ↑ detektor.fm: Living is easy | How are design classics created? - From furniture to icons. May 14, 2018, accessed July 12, 2019 . 
16. ↑ Meeting participants. Retrieved July 12, 2019 . 
17. ↑ Advisory councils for cultural funding. Retrieved July 12, 2019 . 
18. ↑ Possibilities and conditions for the mediation of literature in Dresden. (PDF) In: KdFS.de (Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony). Retrieved August 24, 2019 . 
19. ↑ Sven Johne. Galerie Nagel Draxler, accessed October 30, 2017 .