Crauss

Crauss (born September 19, 1971 in Siegen , real name not known) is a German writer.

life and work

Crauss studied literature at the University of Siegen and has been working as a freelance writer and lecturer since the mid-1990s . He primarily writes poetry that has been published in numerous anthologies and literary magazines.

The volume of poems Crausstrophobie , published by Heinz Ludwig Arnold in the 2000 edition of poetry , contains experimental, strongly referential texts that are referred to as remixes based on the terminology of modern music . They are characterized in particular by an intensive examination of pop cultural topics and traditions as well as authors and texts from pop literature (with Nicolas Born , Rolf Dieter Brinkmann , Christian Kracht , Thomas Meinecke, among others ). In contrast, Crauss' volume Alles über Ruth with poems on the subject of love is no less referential, but less experimental .

In addition to poems, Crauss also publishes prose and literary critical texts. He is the editor of the literary journal Kritische Ausgabe and the Siegen city magazine Inside , a member of the literature project Forum der 13 and the artist group Aktion Musenflucht and lecturer in creative writing at the University of Siegen. In addition, he publishes his own texts as well as texts by others, especially authors from Siegen.

Crauss lives in Siegen .

Single title (selection)

• The hard side of heaven. Poetry. Berlin: Verlagshaus Berlin , 2018. ISBN 978-3-945832-24-0 .
• SHEET FACTOR. Hybrids & Distillates. Essays. Berlin: Verlag Dreiviertelhaus, 2018 (= Edition KA 9). ISBN 978-3-96242-109-0 .
• This boy. Digital toes. Poetry. Berlin: Verlagshaus Berlin , 2016 (= Edition Binaer 02). ISBN 978-3-945832-15-8 .
• WEAR COLORFUL SOCKS. Poetry. Siegen: HANDverlag, 2015. (Limited cardboard box including photo postcards and 1 pair of socks.)
• BEAUTY. Simultaneous digression with Grimm . Essay. Berlin: Verlagshaus Berlin , 2014 (= Edition Poeticon 05). ISBN 978-3-940249-71-5 .
• beauty of the water. 66 pseudo-romantic calligraphies . Poetry. Berlin: Verlagshaus J. Frank, 2013 (= Quartheft 46). ISBN 978-3-940249-76-0 .
• Liquorice poisoning. juicy transversions . Poetry. Berlin: Verlagshaus J. Frank , 2011 (= Quartheft 29). ISBN 978-3-940249-96-8 .
• Motorcycle hero . Prose. Klagenfurt: Ritter Verlag , 2009. ISBN 978-3-85415-444-0 .
• live in munich . Recording of the reading in the Lyrik-Kabinett Munich, July 28, 2008. Siegen: HANDverlag, 2008.
• whiskey & funk . Audiobook (remixes to texts on campari & jazz ). Siegen: HANDverlag, 2006.
• The wife of Gründau . Three stories. Berlin: SuKuLTuR , 2006 (“ Beautiful Reading ” series, No. 47). ISBN 3-937737-52-9 .
• campari & jazz . Audiobook (56 texts). Siegen: HANDverlag, 2005.
• Everything about Ruth . Poems. Munich: Lyrikedition 2000, 2004. ISBN 3-86520-058-3 .
• CONtext sieGEN: Digging the dirt . Edited by Peter Gendolla on behalf of Department 3, Linguistics and Literature Studies, the University of Siegen . Siegen: Universität-GH Siegen, 2003.
• Crausstrophobia . Texts & remixes. Munich: Lyrikedition 2000 , 2001. ISBN 3-935284-32-2 .

Awards

• 2007: Scholarship from the Künstlerdorf Schöppingen Foundation
• 2007: Nominated for the Leonce and Lena Prize of the City of Darmstadt
• 2003: Scholarship from the Kulturfonds Künstlerhaus Lukas Foundation (Ahrenshoop)
• 2003: Marler Poetry Prize Poetry 2000 p
• 2002: Märkisches scholarship for literature (Lüdenscheid)
• 2001: Am Erker short story award of the city of Münster
• 2000: Scholarship for the Klagenfurt literature course
• 2000: electronic vibes award from the city of Dortmund
• 2000: arteco Prize of the State of Carinthia (Austria)
• 1999: Residence grant from the Berlin Literary Colloquium

Web links

• Literature by and about Crauss in the catalog of the German National Library
• Crauss in the Lexicon of Westphalian Authors
• Homepage of Crauss
• crauss on YouTube

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Cf. Knut Lohmann, “Prose texts about crashed heroes” , book presentation on DerWesten.de , October 20, 2009.