The group 48

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The group 48 is a German literary association as a non-profit membership organization based in Kiel , which annually organizes a reading competition and the price of the group 48 in the categories of poetry and prose gives. The chairman is Hannelore Furch.

description

In the final round of the German-language literary competition of Group 48 , which is carried out once a year, eight candidates enter their texts in a final reading competition. The candidates have previously participated in the public invitation to tender for the literary competition and their texts were selected by the jury of Group 48 from the submitted entries. The "Group 48 Prize for Prose" and the "Group 48 Prize for Poetry" will be awarded.

Texts that deal with the time and its topics in a special way are requested for the competition. According to the concept of Group 47 , which Group 48 has adopted in a reformed version, the texts will be discussed after the reading with the participation of all guests and the two prize winners will be determined by all participants in the event in a secret ballot. The competition events are always held in Rösrath, Schloss Eulenbroich (educational workshop ).

The chairman of the jury is Uta Oberkampf (alias Uta Harst). Other jurors are Vito von Eichborn , Andreas Klaene, Bernd Neumann, Kurt Nickel, Volker Maaßen, Brigitta Michel-Schwartze , Magnus Schleich (Switzerland), Niklas van Thorn and J. Monika Walther

Starting in 2018, a "group 48 sponsorship award for young people and young authors" will be announced every two years, to which contributions in poetry or prose can be submitted and which is aimed at authors aged 15 to 35 years.

The chairman of the jury is Birgit Rabisch . Other jurors are Nima Bazrafkan, Reimer Boy Eilers , Edgar Hättich, Sven j. Olsson, Barbara Rossi and Heidrun Zinecker.

So far, the prize money has been endowed with a total of between 2,000 and 10,000 euros per competition.

history

In 2015, the literary scholar and writer Hannelore Furch and the writer Hubert Michelis had the idea of ​​holding an annual reading competition similar to the format of Group 47 and began to look for fellow campaigners. In memory of their role model, a loose group should be formed, whose name contains the number 48 as a continuation of group 47 . According to their concept, the two initiators joined together with ten other founding members in February 2016 in Rösrath to form a loose group 48 . Hannelore Furch and Hubert Michelis were chosen as the management team. By the end of 2017, members had reached 82. In December 2017, the loose group 48 formed into a non-profit association in order to be able to recruit sponsors and the number of members decreased.

As sponsors of the Group 48 awards in poetry and prose from 2017 , the Dr. Jürgen Rembold Foundation for the Promotion of Civic Engagement and Uta Oberkampf, both based in Rösrath. The award is sponsored by the Landschaftsverband Rheinland (LVR), Cologne, and the Dr. Jürgen Rembold Foundation, Rösrath.

Projects

In 2019, Gruppe 48 started their book series Wunderwerk Text . It is an anthology that appears annually for the competition, each containing a selection of the competition texts. The volume is around 20 prose articles and 50 poems. The jury selects all texts in the anthology in its anonymised process.

Awards and winners

  • Prize 2016: split between Uta Oberkampf and Thomas Schmidt Rocha
  • Prize for poetry 2017: Regine Böge
  • Prize for prose 2017: Tina Drenkelfort
  • Prize 2018: Torsten Himstedt
  • Sponsorship award 2018: shared among Helen Landsberger, Sophia Oberhuber and Angie Volk
  • Prize for poetry 2019: Mechthild Bordt-Haakshorst
  • Prize for prose 2019: Peter Coon

Publications

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sponsorship award for young talents Literature competition for young authors , on rheinische-anzeblaetter.de, accessed on May 12, 2020
  2. ↑ More space for young writers , on boersenblatt.net, accessed on May 12, 2020
  3. ↑ More space for young writers , on buchjournal.de, accessed on June 6, 2020
  4. ↑ Group 48 starts literature competition for young authors , Bergischer Bote from May 12, 2020, accessed on May 6, 2020. June 2020
  5. ^ Literature competition of group 48 - Projects - NRW Literature on the Net. Retrieved October 14, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Dr. Jürgen Rembold Foundation - Literature Competition Group 48_2019. Retrieved October 14, 2019 .
  7. ^ Thomas Rausch: Authors' project in Rhein-Berg: Writers join forces to form Group 48. February 14, 2016, accessed on October 14, 2019 (German).
  8. ^ Gisela Schwarz: Literature competition of group 48: Book lovers from all over Germany in the final. September 12, 2018, accessed on October 14, 2019 (German).
  9. ↑ Promoting literature - Group 48 - RÖSRATHerleben. Retrieved October 14, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Kurt Nickel from Pfalzdorf was accepted into group 48. Retrieved October 14, 2019 .
  11. ↑ Sponsorship Award 2020 , on die-gruppe-48.net
  12. ^ Thomas Rausch: Finale in Rösrath - Group 48 initiates sponsorship award for young writers. Cologne city gazette. Retrieved June 6, 2020
  13. ^ Thomas Rausch: Culture in Rösrath: Literature initiative "Group 48" is formed as an association. January 17, 2018, accessed on October 14, 2019 (German).
  14. ^ FOCUS Online: A literary competition of group 48: 2000 euros for writing talents. Retrieved October 14, 2019 .
  15. ↑ 5th literature competition 2020. New start with 10,000 euros in prize money. , Rhenish advertising papers. Accessed December 30, 2019.
  16. ^ First prize for Peter Coon at Gruppe 48 - Autorenkreis Ruhr-Mark eV Accessed on October 14, 2019 (German).
  17. ↑ Literature competition of the "Gruppe 48 eV" 2019 | Rösrath. Retrieved October 14, 2019 .