Enno Stahl

Enno Stahl (2010)

Enno Stahl (born June 24, 1962 in Rheinhausen ) is a German writer , journalist , editor and organizer.

life and work

Stahl grew up in Moers on the Lower Rhine. After graduating from high school, he studied German , philosophy and Italian in Aachen, Cologne, Florence and Siegen and was awarded a Dr. phil. PhD.

Since the mid-1980s, he has published prose , poetry , essays , glosses and reviews in newspapers, radio and television stations as well as in magazines and anthologies.

Stahl was co-publisher of the literary magazine LinienSprung (1985–1991), from which the KRASH Verlag emerged in 1988 (since 2004: KRASH Neue Edition). He organized various performance shows and live literature series and was a member of the Art Pirates (1990–1994), the Rhenish Fundamentalists (1995–1999) and co-founder of the Rhenish Brigade authors' association . From 2005 to 2011 he was co-organizer of the Lesebühne am Brusselser Platz , from 2011 to 2014 he led the literature club Düsseldorf (LCD) with Swantje Lichtenstein and Jens Prüss . Stahl has been a member of the PEN Center Germany since 2017 .

He also regularly takes a position in the daily media, for example in the young world and in the taz .

Stahl took part in numerous international literature and performance festivals, where he read from English or Italian translations of his prose and poetry or presented his version of the LAUT!

Enno Stahl lived in Cologne from 1983 to 2008, and since then in Neuss. He works at the Heinrich Heine Institute in Düsseldorf , for which he a. a. two scientific internet portals - literary legacies in Rhenish archives and the e-zine Literatur-Archiv-NRW.de - editorially managed. He was curator of the exhibitions Popliteraturgeschichte (s) 1965–2007: Texts, Writings, Images, Loud! Poetry (2007), and No beautiful thing is in the world / As his enemies bite. Rhenish literature in Vormärz and Revolution 1840–1850 (2008) and literary life in Düsseldorf since 1970 (2009).

Since 2000, Stahl has mainly published novels, such as "These Souls" (2008) and "Winkler, Werber" (2012), which deal primarily with social issues and try to critically trace the aporias of present-day society. Stahl coined the term "analytical novel" for his production aesthetics (cf. his essay "The social-realistic novel", 2006).

Quotes

“The terrorist potential of the Rhinelander has long been underestimated. [...] This will change suddenly when you first meet rebel leader Hector and his little terrorist cell '2pac Amaru' [...] "

- taz about 2Pac Amaru Hector

Works (selection)

• Trash Me! , Trash Stories, KRASH, Cologne 1992, ISBN 3-927452-31-9 .
• Stete Geburten , Novelle, The Happy Living Room, Vienna 1994, ISBN 3-900956-25-1 .
• German trash . Galrev, Berlin 1996, ISBN 3-910161-74-X . (Editor).
• PEEWEE ROCKS , Roman, KRASH, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-927452-94-7 .
• (& still) a Sicilian journey , novella, Ritter, Klagenfurt / Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-85415-271-X .
• (kan) arische enklavn , poems, parasitenpresse, Cologne 2002.
• Idiots , narration, SuKuLTuR, series Schönerlesen No. 20, Berlin 2003 ISBN 3-937737-20-0 .
• 2PAC AMARU HECTOR , Roman, Schwartzkopff Buchwerke, Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-937738-06-1 .
• Literature in times of redistribution , essay, SuKuLTuR, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-937737-49-9 .
• The social-realistic novel , essay, SuKuLTuR, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-937737-54-5 .
• These souls , novel, Verbrecher Verlag Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-940426-12-3 .
• Heimat & Weltall , two prose cycles, Ritter, Klagenfurt / Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-85415-440-2 .
• Winkler, Werber , Roman, Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-943167-09-2 .
• Diskurspogo - About literature and society , essays, Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-943167-22-1 .
• Duo creations. Thomas Kling & Frank Köllges , together with others. Edition Virgines, Düsseldorf 2016, ISBN 978-3-944011-60-8 .
• Spätkirmes, Roman, Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-95732-235-7
• Discourse disco. About literature and society , Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-95732-429-0 .

Scientific publications

• Enno Stahl: Anti-Art and Abstraction in Modern Literature (1909–1933): From Italian Futurism to French Surrealism (research on literary and cultural history) . Peter Lang, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-631-32633-5 .
• Enno Stahl (arr.), Gertrud Wegener (collaborators), Heribert A. Hilgers (collaborators): Kölner Autorlexikon 1750–2000 . Volume 1, Emons, Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-89705-192-3 .
• Enno Stahl (arr.), Uta Biedermann (collaborators), Heribert A. Hilgers (collaborators): Kölner Autorlexikon 1750–2000 . Volume 2, Emons, Cologne 2002, ISBN 3-89705-193-1 .
• Enno Stahl (arrangement), literary estates in Rhenish archives . Heinrich Heine Institute, Düsseldorf 2006, ISBN 3-936698-03-1 .
• Karl Otten reading book . Compiled and provided with an afterword by Enno Stahl. Nyland Foundation, Cologne 2007 (= Nylands Little Rhenish Library, Vol. 1). ISBN 978-3-936235-17-3 .
• Enno Stahl: Popliteraturgeschichte (s) . With contributions by Hansjürgen Bulkowski , Peter Glaser , Pamela Granderath and Stan Lafleur . Designed by Marco Lietz. Heinrich Heine Institute, Düsseldorf 2007, ISBN 978-3-936698-05-3 .
• Gertrud Wegener: Literary Life in Cologne 1840-1850 . Historical Archive of the City of Cologne, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-928907-19-4 . (Editor)
• Enno Stahl: Literary Life on the Rhine. Sources on literary infrastructure 1830–1945, Volume 1: State Archives . Heinrich Heine Institute, Düsseldorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-936698-06-0 .
• Enno Stahl: Literary Life on the Rhine. Sources on the literary infrastructure 1830–1945, Volume 2: Vol. 2., District, communal and church archives and other institutions . Heinrich Heine Institute, Düsseldorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-936698-07-7 (with C. Ilbrig).
• Enno Stahl: Literary Life on the Rhine. Sources on literary infrastructure 1830–1945, Volume 3: Commentary and Register . Heinrich Heine Institute, Düsseldorf 2008, (m. C. Ilbrig, register: K. Adamek, W. Delseit, R. Drost).
• Enno Stahl (ed.): Cultural tradition. Bourgeoisie, literature and associations in the Rhineland 1830–1945 . Grupello Verlag, Düsseldorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-89978-092-5 (with C. Ilbrig and B. Kortländer).
• Enno Stahl (ed.): Pop in R (h) einkultur. Surface aesthetics and everyday culture in the region . Klartext Verlag, Essen 2008, ISBN 978-3-8375-0005-9 . (m. D. Matejovski and M. Kleiner).
• Enno Stahl, Ingar Solty (ed.): Right literature in the wrong? Writer - Capitalism - Criticism . Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-95732-163-3 .
• Enno Stahl, Klaus Kock, Hanneliese Palm, Ingar Solty (eds.). Literature in the new class society. Fink, Paderborn 2020, ISBN 978-3-8467-6528-9 .

Awards

• 1994: Working grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
• 1995 and 1996: Work contracts with the Berlin Senate for the Promotion of Artists
• 2002: Winner in the "Experiment" category at the Styrian Autumn Literature Exchange
• 2003: Final selection in the Heine Society's essay competition
• 2004: Schwartzkopff Buchwerke Prize
• 2008: Radio play grant from the Filmstiftung NRW
• 2012: Final selection of the "Stück-auf" author award from the Essen Theater (together with Stefan Filipiak )
• 2013: Working grant from the Kunststiftung NRW
• 2014: Working grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
• 2015: The Hunger Cloth (Artist Prize)

literature

• Ludwig Janssen (Ed.): Literaturatlas NRW. An address book for the literary scene. Düsseldorf 1991.
• Literary Society Cologne / Friends of the City Library eV / LiK archive of the City Library Cologne (ed.), Authors a. Authors in Cologne. Presented in text and images , compiled and edited by Uta Biedermann, Cologne 1992.
• German Literature Lexicon , Vol. 19.
• The Cologne Authors' Lexicon 1750–2000 , second volume 1900–2000, Emons, Cologne 2002.
• Kürschner's German Literature Calendar , Saur, Munich 2005.
• Krash Neue Edition in Stahl-Verlag , in: Theo Breuer , From the hinterland. Poetry after 2000 , Edition YE, Sistig / Eifel 2005.
• Dieter Hoffmann : Arbeitsbuch Deutschsprachige Prosa seit 1945 , Volume 2. Tübingen and Basel: UTB 2006 (on PEEWEE ROCKS especially p. 366 f. And 374 ff.).
• Michael König, Poetics of Terror: Politically Motivated Violence in Contemporary German Literature , Bielefeld: Transcript 2015, therein: Chapter, V: Aestheticization of the Commandante from Krefeld. How a terrorist hostage-taking in Enno Stahl's grotesque “2PAC AMARU HECTOR” becomes a pop-cultural staging and transgressive “media art”, pp. 241–260.
• Florian Öchsner: Subjects of work in contemporary literature. Enno Stahls These Souls and Wilhelm Genazinos The Happiness in Times Far From Happiness , in: Susanna Brogi, Carolin Freier, Ulf Freier-Otten, Katja Hartosch: Representations of Work: Transdisciplinary Analyzes and Artistic Productions , Transcript 2013, pp. 347–364.
• Markus Tillmann, Popular Music and Pop-Literature: On the intermediality of literary and musical production aesthetics in contemporary German-language literature , Transcript 2012, p. 163f.
• Ingar Solty : A person burns out. Enno Stahl's novel »Winkler, Werber« , in: Junge Welt , (June 24, 2013).
• Ingar Solty : The Tragedy of the Higher Performer . Enno Stahl's literary criticism of neoliberalism in the context of the new social realism, in: Z - Marxistische Erneuerung Br. 101 (March 2015).

Web links

• Literature by and about Enno Stahl in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Enno Stahl

Individual evidence

1. ↑ See for example: Sense and Form. Opportunities for realistic literature, in: Junge Welt, July 8, 2019.