Gerd Berghofer
Gerd Berghofer (born August 26, 1967 in Nuremberg ) is a German author.
Life
Gerd Berghofer was born on August 26, 1967 in Nuremberg, where he also spent his childhood. At an early age, his parents raised him to love reading and to be interested in the language . At the age of 19 Gerd Berghofer began archiving his records. But publications were still a long way off. Only in 1998, the year it was first published, was the volume of poems UnverWundbare Perspektiven published . Since then he has written numerous volumes of poetry in German, and as a freelancer he also writes articles for various newspapers and radio . He lives with his family in Georgensgmünd, Franconia .
Since 2005 he has been chairman of the New Society for Literature Erlangen (NGL), and he is also a member of the Association of German Writers (VS) and the Pegnesian Order of Flowers Nuremberg, the former Pegnitz shepherds . Gerd Berghofer's distinctive voice and the speech training he enjoyed allowed him to penetrate deeper into the segment of "speaking". He took acting lessons a. a. at Michaela Domes. Since 2000 he has also been traveling all over Germany as a reader and reciter. His particular love is the work of EA Poe . He has received numerous awards for his literary work, including the Poetry Prize of the Free German Association of Authors .
Works
- Poems
- Unbelievable Perspectives - 1998
- Wet sweat - 1999
- Hungry for light - 2000
- The suppleness of the hours, poems - 2002
- Language shortage - 2004
- Discovered spaces, poems m. Photographs by Martin Lind - 2006
- stories
- Relationships and other animosities - 2003
- The Fig Seller's Death - 2007
- CD
- Dark stories by Edgar Allan Poe, read by Gerd Berghofer
- Sound poetic distortions, lyric poetry and jazz, with music by Jens Kaiser
- Selected texts and biographies of victims of the book burning in 1933
Awards
- Poetry Prize of the Esslingen Artists' Guild
- Poetry Prize of the Free German Association of Authors
- Sponsorship award from the Association of Franconian Writers
- Elisabeth Engelhardt Literature Prize 2003
Web links
- Literature by and about Gerd Berghofer in the catalog of the German National Library
- The author's homepage
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berghofer, Gerd |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |