Gunna Wendt

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Gunna Wendt at a reading in Konstanz on January 14, 2014
Gunna Wendt, Schwabing Art Prize 2017

Gunna Wendt (born January 26, 1953 in Pattensen - Jeinsen ) is a German writer and exhibition organizer.

Life

Gunna Wendt already wrote poems and stories as a 12-year-old student, including the fairy tale Die Liederprinzessin and the drum king published in the Hannoversche Allgemeine in 1965 .

She attended the Helene Lange School in Hanover and after graduating from high school, studied sociology and psychology at the University of Hanover. In 1979 she completed her studies with a Magister (MA). Her studies focused on psychology, philosophy and the sociology of art. She wrote her master's thesis with Oskar Negt on the subject of Paula Modersohn-Becker. On the situation of an artist at the turn of the century in Germany .

Even then, she began to deal with the subject of biography . In the meantime she has published numerous biographies and portraits in which she focuses on the life and, above all, the work of the protagonists against the background of the historical context. Most of the time she approached women in this way; many of them have something to do with Munich and lived at the beginning of the 20th century. She bases her work on historical data, but weights the historically documented material: Her books are a mixture of novel and biography. Gunna Wendt sees a relationship to cinema and television in this approach and introduces the films Mishima - Ein in this context Life in four chapters by Paul Schrader , Molière (1978) by Ariane Mnouchkine and With my hot tears by Fritz Lehner . Ruth Klüger writes about Gunna Wendt's book Clara and Paula : "What is really new and captivating is the female view of female life and female ambition."

From 1984 to 1985, Wendt was an assistant director and dramaturge for various independent theater productions in Munich and Sommerhausen .

For ten years she was in charge of the literary telephone in Munich (1992–2002) and for two years she was the editor of the monthly “Literaturblatt München” (1994–1995) published by the cultural department .

From 1988 to 1996 she worked as an editor for the independent radio station Jazz Welle Plus in Munich . She conceived and moderated the weekly programs Literature Club and Culture before eight - Theater. In her literary club programs, she presented works of contemporary literature and held discussions with authors and translators. She conducted interviews with actors and directors about current theater events in Munich. In 1989 she was awarded the Radio Prize of the BLM (Bavarian State Center for New Media).

She began her work as an exhibition maker in 1995 in the Munich literature archive Monacensia: Disassembly and Assembly. Gert Hofmann's literary worlds. This was followed by further exhibitions in the Monacensia , in the Deutsches Theatermuseum Munich and on the island of Mainau . a. about Thomas Strittmatter , Helmut Qualtinger , Maria Callas as well as the dynasties of the Romanovs and the Bernadottes .

She is a member of GEDOK .

In February 2011 she was appointed to the circle of Munich tower scribes. In 2017 she was awarded the Schwabing Art Prize.

Gunna Wendt has lived in Munich since 1981.

Works

  • Liesl Karlstadt. One life . Paperback btb Random House (revised new edition), Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-442-71907-5 .
  • Women invent themselves. Biographical sketches of mysterious women . marix verlag, Wiesbaden 2018, ISBN 978-3-7374-1062-5 .
  • Erika and Therese. Erika Mann and Therese Giehse - A love between art and war . Piper Verlag, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-492-30941-7 .
  • Maria Callas - Music is what I love most . Herder, Freiburg im Breisgau 2017, ISBN 978-3-451-06824-9 .
  • The Bechsteins - a family story . Structure, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-351-03613-3 .
  • Ruth Drexel - a woman with obstinacy . Langen Müller, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-7844-3349-3 .
  • Alexandra - the last tsarina , Insel Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-458-36020-9 .
  • From the Tsar's Palace to Coco Chanel. The Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna Romanowa . Insel-Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-458-35897-8 (Insel-Taschenbuch 4197).
  • Lena Christ . The luck seeker . Langen Müller, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-7844-3289-2 .
  • Lou Andreas-Salomé and Rilke - an amour fou . Insel-Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-458-35352-2 (Insel-Taschenbuch 3652).
  • The Furtwänglers: Elisabeth Furtwängler, Kathrin Ackermann, Maria Furtwängler . Langen Müller, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-7844-3239-7 .
  • The Bernadottes and the Romanoffs. European dynasties on the Mainau . Huber-Frauenfeld, Stuttgart / Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-7193-1523-8 .
  • Lisa Della Casa. From the Arabella to the Arabellissima . (with Monika Faltermeier-Prestl), Huber-Frauenfeld, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-7193-1484-2 .
  • My voice was upsetting people. Diva assoluta Maria Callas . btb Verlag, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-73787-1 .
  • Franziska zu Reventlow. The graceful rebel . Biography. Structure, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-351-02660-8 . Construction paperback 7084, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-7466-7084-3 .
  • Liesl Karlstadt. Münchner Kindl and travesty star . Ed. Ebersbach, Berlin 2007.
  • My voice was upsetting people. Diva assoluta Maria Callas . Knaus, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-8135-0237-6 . Paperback btb Random House, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-73787-1 .
  • Maria Callas or The Art of Self-Staging . Henschel Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89487-537-2 .
  • Sonja Countess Bernadotte. A portrait . Droste, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7700-1163-5 .
  • Clara and Paula. The life of Clara Rilke-Westhoff and Paula Modersohn-Becker . Europa Verlag, Hamburg 2002, ISBN 3-203-84031-6 . TB series Piper, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-492-24642-2 .
  • Helmut Qualtinger. One life. Deuticke, Vienna 1999. ISBN 3-216-30439-6 .
  • Liesl Karlstadt. One life . Piper, Munich / Zurich 1998. ISBN 3-492-22981-6 .
  • Death is a machine made of ice. Approaching Thomas Strittmatter . A-1 publ. Munich 1997. (= MonAkzente; 4) ISBN 3-927743-31-3 .
  • Disassembling and assembling, Gert Hofmann's literary worlds . A-1 publ. Munich 1995.

broadcast

More than 200 literary club programs (60 min.) in Jazz Welle Plus on contemporary literature:

theatre

  • 1991 Leave the theater to me. A comedy (with Martin Roth). Österreichischer Bühnenverlag Kaiser, Vienna.
  • 1995 Libretto Macht Masse Mensch. Music theater based on ideas by Elias Canetti (composition: Sandeep Bhagwati , director: Claus Guth ). World premiere on January 13, 1996, Laboratory of the Bavarian State Opera, Munich.
  • 1996 Libretto Sehn-Sucht. Music theater based on motifs from Goethe's `Wilhelm Meisters Lehrjahre´ (composition: Alessandro Sbordoni, director: Andrea Schwalbach ). First performance on September 21, 1996, Theaterhaus Frankfurt / December 5, 1996 Teatro Olimpico, Accademia Filarmonica Rome.
  • 1997 The new. A sketch. World premiere on September 22, 1997, Literaturhaus Munich .
  • 2001 Libretto AIAIA (composition: Markus Schmitt ). World premiere on June 24, 2001, Cuvilliés-Theater Munich / July 3, 2001 Theater an der Sihl, Zurich.
  • 2002 camouflage or funny for life . Play about the life of Liesl Karlstadt, Stückgut Verlag, Munich.

Exhibitions

  • 1995 disassembling and assembling. Gert Hofmanns literary worlds in the Monacensia Literature Archive and Library, Munich, March to June 1995. In the Kleine Fronfeste, Limbach, October to November 1995. In the House of Literature, Darmstadt, January to February 1996. In the Chemnitz City Library, February 2001.
  • 1997 Death is a machine made of ice. Thomas Strittmatter (1961–1995) in the Monacensia Literature Archive and Library, Munich, April to September 1997. In the St. Georgen Town Hall in March 1998. In the Sulzbach-Rosenberg Literature Archive, October 1998.
  • 1999 Helmut Qualtinger - actor, cabaret artist, people imitator. Writer. Wiener in the Deutsches Theatermuseum, Munich, February to April 1999.
  • 2000 foreign (words) words. Writing and living. Exile in Munich in the Monacensia Literature Archive and Library, Munich, March to September 2000.
  • 2000 The dream of writing. Women writers in Munich (1860 to 1960) in the Monacensia Literature Archive and Library, Munich October 2000 to April 2001. In the City and University Library of Bern June to October 2001.
  • 2001 Conception of the Liesl Karlstadt-Kabinett (together with Herbert Woyke, design) in the Valentin-Musäum, Munich, which was then renamed " Valentin-Karlstadt-Musäum ". Opening on July 25, 2001.
  • 2006 Maria Callas or The Art of Self-Staging in the Deutsches Theatermuseum , Munich, February to May 2006. In the Austrian Theater Museum, Vienna, June to September 2006.
  • 2009 100 years of Lennart Bernadotte - back to the roots at Schloss Mainau , May to September 2009. At the Baden-Württemberg State Representation in Berlin, October 2009.
  • 2012 Lena Christ. The lucky seeker in the Monacensia Literature Archive and Library, Munich, July 2012 to April 2013.

Publications

Editorships, volumes of conversations, illustrated books and essays (selection):

  • Islands in the Cyberstream (with Joseph Weizenbaum ). Litwin Books, Sacramento, CA / USA, 2015. ISBN 978-1-63400-000-0 .
  • Because all pleasure wants change in: Nietzsche research: Women: A Nietzsche theme? - Nietzsche: A women's issue? (Ed. Renate Reschke). Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2012. ISBN 978-3-05-005679-1 .
  • Literary Munich - Calendar 2010, 2011, 2012 (Eds. Franz Klug and Gunna Wendt). Edition Ebersbach, ISBN 978-3-86915-038-3 .
  • Lexicon of Psychology. Hundred basic terms (Eds. Stefan Jordan and Gunna Wendt). Reclams Universal Library No. 18773, Stuttgart 2010. ISBN 978-3-15-018773-9 .
  • Benn now - Morgue & More. Benn's poetry meets electronic music - audio CD (Eds. Björn Högsdal, Patrick Kruse, Franz Klug and Gunna Wendt). assemble ART Verlag, ISBN 978-3-941160-00-2 .
  • Artistic self-doubt in: Theory of Mind. Neurobiology and psychology of social behavior (Ed. Hans Förstl). Springer Medizin Verlag, Heidelberg 2007. ISBN 978-3-540-27240-3 .
  • Maria Callas - Deceived stage goddess in: Angels and sinners. Idols of the 50s (Ed. Brigitte Ebersbach). edition ebersbach, Berlin 2006. ISBN 3-938740-22-1 .
  • Where are they, the islands of reason in the cyber stream? (with Joseph Weizenbaum ). Herder, Freiburg, 2006. ISBN 3-451-28864-8 .
  • Computer power and society: free speeches / Joseph Weizenbaum . (Eds. Gunna Wendt and Franz Klug) Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 2001. ISBN 3-518-29155-6 .
  • Children of the city of Munich (photos Volker Derlath and Annette Hempfling). Buchendorfer , Munich 2001.
  • Snakes on Marienplatz (children's book with illustrations by Rosemarie Zacher). Buchendorfer, Munich 2001.
  • Thinking for yourself is also an option. Conversation with Werner Schneyder . Herder Verlag, Freiburg / Basel / Vienna 1995. ISBN 3-451-04412-9
  • The jazz women (Ed. Gunna Wendt). Luchterhand Literaturverlag, Hamburg / Zurich 1992.
  • Perspectives on the wall (volume of poetry with photographs by Frantisek Marsalek). ex pose publishing house, Berlin 1987.

Web links

Commons : Gunna Wendt  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Yvonne Poppek: Like wine and water. In: sueddeutsche.de . March 7, 2018, accessed March 10, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Thomas Becker: Blessed leadership weakness. Süddeutsche Zeitung, June 27, 2017, accessed on June 27, 2017 .
personal data
SURNAME Wendt, Gunna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, exhibition organizer
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Yes and no