Heiko Buhr
Heiko Buhr (born July 1, 1964 in Neumünster ) is a German writer . He writes plays , radio plays , poems and stories .
Life
After graduating from high school, Heiko Buhr completed an apprenticeship as a bank clerk before studying German literature from 1988 and receiving his doctorate in 1997 . He worked as a museum attendant, carpentry assistant, shelf fitter, proofreader and printer shipping employee. From 1999 to 2009 he worked in social affairs as a pedagogical supervisor and has been a freelance writer and journalist since 2010. Heiko Buhr lives and works in Kiel .
In 1999 Heiko Buhr received the renowned play prize from the industrialist Heinz Dürr for his play Ausstand . Since 2000 he has received invitations to various piece markets, for example in Berlin and Heidelberg. His pieces have been performed internationally.
The theme of Heiko Buhrs in his radio plays and plays is a socially critical reflection of reality, which is based on the one hand on a documentary representation of reality, but on the other hand gives language an unauthorized status. At the same time Heiko Buhr writes subtle farces and comedies as well as profound family dramas. His work is largely rooted in the literature of the second half of the 20th century.
Heiko Buhr's plays and radio plays are represented by Drei Masken Verlag .
Works
- Books
- “Say, should the nature of virtue do something?” Studies on suicide in the 17th and 18th centuries , Königshausen and Neumann, Würzburg 1998 (dissertation)
- Walkout. Pieces and materials , Suhrkamp, Frankfurt / Main 2001
- Radio plays
- Waste , radio play, directed by Alexander Schuhmacher, NDR 2004
- Always keep it small , twelve short radio plays, director: Robert Matejka, DR 2007
- Contributions
- Five texts for Ror Wolf , in: Oliver Jahn / Kai U. Jürgens (eds.), Similar things are not the same. A rapid revue for Ror Wolf , Verlag Ludwig 2002
In addition, publications in magazines such as Brückenschlag , Wortwahl and neue deutsche literature .
- Productions
- Strike (premiere), director: Bruno Klimek , Deutsches Theater Berlin / Kammerspiele, December 10, 2000
- Beckettbernhardmania ( WP ), director: Holger Weimar, Schauspielhaus Bochum / Kammerspiele, May 17, 2008
- Waste (WP), directed by Doris Strütt, Kellertheater Winterthur , March 3, 2012
- Minetti's Blood or A Shining Performance (WP), Eduard-von-Winterstein-Theater Annaberg-Buchholz, December 30, 2014
Web links
- Literature by and about Heiko Buhr in the catalog of the German National Library
- Material on Heiko Buhr and his piece of waste
- Author's website at Drei Masken Verlag
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Buhr, Heiko |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neumunster |