Helwig Arenz

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Helwig Arenz, 2014

Helwig Arenz (* 1981 in Nuremberg ) is a German actor, director and writer.

Life

Arenz was born as the sixth child of the Arenz family. His oldest brother is the writer Ewald Arenz , his sister Sigrun Arenz is also a novelist. He completed his acting training at the Anton Bruckner University in Linz (Austria). Since graduating in 2006, he has worked at various German theaters, including the State Theater in Wilhelmshaven, the State Theater Schwaben in Memmingen, the State Theater in Hof and the Ernst-Deutsch-Theater Hamburg. From 2013 to 2016 he was a member of the Theater Pfütze ensemble in Nuremberg; today he is a freelance actor and writer.

His short story Tom und Tierchen won the audience award in 2013 in the competition for the Franconian crime prize. As an author he is under contract with ars vivendi Verlag . His youth play Caligula and the girl on the stairs was awarded the Dutch-German Youth Dramatist Prize and premiered under Arenz's direction on February 20, 2019 at the Gostner Hoftheater in Nuremberg. In 2018 he received the Bavarian Art Prize for his literary achievements. Helwig Arenz lives and works in Nuremberg.

Works

  • Castle in the air. Narrative. In: Thomas Kastura (ed.): Christkindlesmorde. ars vivendi Verlag, Cadolzburg 2013, ISBN 978-3869132747 .
  • Tom and animals. Narrative. In: Felicitas Igel (Ed.): Tatort Franken No. IV. Ars vivendi verlag, Cadolzburg 2013, ISBN 978-3869132013 .
  • The bad Nik. Roman, ars vivendi Verlag, Cadolzburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-86913-462-8 .
  • SOFA . Drama. First performance in 2016
  • Our little world. (together with Ewald and Sigrun Arenz). Collected columns, ars vivendi verlag, Cadolzburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-86913-684-4 .
  • Way of St. James in Franconia 2. From Hof ​​to Ulm in 30 stages , (together with Sigrun Arenz). Cadolzburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-86913-639-4 .
  • Cold vengeance. Narrative. In: Tatort Christkindlesmarkt , Cadolzburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-86913-729-2 .
  • The shadows at night. Roman, ars vivendi Verlag, Cadolzburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-86913-720-9 .
  • Caligula and the girl on the stairs . Drama (youth theater), S. Fischer Verlag. World premiere on February 20, 2019 in the Gostner Hoftheater in Nuremberg.

Awards

  • 2005: Nibelungen Promotion Prize for Drama, Linz
  • 2013: Audience Award of the Franconian Crime Award
  • 2018: Dutch-German children's and youth playwright's prize for Caligula and the girl on the stairs
  • 2018: Bavarian Art Prize for his previous work

Web links

  • Profile on the website of Theater Pfütze
  • Short biography on the website of the drama school for children and adolescents Young Talents
  • Author's website at ars vivendi publishing house
  • Play text Caligula and the girl on the stairs at Theatertexte.de

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Helwig Arenz from Fürth (novelist and dramatist) Anne Freytag from Munich (all-age author) Dominik Wendland from Munich (comic artist) , focus.de, accessed on August 8, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Arenz, Helwig
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actor and writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Nuremberg