Herbert Knorr (literary scholar)
Herbert Knorr (* 1952 in Gelsenkirchen ) is a German literary scholar and author .
Life
Herbert Knorr worked as a banker from 1969 to 1973 in his hometown of Gelsenkirchen and in Berlin . In 1976 he made up his Abitur on the second path of education . This was followed by various internships at theaters (for example at Holk Freytag in Moers ), collaboration in newspapers and magazines and first literary publications in anthologies . From 1976 to 1982 he completed a teaching degree in German and history at the Mercator University in Duisburg . Until 1986 he was also a research assistant there in the field of German studies. In 1988 he received his doctorate with a dissertation on experiment and play on Arthur Schnitzler's narrative work .
From 1988 to 1994 Knorr was a research assistant at the Gelsenkirchener Authors eV group, working on the establishment of an unemployed theater , radio play projects and the development of literary series and projects. Since 1994 he has been head of the Westphalian Literature Office in Unna and responsible for the promotion of authors, reading and literature in North Rhine-Westphalia . He works on projects with authors such as Raoul Schrott , Katja Lange-Müller , Burkhard Spinnen , Kathrin Schmidt and others.
Herbert Knorr is and was also a member of numerous literary juries, including:
- 1994–1996 on the radio play advisory board of the Düsseldorf Film Foundation,
- 1996 in the jury " Annette von Droste-Hülshoff-Preis " (awarded for 1997 to Sarah Kirsch ), since
- 2000 continuously in the jury Ernst-Meister-Preis Hagen.
He is also a member of the Westphalia Literature Commission for life .
Works
Knorr produced his own work on Arthur Schnitzler, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe , Friedrich Dürrenmatt , Martin Walser a . a .; in addition satires, radio works and was responsible for numerous editorships such as essay volumes, novel series or three crime stories volumes Mord am Hellweg (Grafit, Dortmund 2002, 2004 and 2006 - together with HP Karr ). In 2003 he wrote the non-fiction book Heaven is below us together with Wolfgang Thiele . The discovery of the first wonder of the world between the Rhine and Weser, Lippe, Ruhr and Main ( Henselowsky Boschmann Verlag ). Herbert Knorr's novel Schitt häppens was published in autumn 2016 . Of serial killers and pissers. Murder and killings outside Pott also with Henselowsky Boschmann Verlag.
Herbert Knorr is the idea generator and one of the festival directors of the crime festival biennale Mord am Hellweg - Tatort Ruhr, Europe's largest international crime festival, as well as co-organizer of the first prize for European crime literature, the Ripper Award, worth 11,111 euros .
Awards
- 1977: Prize for Literature from the City of Gelsenkirchen
- 2017: Glauser Ehrenpreis , together with Sigrun Krauß
Web links
- Literature by and about Herbert Knorr in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Knorr, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German literary scholar and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1952 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gelsenkirchen |