Hubert Winkels
Hubert Winkels (born May 13, 1955 in Gohr near Düsseldorf ) is a German journalist and literary critic .
Life
Winkels studied German and philosophy and received his doctorate . After working as a magazine editor from 1982 to 1985, Winkels worked as a freelance writer. In 1988 Rowohlt Verlag published the book of stories exceptional . Winkels has been literary editor for Deutschlandfunk since 1997 . He belongs there to the presenters of the program book market . He also regularly publishes literary reviews in the weekly newspaper Die Zeit . He was visiting professor for literature and media in Essen (1998) and visiting professor for literary criticism at the University of Göttingen (1999/2000).
Hubert Winkels is the father of the book author Leander Winkels .
Hubert Winkels has been a juror for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize since 2010, and chairman since 2015. He is a member of the PEN Center Germany .
Works
- Love express. A series of personal ads . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1985, ISBN 3-499-15572-9 .
- State of emergency. In variations - stories. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1988, ISBN 3-499-12345-2 .
- Cuts. On the literature of the 80s . Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1988, ISBN 3-462-01942-2 (dissertation).
- Freestyle . Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-518-11806-4 .
- Reading desire and picture power. Literature, television and new media . Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1997, ISBN 3-462-02623-2 .
- Good signs. German literature 1995-2005 . Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-462-03466-9 .
- The voices are in order. About Thomas Kling . DuMont, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-8321-7941-0 .
- Can you love books? About dealing with new literature . Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 2010, ISBN 3-462-04237-8
- as editor
- Michael Lentz : Textleben. About literature, what it is made of, what precedes it and what follows it . S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2011, ISBN 978-3-10-043934-5 .
literature
- Enno Stahl : Bolz , Hörisch , Kittler and Winkels dance in the Ratinger Hof. What began physically and athletically continues on another level: discourse pogo. In: Culture & Ghosts. Issue 6, Winter 2008, pp. 107–117.
Awards
- 1988: Prize for Literature from the State Capital Düsseldorf
- 1997: "Critic-in-residence", St. Louis / Missouri
- 2007: Alfred Kerr Prize for literary criticism
Web links
- Literature by and about Hubert Winkels in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and information on the work of Hubert Winkels at Literaturport
- Hubert Winkels in numerous presentations of literary events for listening and downloading on Lesungen.net
- DLF (Deutschlandfunk) Cultural Issues from November 15, 2015: Literature and Politics : How political can, should, and should literature be? , Hubert Winkels in conversation with Maja Ellmenreich
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Winkels, Hubert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and literary critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 13, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gohr |