Jörg W. Gronius
Jörg Werner Gronius (born September 18, 1952 in Berlin ) is a German writer and publicist .
Gronius comes from the Berlin working class. He studied theater studies , German , ethnology and religious studies at the Free and Technical University of Berlin . From 1979 to 1982 he was dramaturge at the Schaubühne Berlin . In 1983 he received his doctorate in theater studies and then worked as a dramaturge and director at various theaters until 1997 , for example at the Burgtheater in Vienna , the Free Volksbühne and the State Drama Theaters in Berlin and the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg. Today he lives as a freelance writer in Saarbrücken .
Gronius has so far emerged as a writer of dramas , librettos , prose , poetry , features , essays and novels . He is also a member of the PEN Center Germany .
Awards
- 2007: Ben Witter Prize
 - 2005: Sponsorship award for the Nicolas Born Prize of Lower Saxony
 - 1996: Media Prize of the German AIDS Foundation
 
Works (selection)
- Listen. Novel. Weidle, Bonn 2012. ISBN 978-3-938803-36-3 .
 - Suddenly everything happened very quickly . Novel. Weidle, Bonn 2007. ISBN 978-3-938803-02-8 .
 - The junior . Novel. Bonn: Weidle, 2005. ISBN 3-931135-86-1 .
 - Beckfeld Vertigo . Poems. Bargfeld: Bücherhaus, 2003. ISBN 3-930713-91-8 .
 - The Hanover miracle . 13 short stories. Hanover: Wehrhahn, 2002. ISBN 3-932324-98-6 .
 - A piece of mishap . Novel. Bonn: Weidle, 2000. ISBN 3-931135-48-9 .
 - with Wend Kässens : Tabori . Essays. Frankfurt am Main: Athenaeum, 1989.
 - with Wend Kässens: TheaterMacher. Conversations with Luc Bondy , Jürgen Flimm , Hansgünther Heyme , Hans Neuenfels , Peter Palitzsch , Claus Peymann , Frank-Patrick Steckel , George Tabori , Peter Zadek . Frankfurt am Main: Athenaeum, 1987.
 - Kafka in the theater. About adaptations of the "process" and people in the hotel . Univ.-Diss. , Free University of Berlin , 1983.
 - In the realm of fish . Short stories. Saarbrücken: Conte, 2009. ISBN 978-3-936950-98-4 .
 
- together with Bernd Rauschenbach
 
- Pieces 4 . Vienna: edition echoraum, 2007. ISBN 978-3-901941-30-6 .
 - with Thomas Quasthoff : His miracle. His measure: Erhard. The Heinz - Ludwig- Erhardt-Revue (2 CDs). Berg: Listen to AME, 2004. ISBN 978-3-938046-05-0
 - I'm alone against 2000 tigers or what is the problem? Pieces 3 . Kiel: Ludwig, 2002. ISBN 3-933598-62-1 .
 - Modersohn or Small Introduction to Catapult Hunting . Piece in two acts. - World premiere: echoraum Vienna, March 10, 2001.
 - Yes, if it weren't for the bucolic! or Samson, pop the blessing or a world record against your will or the Hermannshof battle. A Whitsun game after breakfast with compulsory procession . Hanover: Wehrhahn, 2001. ISBN 3-932324-63-3 .
 - Sound interference from Philadelphia or Heidelinde, I know. Short pieces with roar (CD). Cologne: BMG Wort, 2000. ISBN 3-89830-076-5 .
 - Bodies from the world. A dramatic historiography in a prelude and 2000 acts. Edited by the Gronius-Rauschenbach-Center, Vienna . Vienna: edition echoraum, 2000.
 - Pieces 2 . Bonn: Weidle, 1997. ISBN 3-931135-29-2 .
 - Pieces 1 . Vienna: edition echoraum, 1993.
 - I am alone against two thousand tigers or the common things of humanity or "Gentlemen, get up from the squares!" A supreme turning down of all of our mothers in not yet foreseeable rolings . Neu-Isenburg: Patio-Verlag, 1991.
 - Probst Grüber and others . Afterword by Karl Riha . Frankfurt am Main: Patio-Verlag, 1978.
 
- as a librettist
 
- Ganna or the mad world . Opera in four acts based on the novel Joseph Kerkoven's third existence by Jakob Wassermann . Libretto by Jörg W. Gronius, music by Hans Kraus-Hübner. - World premiere: Stadttheater Fürth , October 18, 2007.
 - Joke, satire, irony and deeper meaning . Comic opera freely based on Christian Dietrich Grabbe . Libretto by Jörg W. Gronius, music by Detlev Glanert . - World premiere: Opera House Halle , February 2, 2001.
 
Web links
- Literature by and about Jörg W. Gronius in the catalog of the German National Library
 - Books by Jörg W. Gronius published by Weidle-Verlag
 - Bibliography by Jörg W. Gronius (until 2004) on kulturszene-suedheide.de
 - Press release on the award of the Ben Witter Prize 2007
 
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gronius, Jörg W. | 
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gronius, Jörg Werner (full name) | 
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and publicist | 
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 18, 1952 | 
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |