Jörg Magenau

Jörg Magenau (* 1961 in Ludwigsburg ) is a German literary critic and non-fiction author.

Life

Magenau studied philosophy and German at the Free University of Berlin and graduated in 1990 with a thesis on identity and organization. Self-image as a writer in Group 47 and in the Association of German Writers . In 1990 he was one of the founders of the weekly newspaper der Freitag , of which he was literary editor until 1996. After a stopover at the weekly post office , he switched to taz in 1997 .

From 1999 to 2002 he wrote mainly for the “Berlin Pages” of the FAZ . Since then he has been a freelance writer for the Süddeutsche Zeitung , Deutschlandradio Kultur , taz and Tagesspiegel , among others . From 2002 to 2008 he was a columnist and editorial assistant for the magazine Das Magazin , and in 2009 editor of the literary magazine Literaturen .

In 1995 his work for Friday was awarded the Alfred Kerr Prize , in 2005 he received the Bahnhof Journalistenpreis . He wrote extensive monographs on Christa Wolf (2002) and Martin Walser (2005). In 2007 he published the contemporary history book "Die taz - Eine Zeitung als Lebensform". He participates in numerous juries and acts as a moderator of literary events.

Jörg Magenau lives in Berlin .

Fonts (selection)

• Christa Wolf . A biography . Kindler Verlag , Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-463-40394-3 .
• Martin Walser . A biography . Rowohlt Verlag , Reinbek near Hamburg 2005, ISBN 3-498-04497-4 . Updated paperback edition 2008.
• The taz. A newspaper as a way of life . Carl Hanser Verlag , Munich 2007, ISBN 3-446-20942-5 .
• Gottfried Benn . Life in Pictures . Deutscher Kunstverlag , Berlin, Munich 2010, ISBN 3-422-06995-X .
• Brothers under the stars. Friedrich Georg and Ernst Jünger . A biography. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-608-93844-9 .
• Schmidt - Lenz . Story of a friendship. Hoffmann and Campe , Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-455-50314-2 .
• Princeton 66. Group 47's Adventurous Journey . Klett-Cotta , Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-608-94902-5 .
• Bestseller. Books we loved - and what they tell about us . Hoffmann and Campe , Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-455-50379-1 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Jörg Magenau in the catalog of the German National Library
• Reviews of Jörg Magenau's books at Perlentaucher
• Jörg Magenau's contributions to Deutschlandradio Kultur

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Sebastian Hammelehle: First a steel storm, then acid rain. In: Spiegel Online. November 22, 2012, accessed December 5, 2014 .