Jan Koneffke
Jan Koneffke (born November 19, 1960 in Darmstadt ) is a German writer and translator .
Life
Jan Koneffke, son of the educational theorist and professor Gernot Koneffke (1927–2008), spent his youth mainly in Darmstadt and briefly in Frankfurt am Main and Braunschweig . In 1980 he graduated from Ludwig-Georgs-Gymnasium in Darmstadt. From 1981, studied it philosophy and German literature at the Free University of Berlin ; In 1987 he obtained his master's degree with a thesis on Eduard Mörike .
He then lived as a freelance writer in Berlin . In 1994 he married his long-time childhood friend. A daughter emerged from this marriage. After receiving a Villa Massimo scholarship , he went to Rome in 1995 , where he lived until 2003. Since then he has lived in Vienna and Bucharest , the home of his second wife.
Jan Koneffke writes poetry , which is characterized by an unusual, fantastic imagery and the ironic use of an ancient style. In his novels and short stories he often deals with the problem of loss of identity. For his novel A Sunday Child, he evaluated letters from his father's estate.
Koneffke has been a member of the PEN Center Germany since 2017 .
Awards
- 1987: Leonce and Lena Prize
- 1990: Sponsorship award for the Friedrich-Hölderlin-Prize of the city of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe
- 1990: Alfred Döblin grant
- 1995: Villa Massimo scholarship
- 2001: Visiting professor for poetics at the University of Bamberg
- 2005: Offenbach Literature Prize
- 2013: Usedomer Literature Prize
- 2016: Uwe Johnson Prize , for a Sunday child
Works (selection)
- Before the premiere. Frankfurt am Main 1988, ISBN 3-627-10070-0 .
- Yellow service bike as it shot high through the air. Frankfurt am Main 1989, ISBN 3-627-10071-9 .
- Berger's case. Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-627-10072-7 .
- Stop! Heavenly Sector! Rome 1995.
- Gulliver in Bulgaria. Heidelberg 1999, ISBN 3-88423-157-X .
- Paul Schatz in the watch case. Cologne 2000, ISBN 3-8321-5219-9 , ISBN 3-423-13033-4 .
- What did I smoke clouds to the moon. Cologne 2001, ISBN 3-8321-5218-0 .
- A love on the Tiber. Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-8321-7863-5 .
- Nick with the piercing eyes. Munich 2004, ISBN 3-423-62157-5 .
- The beauty of the ephemeral. Frankfurt am Main et al. 2004, ISBN 3-631-52422-6 .
- Farewell novella. DuMont, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-8321-7958-5 .
- A story never to be forgotten. DuMont, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-8321-7959-5 .
- The thing with Zwille. Hanser, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-446-23094-1 .
- The seven lives of Felix Kannmacher. DuMont, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-8321-9585-4 .
- A Sunday child. Galiani, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-86971-107-2 .
- As if it were your . Verlag Das Wunderhorn, Heidelberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-88423-583-6 .
- radio play
- Stay true is the name of the street. About Mascha Kaléko . Deutschlandfunk / rbb , 2017.
- translation
- Mario Fortunato : Walk with Ferlinghetti . Encounters. Schöffling, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-89561-176-6 .
literature
- Information from and about Jan Koneffke. Bamberg 2001.
- Ana Karlstedt: L iterature as regional studies that can be experienced. Sense of time in Germany and Romania. Thoughts on Jan Koneffke's “The Seven Lives of Felix Kannmacher” . In: Germanist Contributions 41, Sibiu 2017, pp. 88–97.
- Anabela Valente Simões: Fazer uma história da própria vida. Narrativa pessoal e memória comunicativa em Paul Schatz in a watch case, de Jan Koneffke. In: Polissema - Revista de Letras. 11, 2011, pp. 37-69. (Portuguese)
Web links
- Literature by and about Jan Koneffke in the catalog of the German National Library
- Brief biography and information on Jan Koneffke's work at Literaturport
- Author portrait by Jan Koneffke at DuMont Verlag
- Jan Koneffke in the poet shop
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Braun: A stirring family epic. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , October 27, 2015, accessed on November 11, 2017.
- ↑ Usedomer Literature Prize for Jan Koneffke . In: Focus . Retrieved October 14, 2014.
- ↑ Broadcast page , accessed on November 11, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Koneffke, Jan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Darmstadt |