Jens Eisel

Jens Eisel (* 1980 in Neunkirchen / Saar ) is a German writer .

Jens Eisel reads at the 17th Wortspiele in Munich

Life

After training as a locksmith , Jens Eisel worked as a caretaker and warehouse worker as well as a carer for the Diakonie Hamburg-St. Pauli .
After studying at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig , he was a finalist in the Prenzlauer Berg Literature Prize in 2013 and won the Open Mike of the Berlin Literature Workshop with his story Glück that same year . His debut Hafenlichter was published by Piper Verlag in autumn 2014 . At around the same time, the debut was also published as an audio book, which August Diehl will read to. Jens Eisel lives with his family in Hamburg .

Awards

• 2013: Open Mike "Prose", for luck .
• 2013: Finalist at the Prenzlauer Berg Literature Prize .
• 2015: "Debut of the Year" Literaturwerk and VS Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland.
• 2016: Scholarship from the Schleswig-Holstein Künstlerhaus Eckernförde .
• 2017: Residence grant from the Goethe-Institut Zagreb and the literature house Kuća za pisce.
• 2017: Spreewald Literature Scholarship.
• 2017: Hamburg Literature Prize.
• 2018: Scholarship from the Künstlerhof Schreyahn.

Works

Standalone publications

• Harbor lights. Stories. Piper Verlag , Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-492-05665-6 .
• Before it gets light. Novel. Piper Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-492-05768-4 .

Articles in anthologies and literary journals (selection)

• Dogs. In: Concepts No. 31, Federal Association of Young Authors e. V., Bonn 2011, ISSN  0179-0676
• Coffee. In: Tippgemeinschaft 2011 annual anthology of students at the German Literature Institute Leipzig , Connewitzer Verlagbuchhandlung , Leipzig 2011, ISBN 978-3-937799-55-1 , pp. 100-103
• Antique car. In: Tippgemeinschaft 2012 Annual Anthology of Students at the German Literature Institute Leipzig, Connewitzer Verlagbuchhandlung, Leipzig 2012, ISBN 978-3-937799-64-3 , pp. 28–33
• The drive. In: Tippgemeinschaft 2013 annual anthology of students at the German Literature Institute Leipzig, Connewitzer Verlagbuchhandlung, Leipzig 2013, ISBN 978-3-937799-68-1 , pp. 24–28
• Luck. In: 21st OPEN MIKE international competition for young German-language prose and poetry. Allitera Verlag , Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-86906-606-6 , pp. 21-25
• To dance. In: Carolin Beutel, Moritz Malsch (Ed.): Re-covered. New German-language literature. Lettrétage publishing house , Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-9812062-9-6 , pp. 159-163

Web links

• Literature by and about Jens Eisel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Jens Eisel on the Piper Verlag website
• Jens Eisel's website
• Jens Eisel in conversation about friction, backdrops and phantom pain at Handlungsreisen.de
• Frank Keil: Crazy, but not desperate - An encounter with the writer Jens Eisel. Die Welt, September 28, 2014, accessed September 24, 2017 . 
• Tobias Fuchs: Little luck, great misfortune - Jens Eisel, who grew up in Wiebelskirchen and now lives in Hamburg, presents a pretty successful debut novel . Saarbrücker Zeitung, March 30, 2017, accessed on March 31, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Elena Philipp: Jens Eisel: "Luck". open mike - the blog, November 9, 2013, accessed August 23, 2014 . 
2. ↑ Literaturwerkstatt.org: The winners of the 21st open mike have been announced. Literaturwerkstatt Berlin, November 10, 2013, accessed on August 23, 2014 . 
3. ↑ Jens Eisel - harbor lights. Piper Verlag, accessed August 23, 2014 . 
4. ↑ Popshot: Review of the audio book. September 30, 2014, accessed October 2, 2014 . 
5. ↑ Spreewald Literature Scholarship 2017 - 2018. (No longer available online.) In: bleiche.tumblr.com. Formerly in the original ; accessed on December 30, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.    
6. ↑ Jens Eisel. (No longer available online.) In: literaturpreise-hamburg.de. Archived from the original on December 28, 2017 ; accessed on December 30, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.