Jens Kirsten

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Jens Kirsten (* 1967 in Weimar ) is a German literary scholar , book scholar and editor .

After graduating from high school, Kirsten completed a technical training (adult qualification) as a furniture upholsterer. From 1991 to 1993 he attended the Foreign Language Institute of the City of Munich. He then studied Latin American Studies , Old American Studies and Linguistics at the Free University of Berlin and was awarded his dissertation in 2004 with the dissertation “Latin American Literature in the GDR. Publication and impact history " on the Dr. phil. PhD. From 1987 to 1989 he worked for the samizdat artist magazine “Reizwolf”, published by Claus Bach and John Keiler ; He started producing graphic prints in 1984. Since 2006 he has been managing director of the Thuringian Literature Council in Weimar.

Fonts (selection)

  • Latin American literature in the GDR. Publication and impact history . Series: Research on the GDR Society, Ch. Links Verlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 978-3-86153-344-3 .
  • Root princesses, detectives and a youth library full of adventure. The history of the Weimar Gebrüder Knabe Verlag . I Book accompanying the exhibition at the Stadtmuseum Weimar, Knabe Verlag, Weimar 2009, ISBN 978-3940442901 .
  • Just call me a prince. Harry Domela's life adventure . Weimarer Schriften, vol. 65, Stadtmuseum Weimar, Weimar 2010.

Editions

  • Weimar literary, Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3746629148 .
  • with Christoph Schmitz-Scholemann: From the spirit of the hour. Thought leaders and pioneers. The revolution in Germany in mid-1989 , Weimarer Verlagsgesellschaft, Weimar 2015, ISBN 978-3737402347 .
  • Thuringian Anthology - A Poetic Journey, ed. Jens Kirsten, Christoph Schmitz-Scholemann, Weimar Publishing Company in the Verlagshaus Römerweg GmbH, Wiesbaden 2018, ISBN 978-3737402712 .
  • The path is created by walking. Literary texts from 100 years of Thuringia, ed. Jens Kirsten, Christoph Schmitz-Scholemann, Weimarer Verlagsgesellschaft in the Verlagshaus Römerweg GmbH, Wiesbaden 2020, EAN: 978-3-7374-0282-8.
  • Author lexicon of the Thuringian Literature Council , (Weimar 2008–)
  • Audio library of the Thuringian Literature Council , (Weimar 2012–)

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personal data
SURNAME Kirsten, Jens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German literary scholar
DATE OF BIRTH 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Weimar