Johannes Berger (poetry slammer)

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Johannes Berger (born June 23, 1994 in Istanbul ) is a German author, rapper and poetry slammer .

Life

Johannes Berger grew up in Berlin and Munich and studied jazz in Hanover . Since 2012 he has been a regular participant and moderator in poetry slams . His successes include winning the German-speaking U20 championship in 2014 and second place at the Lower Saxony-Bremen state championship in 2016.

In 2016 he published his book Youth Sins at Verlag Lektora . Berger's stage texts are collected in it in chronological order of their creation to show the author's artistic career and the gradual growth of the author.

Together with Philipp Potthast, Berger formed the hip-hop duo and poetry slam team, Naturally Blond. He works artistically as a rapper under the stage name Yunus .

Johannes Berger is a son of the Byzantinist Albrecht Berger .

successes

  • 2012: 2nd place at the Bavarian U20 state championship
  • 2013: 2nd place at the Bavarian U20 state championship
  • 2014: 1st place in the German-speaking U20 championship
  • 2016: 2nd place at the Lower Saxony-Bremen state championship
  • 2016: 7th place in the regular German-speaking championship with the Naturally Blond team
  • 2017: 3rd place in the regular German-speaking championship with the Naturally Blond team
  • 2018: 1st at the Hanover city championship in the poetry slam

Discography

  • Marvin LP , 2014 with Naturally Blond
  • Actually EP , 2016 with Naturally Blond
  • Malibu Cola EP, 2017
  • It's not what it looks like, Mother EP, 2019

Publications

  • Text contribution for: Sex years Schwabinger Schaumschläger . Ed .: Michael Sailer. CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2013, ISBN 978-1-4849-4014-3 .
  • Text contribution for: Ink freshness II . Ed .: Jason Bartsch, Nils Fruit Not. Lektora-Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95461-044-0 .
  • Johannes Berger: Sins of youth . Lektora-Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-95461-059-4 .
  • Text contribution for: The Ultimate Poetry Slam Anthology II . Ed .: Denise Bretz, Larissa Tiesbohnenkamp. Lektora Verlag, 2019, ISBN 978-3-95461-137-9 . N
  • Text contribution for: JWD - Best of Poetry Slam Niedersachsen . Ed .: Sebastian Hahn. Blau-Licht, 2019, ISBN 978-3-941552-45-6 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Double victory at the 1st Poetry Slam for the Reformation anniversary: ​​Luther2017. In: luther2017.de. September 18, 2015, accessed May 15, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Ulrike Osmann: Sixth Bruck Poetry Slam is a complete success . In: merkur.de . January 9, 2017 ( merkur.de [accessed May 15, 2017]).
  3. ↑ Claudia Bockholt: If you want to kiss - do it now . In: Mittelbayerische Zeitung . ( Mittelbayerische.de [accessed on May 15, 2017]).
  4. ↑ Rita Argauer: Naturally blonde. (No longer available online.) In: SZ Young People. May 23, 2015, formerly in the original ; accessed on May 15, 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.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / jungeleute.sueddeutsche.de  
  5. ^ Theresa Kruse: Ego Super, Kasimir Effect and Yunus live in the Mephisto. In: Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung. May 24, 2016. Retrieved May 15, 2017 .
  6. ↑ NDR: "Naturally Blond" in the final jump-off. October 28, 2017. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
  7. ↑ Marvin, by Naturally Blond. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Actually EP, by Naturally Blond. Retrieved July 24, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Bandcamp: Malibu Cola EP. February 15, 2017. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
  10. ↑ It's not what it looks like, mother. Retrieved October 17, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Berger, Johannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author, rapper and poetry slammer
DATE OF BIRTH June 23, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Istanbul