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Joshua Groß at the Erlanger Poetenfest 2016

Joshua Groß (born 1989 in Grünsberg , Bavaria ) is a German writer.

Life

Joshua Groß studies political science, economics and ethics of text cultures. He writes regularly for the Berlin literary magazine metamorphosen . His work has so far received numerous awards. In 2014, Groß was the winner of the Middle Franconian district and received the Bavarian Art Prize in the literature category. In 2016 he was awarded the Erlangen Culture Prize. In 2018 he received a working grant from the Free State of Bavaria and a grant from the Roger Willemsen Foundation . The jury's statement was:

Joshua Groß stands out because of his unique literary talent. His texts are contemporary and visionary, they work with absurd humor and are able to sound out precise feelings, human and social conditions.

In the same year he edited the anthology Mindstate Malibu together with Johannes Hertwig and Andy Kassier, which the Süddeutsche Zeitung said was the best "contribution to the central dilemma of digital existence" to date.

In 2018, at the suggestion of Insa Wilke, he was invited to the 42nd Days of German-Language Literature in Klagenfurt . In 2019 he received the renowned Anna Seghers Prize .

In the same year, together with Moritz Müller-Schwefe, he published the volume Wir werden kosmisch by Etel Adnan and published his novel Flexen in Miami in 2020 at Matthes & Seitz Berlin .

Works (selection)

  • Flexen in Miami. Novel. Berlin: Matthes & Seitz Berlin 2020.
  • We became cosmic . Fürth: starfruit publications, 2019. (Ed. Together with Moritz Müller-Schwefe, in cooperation with the Institute for Modern Art Nuremberg)
  • Atomize the sense atoms. Berlin: SuKuLTuR , 2019. Schönerlesen , issue 177 (together with Lisa Krusche )
  • Mindstate Malibu. Criticism is just a form of escapism, too . Fürth: starfruit publications, 2018 (Ed. Together with Johannes Hertwig and Andy Kassier)
  • Fleece contrasts . Berlin: Korbinian Verlag, 2017
  • Faunenschnitt. Novel . Fürth: starfruit publications, 2016
  • Paradox between two hills . Berlin: SuKuLTuR , 2016. Beautiful reading , issue 150

Awards

  • 2014: Bavarian Art Prize in the Literature category
  • 2016: Erlangen Culture Prize
  • 2018: Working grant from the Free State of Bavaria
  • 2018: Scholarship from the Roger Willemsen Foundation
  • 2019: Anna Seghers Prize

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bavarian Art Prize 2014 for young authors from Bayreuth, Regensburg, Nuremberg and Munich. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Erlanger Culture Prize for Joshua Groß. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Art Minister Prof. Dr. med. Marion Kiechle announces scholarship holders - € 6,000 each for two novel projects, one all-age novel project and two planned volumes of poetry. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Joshua Groß as guest from Nov to Dec 2018 | Roger Willemsen Foundation. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
  5. ^ Mindstate Malibu. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
  6. ^ Felix Stephan : Performance at the Limit. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . November 26, 2018, accessed March 23, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Anna Seghers Prize 2019 / Fernanda Melchor and Joshua Groß awarded. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Etel Adnan. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
  9. ^ Matthes & Seitz Berlin: Flexen in Miami. Retrieved February 17, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Great, Joshua
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1989
PLACE OF BIRTH Grünsberg (Altdorf near Nuremberg)