Kai Metzger
Kai Metzger (born November 2, 1960 in Düsseldorf ) is a German writer .
Life
Kai Metzger did community service in a psychiatric clinic after graduating from high school. He then studied at the University of Düsseldorf , among others with Jochen Hörisch . He worked in production, building cleaning, gastronomy, childcare and yacht transfer. In addition to his literary work, he writes essays and reports for radio and magazines , including regularly for the yacht . In March 2016 he took part as helmsman in the transfer of the Sea-Watch-2 ; in August 2016 on rescue operations off the Libyan coast.
Metzger has lived with the philosopher Monika Boll since 1980.
Awards
- 1992: Prize for Literature from the State Capital Düsseldorf
- 1992: Sponsorship award from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
- 2007: Würth Literature Prize
- 2009: Hard Literature Prize
- 2012: Final MDR Literature Prize
- 2013: Würth Literature Prize, 2nd prize for his text Morningside Drive .
- 2016: Würth Literature Prize, 1st prize for his text Fuge Null and other interior design ideas .
Works
From 1983 onwards, Metzger published short stories in numerous anthologies , such as the Rowohlt - Panther series and the KiWi anthologies Feindschaft (1989) and The Time After (1991).
- Die Ey , libretto for the opera by Ratko Delorko , Düsseldorf 1991.
- No stories , Düsseldorf 1993, Grupello Verlag
- Read easy: Alfred Andersch , Sansibar or the last reason , Stuttgart [u. a.] 2001
Web links
- Literature by and about Kai Metzger in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ yacht.de: "Sailing engines for refugees"
- ↑ Kimmich / Ostrowicz ed .: The beauty queen Sarah Rotblatt drives up to a gas station , Swiridoff Verlag, Künzelsau 2013, ISBN 978-3-89929-277-0 . P. 117.
- ^ Kai Metzger in: Kulturamt Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf
- ↑ MDR Figaro. Text as PDF
- ^ University of Tübingen
- ↑ Press release from the University of Tübingen
- ↑ Grupello Verlaghttp : //www.grupello.de/verlag/angebote/isbn/3-928234-15-3/session/ident/ Grupello Verlag
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Butcher, Kai |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | November 2, 1960 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dusseldorf |