Kai Pohl
Kai Pohl (* 1964 in Wittenburg ) is a German writer and artist .
Life
In 2006, together with Alexander Krohn, Pohl co-founded the epidemic of the arts and the literary magazine floppy myriapoda , is editor of poetry anthologies, member of the editorial board of the magazine Abwärts! and works as a graphic designer.
Kai Pohl's texts (poetry, prose, cut-up , essays, reviews) have been published in various media, including Abwärts! (Berlin), Die Brücke (Saarbrücken), Opponent (Berlin), The Mongol is waiting (Düsseldorf), Pareidolia (Hamburg), Perspektive (Graz, Austria), Prologue (Berlin), Risse (Rostock), Paramedic (Ostheim / Rhön) , Superbastard (Augsburg), Teflon (Athens), telegraph (Berlin), TorTour (Berlin), V (Feldkirch, Austria), Junge Welt , Wienzeile (Vienna, Austria) and Zweifel (Friedelsheim, Frankfurt am Main, Berlin).
Alexander Krohn and the Electrotrash-Duo! The Same ( Rex Joswig , Helmar Kreysig) have set various texts by Kai Pohl to music. Some of his poems have been translated into English, French, Greek, Italian and Polish.
Awards
- 15th NAHBELL Prize Winner 2014 (alternative Nobel Poetry Prize of the G & GN Institute for the lifelong incorruptibility of a complete work process).
Single title (selection)
- Egypt or Freedom of Free Fall . Poems 1989–1990, self-published, Berlin 1990.
- Wilderness, poems 1990-1991 . Self-published, Berlin 1992.
- biofeedback panic energy . Blei 13, Distillery, Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3-941330-16-0 .
- Open + shoot . Poems 1989–2006, KRASH Neue Edition in Stahl-Verlag, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-937846-04-0 .
- The Lübzer at Kaiser's is cheaper than the Berliner at Spar . SuKuLTuR, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-937737-71-3 .
- Ticket to the revolution . SuKuLTuR, Berlin, 2011, ISBN 978-3-941592-24-7 .
- phantom calendar . Twenty-nine poems, Distillery, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-941330-29-0 .
- da kapo with CS gas (with Clemens Schittko). Poems, Fixpoetry, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-942890-04-5 .
- Shot gang . Poems, with drawings by Tomasz Bohajedyn , Rothahndruck, Berlin 2012.
- Solanum nigrum antichoc . Cut-ups and poems, Moloko Print, Pretzien 2013, ISBN 978-3-943603-06-4 .
- 1964 or The market-conforming silence of the soul of the male subject of power . Distillery, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-941330-39-9 .
- Points you mouvement . Poems (German / French). Translated into French by Tom Nisse. Bookleg # 115 series, maelstrÖm reEvolution, Brussels 2015, ISBN 978-2-87505-203-2 .
- Stateless insects . Cut-ups and poems. With photographs by the author. Quiqueg Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-945874-08-0 .
- 1964 . Translated into French by Bernard Umbrecht. Médiapop Éditions, Mulhouse 2016, ISBN 978-2-918932-48-2 .
- Penfield's dream . Poems and montages. Gutleut Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2016, ISBN 978-3-936826-38-8 .
- The bad bank of German-language poetry . Cut-ups / montages / photos / poems. Moloko Print, Pretzien 2017, ISBN 978-3-943603-35-4 .
- Android ballet . Verlag Peter Engstler, Oberwaldbehrungen 2018, ISBN 978-3-946685-13-5 .
- My keyboard . Prenzlauer Berg Collection, Vol. 5. EdK, Berlin 2019.
Publication in anthologies (selection)
- Axel Kutsch (Ed.), Versnetze. The big book of the new German poetry . Verlag Ralf Liebe, Weilerswist 2008, ISBN 978-3-935221-86-3 .
- Shafiq Naz (Ed.), Der deutsche Lyrikkalender 2012 . Alhambra Publishing, B-Bertem 2011, ISBN 978-2-87448-033-1 .
- Rainer Stolz and Hugo Wenzel (eds.), Haiku here and today . Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-423-14102-4 .
- Kramer / Mießner / Pohl / Schittko et al., My degeneration. the very best of WHO IS WHO , texts 2004–2013. freiraum-verlag, Greifswald 2014, ISBN 978-3-943672-47-3 .
- Verena Kammerer (ed.), Heimat somewhere , drawings illustrated with texts, Raetia Verlag, Bozen 2016, ISBN 978-88-7283-569-2 .
Publication (selection)
- Shock Edition (4) . Poems by Lothar Feix, Jazra Khaleed, Knofo, Andreas Paul. With 5 drawings by Reinhold Gottwald. EdK / Distillery, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-941330-33-7 .
- The fifth shock . Poems by Peter Engstler, dirk frölic, Jayne-Ann Igel , Lilly Jäckl and Urs Jaeggi . Drawings by Jochen Scheiper. Prenzlauer Berg Collection Vol. 3. EdK / Distillery, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-941330-42-9 .
- Fifty thousand strokes . Black Book of Poetry 2016 (with Clemens Schittko , Kristin Schulz and Katja Horn). Distillery, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-941330-40-5 .
- Hate & lies. News from the human zoo , Prenzlauer Berg Collection Vol. 4, Moloko Print, Pretzien 2018.
Exhibitions (selection)
- Animals in the city . Galerie Mandelmond, Berlin, 2001.
- Take some of the bread . Media collages. FHTW Berlin, 2003.
- Logos . Gallery Wallywoods, Berlin, 2005.
- Conquering Mars . Road damage, Berlin 2010.
- Lartyfartypourlartyfarty. Post-real brutalism 1–5 (with Alexander Krohn ). Berlin 2005–2007 and 2014.
Exhibition participation (selection)
- ''] [] P3 | \ |. | = R @ / \ / \ 3. \ / \ / () R | <] ['', r4wb1t5 micro.fest . Chicago 2005.
- /// self portrait / - a show for bethlehem . Al Kahf Art Gallery, Bethlehem 2006.
- 4th Berlin Art Salon . Berlin 2007.
- Prolog 6 , ground floor gallery. Berlin 2010.
- The still polski triathlon . Rita Baum Office, Wrocław 2012.
- Stones and stars . Friedland Castle 2014.
Web links
- Literature by and about Kai Pohl in the catalog of the German National Library
- Poplar Snow: Website by Kai Pohl
- Real resistance: interview in signatures
- Interview with Kai Pohl about the Nahbell Prize
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pohl, Kai |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German poet |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1964 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wittenburg |