Kerstin Specht
Kerstin Specht (born June 5, 1956 in Kronach , Upper Franconia ) is a German playwright .
Live and act
Kerstin Specht grew up in the Upper Franconian village of Stockheim . After completing her studies in German and Protestant theology in Munich , she worked as an assistant director at Bayerischer Rundfunk and took acting lessons. In 1985 she began further studies at the University of Television and Film in Munich .
She has been writing plays since 1988 . She made a name for herself in the theater world with the “publication of her first plays”. Lila and Das Glowing Männla in particular are typical representatives of the new critical folk piece "in the tradition of Horváth , Fleißer , Fassbinder , Kroetz and Sperr ". Kerstin Specht has received numerous prizes and awards for her pieces. She was admitted to the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in 2002 and is a member of the PEN Center Germany .
Works (selection)
Plays
- Purple (1990)
- The Glowing Manla (1990)
- Amiwiesen (1990)
- Moon on your back (1994)
- Carceri (1996)
- The Frog Queen (1998)
- The Cold Heart (2000)
- Snow Queens (2001)
- Marieluise (2001)
- The Back of the Bills (2001)
- The Golden Child (2002)
- Solitude (2003)
- The Age of the Turtles (2005)
- The Zoo (2009)
Radio plays
- 2000: Der Flieger - Director: FM Einheit / Kerstin Specht (radio play - BR )
Awards (selection)
- 1989: Hungertuch Prize from the Hessian Literature Office , Frankfurt am Main
- 1996: Culture Prize of the Upper Franconian Economy
- 1990: Bavarian Art Prize
- 1990: Literature Prize of the BDI cultural group
- 1993: State Prize for Popular Theater Pieces
- 1993: Else Lasker Schüler Dramatist Prize
- 1996: Culture Prize of the Upper Franconian Economy
- 2002: State Prize for Popular Theater Pieces
- 2005: Marieluise Fleißer Prize
- 2011: Ernst Hoferichter Prize
- 2013: Pro meritis scientiae et litterarum
- 2014: Villa Concordia scholarship in Bamberg
literature
- Kerstin Specht and Hannes S. Macher: Tradition of the popular theater . Pp. 33-35. Literature in Bavaria , issue 22/1990
- Defiant poetry - to Kerstin Specht's plays . Pp. 43-46. Literature in Bavaria, issue 49/1997
- Ingeborg Gleichauf : What a play! - German-speaking female dramatists of the 20th century and the present . See: I have no human utopias , pp. 137–153. Grambin / Aviva, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-932338-17-0
- Brigitta Rambeck: Kerstin Specht - home and the consequences . Pp. 34-35. Literature in Bavaria, issue 131 / March 2018
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Peter Czoik: Authors - Kerstin Specht , website of the Bavarian State Library , online at literaturportal-bayern.de
- ↑ Arno Widmann : In den Vice - A small guide through 20 pages of book fair supplement , review with mention of the award to Kerstin Specht in the TAZ of October 14, 1989, online at taz.de
Web links
- Literature by and about Kerstin Specht in the catalog of the German National Library
- Peter Czoik: Authors - Kerstin Specht , website of the Bavarian State Library , online at literaturportal-bayern.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Woodpecker, Kerstin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 5th June 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kronach |