Knut Schaflinger

Knut Schaflinger (born May 22, 1951 in Graz ) is an Austrian writer.

life and work

After childhood and youth in Bruck an der Mur and studies in Vienna, Knut Schaflinger worked as a freelance filmmaker for Bavarian television in Munich until 1995 . Then he was editor of the Tagesthemen in Hamburg until 2016 .

Schaflinger, whose poems have been published in anthologies , literary calendars, and literary magazines and received several prizes, made his debut in 1995 with the poetry book Dreiteile vom Licht .

Knut Schaflinger lives in Augsburg .

Single title (selection)

• The impatience of the compass needle. Poems. Ralf Liebe publisher, Weilerswist 2015.
• Snow fire . Poems. Ralf Liebe publisher, Weilerswist 2011.
• Volatile substances . Poems. Steinmeier, Deiningen 2009.
• Lost . Poems. Edition Thaleia, St. Ingbert 2007.
• Shards and mosaic . Poems. Edition Thaleia, St. Ingbert 2005; ISBN 3-924944-71-7 .
• The pillaged mouth . Poems. Alkyon Verlag, Weissach i. T. 1998.
• Three parts of light. Poems. Publishing house free authors, Fulda 1995.

Anthologies and literary journals (selection)

• Axel Kutsch (Ed.), Versnetze . German-language poetry of the present. Verlag Ralf Liebe, Weilerswist 2008–2011.
• Shafiq Naz (Ed.), Der deutsche Lyrikkalender 2011. Every day a poem . Alhambra Publishing, B-Bertem 2011.
• Theo Breuer (Ed.), Vulkan Obsidian. In memoriam Gottfried Benn , Bertolt Brecht and Christian Saalberg . edition bauwagen, Itzehoe 2006.
• Literary magazines : The Poem , Glades , Ostragehege , Signs & Miracles .

Awards

• 2014: Dresden Poetry Prize (finalist)
• 2005: Feldkircher Poetry Prize
• 2004: Dulzinea Poetry Prize
• 2003: Christine Lavant Prize (finalist)

literature

• Theo Breuer: From the hinterland. Poetry after 2000 . Edition YE, Sistig / Eifel 2005, ISBN 3-87512-186-4 .

Web links

• Short biography and information on the work of Knut Schaflinger at fixpoetry
• Short biography and information on the work of Knut Schaflinger in the Poetenladen
• Reading: Poem Bread Smell in the Morning Light [1]
• Literature by and about Knut Schaflinger in the catalog of the German National Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ State capital Dresden: Dresdner Poetry Prize 2014 - The nominees 2014. (No longer available online.) Dresden.de, October 27, 2014, archived from the original on November 2, 2014 ; Retrieved November 2, 2014 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.