Levin Westermann

Levin Westermann at the Literary March 2015

Levin Westermann (* 1980 in Meerbusch ) is a German poet and essayist . He lives as a freelance writer in Biel .

Life and work

Westermann studied philosophy and sociology in Frankfurt am Main and from 2009 to 2012 at the Swiss Literature Institute in Biel . With mold as an onion pattern , he won the poetry prize at the XVIII in 2010 . open mike . In 2012 his debut volume was published unknown warped , which was awarded the Wiesbaden Poetry Prize Orphil in 2014. In 2013 Westermann received a scholarship at the Berlin Literary Colloquium . In 2020 he received the Clemens Brentano Prize for his volume of poetry published in 2019 regarding the shadows . The jury's statement said that his poetry thrives on suggestive images, the rhythm of language and work on sound. In 2020 he was invited by Hubert Winkels to the 44th Days of German-Language Literature and was shortlisted for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize .

Awards (selection)

• 2020 City Clerk Scholarship from the University of Tübingen
• 2020 Clemens Brentano Prize from the City of Heidelberg
• 2019 Writer in Residence Deutsches Haus at NYU
• 2018 Further writing grant from the Canton of Bern
• 2018 residency grant from Künstlerhof Schreyahn
• 2016 Paris scholarship from the Canton of Bern
• 2014 Orphil Debut Prize of the City of Wiesbaden
• 2013 Residence grant from the Literary Colloquium Berlin
• 2010 Poetry Prize at the XVIII. open mike

Works (selection)

• Ovibos moschatus (essays), Matthes & Seitz Berlin , Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-75180-002-0
• regarding the shadows , Matthes & Seitz Berlin, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-95757-781-8
• 3511 Zwetajewa , Matthes & Seitz Berlin, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-95757-380-3
  • “Chekhov: a journey in ten parts”, in: Fritz Deppert et al. (Ed.), Leuchtendes Legato in Moll , Brandes & Apsel Verlag , Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-95558-158-9
• unknown moved , luxbooks , Wiesbaden 2012, ISBN 978-3-939557-68-5

Web links

• Literature by and about Levin Westermann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Levin Westermann at perlentaucher.de
• Publishing information on Levin Westermann , accessed on April 4, 2020.
• Levin Westermann, Mold as an onion pattern (PDF) at: literaturwerkstatt.org, accessed on April 4, 2020.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Author information about Levin Westermann at: poetenladen.de, accessed on April 4, 2020.
2. ↑ ^{a b} The winners of the 18th open mike at: haus-fuer-poesie.org (2010), accessed on April 4, 2020.
3. ↑ Michael Braun, The final begins, but the worst is still to come , Neue Zürcher Zeitung (Online, November 20, 2019), accessed on April 4, 2020.
4. ↑ Orphil Poetry Prize 2014 and 2012 at: wiesbaden.de (2014), accessed on April 4, 2020.
5. ↑ Visiting the LCB: 2013 , on: lcb.de (2013), accessed on April 4, 2020.
6. ↑ Brentano Prize for Poet Levin Westermann , Badische Zeitung (Online, April 4, 2020), accessed on April 4, 2020.
7. ^ Poet Levin Westermann wins the Clemens Brentano Prize. April 3, 2020, accessed April 11, 2020 . 
8. ↑ How the shortlist comes about: bachmannpreis.orf.at (June 21, 2019), accessed on the same day.
9. ↑ Levin Westermann will be Tübingen's city clerk in 2020 at: Mittelrhein-tageblatt.de (January 7, 2020), accessed on April 4, 2020.
10. ^ Author information on Levin Westermann at: literaturport.de, accessed on April 4, 2020.