Lou A. Probsthayn

Lou A. Probsthayn (* 1960 in East Berlin ) is a German writer, publisher and literary organizer.

Life

Probsthayn studied German literature and art history in Hamburg from 1984 to 1988. During his studies he is involved in the literary scene in Hamburg. He was a founding member of the “PENG” group of authors - an acronym for the authors Probsthayn, Reimer Eilers, Nicolas Nowack and Gunter Gerlach . The group of authors deals with alternative forms of presentation of literature. He was a member of the artists' associations LAOLA-CLUB, FORUM DER 13 and initiator and signatory of the literary manifesto Hamburger Dogma .

He is the owner and managing director of Literatur Quickie Verlag Hamburg. The basis of the Literature Quickie Verlag is the series of events of the same name, which presents a weekly literature reading in the Hamburg trendy bar “Feldstern”.

Probsthayn lives with his family in Hamburg.

Prizes and awards

• 1990, 1999 Literature and Promotion Prize of the City of Hamburg
• Prize of the GangArt 91 festival for original music and literature, Krefeld
• 1996 Scholarship from the Arno Schmidt Foundation
• 2001 Winner in the prose category at the literature exchange at the Styrian Autumn in Graz
• 2009 Literature grant from the Café Royal Kulturstiftung Hamburg from 2009.
• 1997 Scholarship from the Kester Haeusler Foundation
• 2019 Another literature scholarship from the Café Royal Kulturstiftung Hamburg

Works

Novels

• Three names, one night. Klaus Nixdorf Verlag, 1984, ISBN 3-924376-04-2 .
• Word on call. Kellner, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-927623-37-7 .
• with Gunter Gerlach: Seven. Ars Vivendi, 1994, ISBN 3-927482-82-X .
• with Gunter Gerlach and Olaf Oldings: Whiter turned black overnight. Piper, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-492-11960-3 .
• with Gunter Gerlach and Olaf Oldings: laughing gas in the airbag. Piper, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-492-22226-9 .
• Gone stupid. Achilla, Hamburg / Bremen 1996, ISBN 3-928398-32-6 .
• The world is a dog. Achilla Verlag, Hamburg / Bremen 1997, ISBN 3-928398-43-1 .
• Rubbish. Yedermann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-935269-19-6 .
• Hamburg from below. Exploring the city beneath the city. L&H, 2004, ISBN 3-928119-73-7 .
• The user. Yedermann, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-935269-32-3 .
• Hamburg secret. The unknown sides of the city. Boyens, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8042-1248-0 .
• Sitting on exposed aggregate concrete. Michason & May, Frankfurt 2013, ISBN 978-3-86286-027-2 .

Also numerous short stories in anthologies.

literature

• Astrid Rossmann: Lou A. Probsthayn. Positions and positioning in the literary field. Thesis . Graz 2006.

Web links

• Literature by and about Lou A. Probsthayn in the catalog of the German National Library
• Author's website
• 13th Forum
• Publisher's website