Lukas Wagner

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  AT 22nd 08/07/2015 (4 weeks)

Lukas Wagner (* 1993 in Dornbirn ) is an Austrian slam poet , author and cultural organizer.

Life

Wagner has appeared as a slam poet in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since he was at school. In 2015 he wrote the song Tanz mit mir for the Austrian pop band Lucky Strikes Back , which reached number 22 in the Austrian charts . He later also worked as a songwriter for the Austrian pop musician Monthaye . Since 2015 Wagner has organized (so far more than 100) literary and cultural events in Germany, Austria, Switzerland and Liechtenstein . In 2016, together with the Salzburger Nachrichten, he carried out the longest poetry slam in the world to date : 16 participating artists presented more than 150 texts in 28 hours. In the same year, a poetry slam was held under the title " Jederkann " as part of the Salzburg Festival in the interior of the Mönchsberg . Wagner also created formats such as the "shadow battle", in which slam poets can only be seen as silhouettes. Wagner has been curating the Lech Literature Days since 2017 . He lives in Salzburg .

Awards

  • Award for Art and Culture 2017, Kulturfonds Salzburg

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  1. ↑ Chart discography Austria
  2. ^ Moritz Naderer: Andorra: Salzburg musician Monthaye gives pop music a new coat of paint. Salzburg24, March 31, 2017, accessed on September 20, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Event agency Slamlabor. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
  4. ↑ NN: Poetry slam world record in Salzburg. December 11, 2016, accessed September 20, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Poetry Slam breaks all records. Antenne Salzburg, November 29, 2016, accessed on September 20, 2019 .
  6. ↑ Katharina Köhn: Poetry Slam: Lukas Wagner wants to bring more language to Salzburg. Salzburg24, July 21, 2016, accessed on September 20, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Lech Literature Days. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Sponsorship award for art and culture. In: Culture Fund of the City of Salzburg. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
  9. ↑ Lukas Wagner. Language as a tool. In: New Vorarlberger daily newspaper. November 22, 2017. Retrieved September 20, 2019 .
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SURNAME Wagner, Lukas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian slam poet and cultural organizer
DATE OF BIRTH 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Dornbirn