Marcel Beyer

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Marcel Beyer (2012)

Marcel Beyer (born November 23, 1965 in Tailfingen , Baden-Württemberg ) is a German writer who has emerged primarily as a poet , epic poet , essayist and editor . He is the recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize 2016.

life and work

Beyer grew up in Kiel and Neuss . From 1987 to 1991 he studied German , English and literature at the University of Siegen ; In 1992 he obtained his master's degree there with a thesis on Friederike Mayröcker . Performance works have been created since 1987 . From 1989 he edited the series Forgotten Authors of Modernism at the University of Siegen with Karl Riha . From 1990 to 1993 he worked as a lecturer on the literary magazine concepts . In 1992 he also contributed to the music magazine Spex until 1998 . He was Writer in Residence at University College London in 1996 , at the University of Warwick in Coventry in 1998 and at the Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin-Dahlem in 2008 . He is a member of the Berlin Academy of the Arts , the German Academy for Language and Poetry and the PEN Center Germany .

Beyer, who was initially heavily influenced by Friederike Mayröcker and the authors of the French Nouveau Roman , is the author of poetry , essays and novels that repeatedly deal with German history - especially with the era of National Socialism . In 2016 he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize . In its explanation, the German Academy for Language and Poetry explains: “His texts are bold and delicate, insightful and incorruptible. In this way, over three decades, an unmistakable work has been created that makes the world appear both wondrously familiar and iridescent. "

Beyer has lived in Dresden since 1996 .

plant

Autograph by Marcel Beyer

Single track

Release

translation

radio play

  • The radio play from the radio play. (About the Karl Sczuka Prize ), SWR 2007.
  • Jonathan Trouern trend : Birding Babylon. Radio play adaptation: Marcel Beyer, director: Iris Drögekamp, ​​SWR / NDR 2009.
  • Fruit bats. Directed by Iris Drögekamp, ​​SWR, 2012.

Audio book

Anthologies (selection)

Graphic novel

Awards

literature

Web links

Commons : Marcel Beyer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Marcel Beyer as Writer in Residence. (PDF; 115 kB) Max Planck Institute for the History of Science. Press release. 2008.
  2. ↑ Marcel Beyer receives the 2016 Büchner Prize. Boersenblatt.net, June 28, 2016, accessed on June 28, 2016.
  3. ^ "Graphit" by Marcel Beyer: When the vocabulary opens up. Review by Tobias Lehmkuhl on Deutschlandfunk on February 12, 2015, accessed February 12, 2015.
  4. ↑ Video: Poetry Recommendations 2015, “Graphit” by Marcel Beyer , presented by Michael Braun at the Leipzig Book Fair , accessed on YouTube on June 20, 2016.
  5. ^ Review by Lothar Müller in Süddeutsche Zeitung No. 88 of 15./16./17. April 2017, p. 20.
  6. ↑ Hortensia Völckers awards the Kleist Prize to Marcel Beyer. Buchmarkt.de from May 12, 2014, accessed on May 12, 2014.
  7. ↑ Open poetic terrain. In: Börsenblatt. May 27, 2014, accessed May 30, 2014 .
  8. ↑ Marcel Beyer wins the Düsseldorf Literature Prize. rp-online.de
  9. ↑ Marcel Beyer receives Georg Büchner Prize , zeit.de, June 28, 2016.
  10. ↑ Helmut Böttiger : Commentary , zeit.de
  11. ^ FAZ.net, Tilman Spreckelsen : Report of the award ceremony and speech
personal data
SURNAME Beyer, Marcel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 23, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Tailfingen