Marcus Jensen
Marcus Jensen (born June 27, 1967 in Hamburg ) is a German writer .
Life
Marcus Jensen grew up in Pinneberg near Hamburg. From 1987 to 1998 he studied German , philosophy , education and politics at the University of Hamburg (MA). In 1999 he moved to Aachen and has lived in Berlin since 2002. Jensen is the editor of Am Erker magazine . He is married to Silke Andrea Schuemmer .
Works
- Prose and essays: over 120 publications a. a. in: ndl , Am Erker , Macondo , die horen , Das Magazin , Poet , Muschelhaufen , on WDR and NDR broadcasting as well as in numerous anthologies.
- Red Rain . Novel. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt ; Frankfurt am Main 1999, revised new edition as an e-book, Berlin, 2014.
- Oberland . Novel. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2004, revised new edition as an e-book, Berlin, 2018.
- 457 days . Bundeswehr report. E-book, Berlin 2007/2013.
- Pigs . Novel. E-book, Berlin 2013.
- beyond. Stories from the world . Eleven stories from 1998 to 2015. E-book, Berlin 2015.
- Mouth open. Stories at the table . Eleven stories from 1993 to 2016. E-Book, Berlin 2016.
- Chimaera. Stories about the real thing . Eleven stories from 1996 to 2011. E-book, Berlin 2017.
Awards
- 1994 Third prize in the Brigitte's Bettina von Arnim competition
- 1994 Hamburg Prize for Literature
- 1996 Prize of the 4th Open Mike of the Berlin Literature Workshop
- 1998 Residence grant at the LCB ( Literarisches Colloquium Berlin )
- 1999 residency at the Künstlerhaus Lukas in Ahrenshoop
- 2000 grant from the German Literature Fund
- 2001 residency in the artist village Schöppingen
- 2002 Working grant for translators from the Kunststiftung NRW
- 2003 14th Würth Prize of the Tuebingen Poetics Lecturer
- 2003 Culture Prize of the Pinneberg District (sponsorship prize)
- 2007 New York scholarship from the German Literature Fund
- 2008 residency at the Writer's House in Stuttgart
- 2009 Residence grant from the Berlin Academy of Arts in the Alfred Döblin House in Wewelsfleth
- 2011 scholarship from the German Literature Fund
- 2017 working grant from the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe
- 2017 erostepost literature prize
Web links
- Literature by and about Marcus Jensen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and information on the work of Marcus Jensen at Literaturport
- Short biography and reviews of works by Marcus Jensen at perlentaucher.de
- Marcus Jensen homepage
Individual evidence
- ↑ stuttgarter-schriftstellerhaus.de: Previous scholarship holders since 1984 (accessed on April 4, 2017)
- ↑ berlin.de: Working grants awarded to Berlin authors in 2017 (accessed on April 4, 2017)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jensen, Marcus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hamburg |