Maren Kames

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Maren Kames (* 1984 in Überlingen ) is a German writer , poet and translator . Based on her texts, she works on projects in the border area of ​​voice, sound and space.

Life

Kames was born in 1984 in Überlingen on Lake Constance and studied philosophy , literature and theater studies in Tübingen and Leipzig as well as creative writing and cultural journalism at the Institute for Literary Writing in Hildesheim .

From 2011 to 2013, it was for spending 31 to 35 of the literary magazine Bella triste as co editor operates. At the Prosanova literature festival in Hildesheim in 2014 she produced the radio play against: blank in a specially developed room, an acoustic " white cube "

Kames' debut Half Taube Half Peacock , which Christian Metz referred to as a “poetic concept album” at the FAZ and which was released in 2016, was highly praised and received several awards. The literary critic Denis Scheck described it as a "really spectacular debut". From the text, Kames developed a radio play for SWR in 2019 with the title 90 Grad 0 '0' 'S, which was named Radio Play of the Month in June 2019 .

Her “long poem” Luna Luna from 2019 was also implemented as a radio play and nominated for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize in 2020 .

"The lyrical moon fantasy" Luna Luna "is a poetic-musical synthesis of the arts: fast-paced, associative and with a lot of pop."

- Michael Braun : Hypnotic night singing

In addition to her own work, Maren Kames is a scientific ghostwriter and translates plays and essays by the Israeli author and theater director Sivan Ben Yishai . She lives and works in Berlin.

Publications

Awards

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kames, Maren. In: dla-marbach.de. Deutsches Literaturarchiv Marbach, accessed on February 11, 2020 (display without frame as there is no permalink in the context of the page).
  2. ↑ a b c Maren Kames | secession. Retrieved February 11, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b c d 2016 annual scholarships for literature go to the authors Verena Boos, Maren Kames and Marie Malcovati. In: mwk.baden-wuerttemberg.de. Retrieved February 11, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Maren Kames. Retrieved February 11, 2020 .
  5. ^ BELLA triste »Former. Retrieved February 11, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Half dove half peacock. In: buecher.de (with a review from the FAZ). Retrieved February 11, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Half dove half peacock | secession. Retrieved February 11, 2020 .
  8. ↑ a b Michael Braun: Radio play: Will someone talk to me! - LUNA LUNA. In: deutschlandfunkkultur.de. Retrieved February 11, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Alexander Eydlin: Leipzig Book Fair: Jury presents nominations for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize . In: The time . February 11, 2020, ISSN  0044-2070 ( zeit.de [accessed February 11, 2020]).
  10. ^ Hypnotic night singing. In: deutschlandfunkkultur.de. Retrieved February 11, 2020 .
  11. ^ House for Poetry :: The winners since 1993. Accessed on February 11, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Born in 2014. The four winners of the Gargonza Arts Award 2014. In: gargonza-arts.de. InterArtes - Association for the Promotion of the Arts eV, accessed on February 11, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Poetry Debut Prize Düsseldorf 2017. In: heinehaus.de. Heinehaus Literaturhaus Düsseldorf, July 30, 2017, accessed on February 11, 2020 .
  14. ↑ Kranichstein Literature Prize 2017 to Maren Kames. In: deutscher-literaturfonds.de. German Literature Fund, 2017, accessed on February 11, 2020 .
  15. ^ Anna Seghers Foundation. In: anna-seghers.de. Retrieved February 11, 2020 .
  16. ↑ Scholarship holders details - VATMH (de). Retrieved February 11, 2020 .
  17. ↑ Literature Prize of the Kulturkreis der deutschen Wirtschaft / Maren Kames awarded "Text & Language 2020". In: boersenblatt.net. May 19, 2020, accessed May 20, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Kames, Maren
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1984
PLACE OF BIRTH Überlingen