Mario Wirz

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The poet Mario Wirz (1956-2013)

Mario Wirz (born December 3, 1956 in Marburg an der Lahn ; † May 30, 2013 in Berlin ) was a German writer .

Life

Mario Wirz spent his childhood in Frankenberg in Hesse . After graduating from high school, he trained as an actor in Berlin. This was followed by engagements at various theaters as an actor and director, u. a. at the Vagantenbühne in Berlin and at the Stadttheater in Kiel .

Mario Wirz had his breakthrough as an author in 1992 with the volume of short stories It's late, I can't breathe , which, like some of his later works, addressed his HIV infection. Die Welt wrote: "With this volume too, Mario Wirz identifies himself as one of the most talented German-language writers."

From 1988 until his death he lived and worked as a writer in Berlin. His prose and poetry are published by Aufbau-Verlag . Translations of Wirz's works have appeared in France , the USA , Greece , the Ukraine , Italy and Hungary .

On May 30, 2013, Wirz died of complications from cancer in Berlin. In 2014 the short film " Mario Wirz " by Rosa von Praunheim was released , which was shot six weeks before the author's death on April 16, 2013. During a walk, both reflect on life and death.

Works

prose

  • It's late, I can't breathe. A nightly report. Berlin 1992.
  • Biography of a living day . Story, Berlin 1994.
  • Follow the fever and dance . Correspondence with Rosa von Praunheim , Berlin 1995.
  • Hugs at the end of the night . Stories, Berlin 1999.
  • On the bottom of the glasses. Berlin drum scenes . Story, In: Nachtfieber. Bruno Gmünder Verlag , Berlin 2008.
  • with Christoph Klimke : Messages from the Beloved. Berlin 2009. (about the mutual poet friend Detlev Meyer )
  • with Christoph Klimke: irrevocably happy. Stories. Berlin 2013.

Poetry

  • And dream tousles your hair. Göttingen 1982.
  • All the many night steps. Göttingen 1984.
  • I call the wolves. Berlin 1993.
  • The heart of this hour. Berlin 1997.
  • Seven lives a week. Berlin 2003.
  • Storm before the silence. Berlin 2006.
  • Temporarily immortal. Poems; Construction Verlag, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-351-03314-9 .
  • Between names and places. Calendar with poems and photographs by Martin E. Kautter. HS-SOLID - edition mannertreu, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814119-6-6 .
  • Mario Wirz.(= Poetry album. 306), graphic by Rinaldo Hopf. Märkischer Verlag, Wilhelmshorst 2013, ISBN 978-3-943708-06-6 .
  • Now is a whole life. Poems. Construction Verlag, Berlin 2013. (posthumous)

Plays (selection)

  • Breathless. UA youth theater in Kiel 1982.
  • Bella Italia. UA youth theater in Kiel 1983.
  • Has a knife in its beak. Premiere Krolltheater Berlin 1986.
  • Nest for a star. Premiere Theater 36 Berlin 1988.

Scholarships and Awards

literature

  • Axel Schock, Karen-Susan Fessel: Out! 800 famous gays, lesbians and bisexuals. Querverlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89656-111-1 , p. 298.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Author Mario Wirz has died. In: Frankfurter Rundschau . May 31, 2013.
  2. ↑ a b Mario Wirz: I call the wolves. Poems . Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1993, ISBN 3-351-02227-1 , p. 80 (biographical information on the author).
  3. ↑ Quoted from Mario Wirz: I'm calling the wolves. Poems . Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 1993, p. 80.
  4. ↑ Deutsche Aidshilfe : Mario Wirz: "I am blond and immortal" ( Memento from June 30, 2013 in the web archive archive.today )

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personal data
SURNAME Wirz, Mario
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH 3rd December 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Marburg
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 2013
Place of death Berlin