Markus Jäger (writer)

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Markus Karl Jäger (* 1976 in Tyrol) is an Austrian writer , songwriter , writing coach and blogger . He has also published under the pseudonym Simon M. Jonas .

Life

Markus Jäger studied English and American studies as well as political science . He has worked as a writer and translator since 2006 and as a librarian since 2008 . In 2009 he received his PhD in American literary and cultural studies with a dissertation on the American singer and civil rights activist Joan Baez .

Since 2012 he has worked as a reviewer for various literary areas at the EKZ library service. He lives and works in Innsbruck.

Create

Markus Jäger published numerous texts - poetry and prose - in magazines and anthologies, among others. a. at Zugetextet.com or umlaut (magazine) . Several poems have been selected and published for poetry volumes in the library of German-language poems. Some works also appeared under the pseudonym Simon M. Jonas, including his debut novel Der bange Traum .

Markus Jäger was nominated for the Peter Huchel Prize in 2014 for the volume of poems Der Atem der Momente , published by Arovell Verlag . In 2017 he received a nomination for the POLLY Prize for Political Poetry. His last novel Heroes Forever was selected as a finalist for the DeLiA Literature Prize 2019. The novel addresses the love of two young men during the Nazi era .

engagement

Markus Jäger identifies himself as gay and is actively committed to combating homophobia and anti-queerism. In May 2019 he appeared as a writer and songwriter at the event Merano against Homophobia , in July he gave a lecture on the subject of "The End of Discrimination?" As part of the international series of events Creative Mornings . over 50 years of LGBT movement. In his work as a librarian, he is, among other things, responsible for the selection of LGBT literature for the Innsbruck city library and actively promotes diversity and cultural exchange.

Awards

  • 2014: Peter Huchel Prize (nomination) for The Breath of Moments
  • 2017: Polly Prize for Political Poetry (nomination)
  • 2019: DeliA Literature Prize (nomination) for Heroes Forever

Works

Scientific work

  • Joan Baez and the Issue of Vietnam: Art and Activism versus Conventionality , Ibidem Verlag, Stuttgart, 2003, ISBN 978-3898212977 .
  • Popular Is Not Enough: The Political Voice Of Joan Baez: A Case Study In The Biographical Method , Dissertation, Ibidem Verlag, Stuttgart, 2010, ISBN 978-3838201061 .

Poetry (selection)

  • as Simon M. Jonas: Deportation (in memoriam JH) . in: [um] laut, 6 , 2009, ISSN  1866-9816 , p. 48.
  • as Simon M. Jonas: Stars on Hotpants . In: DIE BRÜCKE - Forum for anti-racist culture and politics , ISSN  0931-9514 , 3, 2011, p. 166.
  • The breath of moments, Arovell Verlag, Vienna, 2014, ISBN 978-3551315946 .
  • Loss of prosperity . In: Zugetextet , 2/2016, ISSN  2365-8258 , p. 79.
  • The white scream . In: Library of German-Language Poems - Selected Works XVIX. Realis Verlags GmbH, Munich, 2016, ISBN 978-3-930048-73-1 , p. 138.
  • Time in the sand - poems . Arovelle Verlag, 2019, ISBN 978-3903189331

Short stories (selection)

  • Cancer and strangers in the village , in: Travel luggage 5. Verlag freelance authors, Fulda, 1999 (no longer available).
  • Thunderstorms . In: Me Not You - Forty-Four Notable Short Stories. Verlag Neue Literatur, Jena, 2003, ISBN 3934141730 , pp. 92-100.

Novels

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Vita. In: Homepage Markus Jäger. Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Roland Rottenfußer: On the side of humanity: Markus Jäger. In: Behind the Headlines. January 30, 2019, accessed July 29, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Bibliography. In: Homepage Markus Jäger. Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Bibliography. In: Homepage Markus Jäger. January 14, 2019, accessed July 29, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Stefan Schmitzer: Polly - award for political poetry, nomination 2017. Accessed on July 29, 2019 .
  6. ↑ DeliA - Association of German-speaking Romance Authors: Winner of the DELIA Literature Prize 2019 - DELIA - Association of German-speaking Romance Authors. Retrieved July 29, 2019 .
  7. ↑ Schramek Markus: Gay love in war. September 6, 2018, accessed July 29, 2019 .
  8. ↑ Merano against homophobia. In: Südtirol News. Retrieved August 1, 2019 .
  9. ↑ The end of discrimination? In: CreativeMornings, Innsbruck. July 12, 2019, accessed August 1, 2019 .
  10. ↑ Evelin Stark: Innsbruck's living room. In: 20er - The Tyrolean street newspaper. January 17, 2018, accessed August 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Hunter, Markus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Jäger, Markus Karl (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian author, songwriter, book coach and librarian
DATE OF BIRTH 1976
PLACE OF BIRTH Tyrol