Matthias Kneip

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Matthias Kneip (born July 30, 1969 in Regensburg ) is a German writer and publicist .

life and work

Kneip studied German , Slavic and political science at the University of Regensburg . Between 1995 and 1996 he worked as a lecturer for German language and literature at the University of Opole in Poland , where his literary exploration of this country began and the first texts about Poland were published. In 1999 he did his doctorate at the University of Regensburg on the subject of "The political role of the German language in Upper Silesia 1921-1999".

Kneip works as a research assistant at the German Poland Institute in Darmstadt and as a freelance writer and Poland consultant for various companies. He is a member of the PEN Center Germany . In addition, he is one of the best-known mediators in German-Polish cultural exchange.

While Kneip's poems are characterized by a playful approach to language and subtle humor, and they often focus on Germany, his numerous journalistic essays and prose publications are mainly devoted to Poland, whose people and cities he is subtle and sensitive from a mostly personal one Describes perspective.

Awards

Publications

Poetry

  • Once life and back. Poems. Book and art publisher Upper Palatinate. Amberg 1995. ISBN 978-3924350451
  • Color for black and white. Poems and essays on the German-Polish rapprochement. Bilingual. Wroclaw 1998.
  • In my fist the day. Poems. Edition lichtung. Viechtach 1998. ISBN 978-3929517248
  • get tender. Poetry. Snayder Publishing House. Paderborn 2000. ISBN 978-3933976215
  • Dear relationships . House of the Poets. Paderborn 2007. ISBN 978-3936706031
  • stupid but sensible . House of the Poets. Paderborn 2009. ISBN 978-3936706239
  • Nobody understands me ... complained the poem and became famous! . Lektora. Paderborn 2013. ISBN 978-3-938470-99-2

prose

  • Foundation stones in the luggage. Encounters with Poland. House of the Poets. Paderborn 2002. ISBN 978-3980688383
  • Między nami. Between us. Poems. Bilingual. With a foreword by Feliks Netz. Biblioteka Śląska. Katowice 2004
  • Dear relationships. Poems and prose. House of the Poets. Paderborn 2005. ISBN 978-3936706031
  • Poland trip. Places that tell a country. House of the Poets. Paderborn 2007. ISBN 978-3936706109
  • Poland. Literary travel pictures . Lektora-Verlag. Paderborn 2012. ISBN 978-3938470817
  • 111 reasons to love Poland . Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf. Berlin 2015. ISBN 978-3-86265-521-2

scientific publications

  • The German language in Upper Silesia. Studies on the political role of the German language as a minority language 1921-1998 . Edited by the Research Center for East-Central Europe at the University of Dortmund. Dortmund 1999. 2nd edition 2000. ISBN 978-3923293629

Textbook

  • [Together with Manfred Mack] Polish literature and German-Polish literary relations. Working materials for German lessons. Cornelsen-Verlag 2003. ISBN 978-3464691106
  • Polish for business contacts. Web based training. (Editor). Cornelsen 2006.
  • [Together with Manfred Mack] Polish history and German-Polish relations in class. Cornelsen. Berlin 2007.
  • Erika Worbs (Ed.): Witaj Polsko! Textbook for Polish as a Foreign Language in Schools. By Renata Szpigiel and Ewa Baglajewska-Miglus. Project management and texts on regional studies: Matthias Kneip. Universum Verlag Wiesbaden 2009.
  • [together with Manfred Mack]: Polish Society. Cornelsen 2012.

Audio books

  • Foundation stones in the luggage. Encounters with Poland. Audio book (CD). LOhrBär-Verlag. Regensburg 2005. ISBN 978-3980965156

Translations

Z sercem w plecaku. Spotkania Niemca s Polską (foundation stones in the luggage). Dolnośląskie Publishing House, Wrocław 2005. ISBN 978-8373844285

Literature about Matthias Kneip

  • Anna Marcol: Mediator between cultures. The poet, writer and publicist Matthias Kneip. House of the Poets. Paderborn 2009.

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personal data
SURNAME Kneip, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, journalist and Poland researcher
DATE OF BIRTH July 30, 1969
PLACE OF BIRTH regensburg