Michael Hametner

Michael Hametner in the art Kapella Schkeuditz (2019)

Michael Hametner (* 1950 in Rostock ) is an Austro-German journalist , editor , speaker and literary and theater critic .

Live and act

Michael Hametner was born in Rostock as the son of an Austrian citizen. He studied journalism and literature at the University of Leipzig , worked as an actor and director and directed the Poetic Theater at the University of Leipzig. From the beginning of the 1990s he worked as a freelancer for Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR). In 1993 he was a member of the jury for the radio play of the month . In 1994 he became literary editor at the MDR and in 1995 initiated the MDR literary competition .

In 2001 it became public knowledge that Michael Hametner had signed up as an unofficial employee of the Ministry for State Security in 1968 , for which he was of particular interest as an Austrian citizen. The cooperation ended in 1975 after he had surrendered his Austrian passport and became of no interest to the MfS. At first he was no longer allowed to moderate. In 2002 he was able to return to the microphone because he had ended his contacts with the State Security before 1976 and ... these "are no longer allowed to be taken into account according to the legal provisions".

Michael Hametner has also been active as a speaker for audio recordings since 2005. From 2007 to 2009 he was a member of the jury for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize . Until 2015 he was literary editor and presenter at MDR-Figaro . Since 2008 he has been a member of Bührnheim's Literature Salon .

Works

• Small form of theater. Zentralhaus publication, Leipzig 1986, DNB 861026861 .
• New and rediscovered contemporary drama from the GDR. Zentralhaus publication, Leipzig 1989, ISBN 978-3-7444-0142-5 .
• The myth of Sisyphus or When the father makes books with the son. In: Leipziger Blätter . No. 32, 1998, pp. 38-40.
• Small people. The life of the actor Fred Delmare . Schwarzkopf and Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1997, ISBN 978-3-89602-122-9 .
• Circling. 15 Conversations - a portrait of the painter Sighard Gille . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2014, ISBN 978-3-95462-226-9 .
• On stage. 15 conversations - a portrait of the painter Matthias Weischer . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2016, ISBN 978-3-95462-643-4 .
• Paint over. 15 conversations - a portrait of the painter Johannes Heisig . Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2017, ISBN 978-3-95462-811-7 .
• Bernhard Heisig and Gudrun Brüne . An artist couple over fifty years. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2018, ISBN 978-3-95462-993-0 .

editor

• Red anger. Anthology of young authors. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2007, ISBN 978-3-89812-440-9 .
• Time of jokes. Texts by young authors. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2009, ISBN 978-3-89812-601-4 .
• with Michael Faber (Ed.): From the quiet fever of the treasure hunter. Rediscoveries. With portrait drawings by Harald Kretzschmar . Wallstein, Göttingen 2014, ISBN 978-3-8353-1453-5 .
• Wolfgang Heger: Light signals. A portrait of the painter Rolf-Gunter Dienst in dialogue. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2015, ISBN 978-3-95462-460-7 .

Michael Hametner has published annual anthologies with short stories for the MDR literature competition since 1996.

speaker

published by Universal Music, Berlin:

• Madness football! Bundesliga stories from four decades. 2005, ISBN 978-3-8291-1592-6 .
• Horses are my friends. Correct handling of horses. 2005, ISBN 978-3-8291-1584-1 .
• Know and understand dogs properly. This is how your dog becomes a best friend. 2005, ISBN 978-3-8291-1582-7 .

published by Universal Family Entertainment, Berlin:

• Fritz Hennenberg : Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. 2006, ISBN 978-3-8291-1642-8 .
• Alan Posener : William Shakespeare. 2006, ISBN 978-3-8291-1758-6 .
• Klaus Schröter : Thomas Mann. 2006, ISBN 978-3-8291-1646-6 .
• Barbara Meier: Robert Schumann. 2006, ISBN 978-3-8291-1643-5 .
• Peter Boerner : Johann Wolfgang von Goethe. 2006, ISBN 978-3-8291-1645-9 .
• Christian Liedtke: Heinrich Heine. 2006, ISBN 978-3-8291-1647-3 .
• Wolfgang Emmerich : Gottfried Benn. 2006, ISBN 978-3-8291-1741-8 .
• Heimo Rau : Gandhi. 2006, ISBN 978-3-8291-1639-8 .
• Hans Wißkirchen : The Mann family. 2006, ISBN 978-3-8291-1745-6 .
• Stefana Sabin : Andy Warhol. 2006, ISBN 978-3-8291-1641-1 .
• Claudia Pilling, Diana Schilling, Mirjam Springer: Friedrich Schiller. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8291-1742-5 .
• Frank Niess: Che Guevara. 2007, ISBN 978-3-8291-1756-2 .

at Verlag Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt:

• Ingemar König : Vita Romana. From daily life in ancient Rome. 2008, ISBN 978-3-534-60009-0 .
• Arne Karsten , Volker Reinhardt : cardinals, artists, courtesans. Baroque Rome. 2008, ISBN 978-3-534-60013-7 .
• Karl Christ : Hannibal. 2008, ISBN 978-3-534-60011-3 .
• Jürgen Egyptien : Introduction to German-language literature since 1945. 2008, ISBN 978-3-534-60012-0 .
• Nikolas Jaspert : The Crusades. 2008, ISBN 978-3-534-60007-6 .
• Dominik Geppert : The Adenauer era. 2008, ISBN 978-3-534-60016-8 .

published by Auditorium Maximum, Darmstadt:

• Wiebrecht Ries : Nietzsche's works. The big texts at a glance. 2009, ISBN 978-3-534-60052-6 .
• Roger Crowley : Constantinople 1453. The last battle. 2009, ISBN 978-3-534-60072-4 .
• Sunzi : The Art of War. 2009, ISBN 978-3-534-60070-0 .
• Erhard Oeser : The hunt to the North Pole. The tragedy and madness of the polar explorers. 2009, ISBN 978-3-534-60059-5 .
• Jürgen G. Nagel : The adventure of long-distance trading. The East India Companies. 2009, ISBN 978-3-534-60050-2 .
• Kirsten John : Who was Klaus Störtebeker? 2010, ISBN 978-3-534-60124-0 .
• John R. Clarke: Roma Antiqua. From traders, midwives and other heroes. 2010, ISBN 978-3-534-60103-5 .
• Peter Struck , Ingo Würtl: teachers of the future. From drummer to coach. 2010, ISBN 978-3-534-60120-2 .
• Roger Crowley: Decision in the Mediterranean. Europe's naval war against the Ottoman Empire. 2010, ISBN 978-3-534-60142-4 .
• Jürgen Egyptien: Introduction to German-language literature after 1945. 2010, ISBN 978-3-534-60161-5 .
• Matthias Buschmeier, Kai Kauffmann: The literature of the Weimar Classic. 2010, ISBN 978-3-534-60151-6 .
• Helmut Halfmann : Marcus Antonius. Beloved Cleopatra and friend of Caesar. 2011, ISBN 978-3-654-60171-7 .
• Sabine Kubisch: Ancient Egypt. 2011, ISBN 978-3-654-60203-5 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Michael Hametner in the catalog of the German National Library
• Michael Hametner on the Rotbuch-Verlag website
• Michael Hametner on die-horen.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Georg Löwisch : The creeping poison of the Stasi. In: The time . February 22, 2001 ( online ).
2. ^ Author entry on the website of the Mitteldeutscher Verlag
3. ↑ Ralf Geissler: Lack of transparency. In: taz . August 20, 2001 ( online )
4. ↑ Press release on rund-ecke-leipzig.de
5. ↑ Our team at signiertebuecher.de, accessed on May 6, 2019