Michael Wüstefeld
Michael Wüstefeld (born September 12, 1951 in Dresden ) is a German writer .
Life
Michael Wüstefeld studied agricultural engineering at the Technical University of Dresden from 1970 to 1974 after graduating from high school and graduated as a qualified engineer . 1974 to 1991 he worked as a technologist in an engineering office in Dresden. After unemployment in 1992 and a position as an office assistant, he has been living and working in Dresden as a freelance writer and critic since 1993.
He publishes poetry and prose . In keeping with the other media-including way of working of his earliest publications in connection with prints, his work also includes a libretto. Wüstefeld's work has been and is recognized by numerous prizes and grants.
From 1989 to 2009 he was a co-founder member of the Independent Writers Association Dresden . Wüstefeld has been a member of the PEN Center Germany since 1996 .
Works (selection)
- Cinema stories , Dresden 2016
- Five churches to twelve. A Pécs diary , Dresden 2016
- Fairy tale of someone who moved to the country as a castle writer , Rheinsberg 2014
- Paris as a gift , Dresden, 2008
- Das AnAlphabet , Göttingen, 2007
- Key oper . A burlesque play, libretto for an opera by Wilfried Krätzschmar , world premiere December 2, 2006 in Dresden
- Blue miracle. Dresden's strangest bridge , Berlin, 2002
- Wegzehrung , Munich, 2001
- Schobers Zimmer , Dresden, 1998
- German anatomy , Dülmen-Hiddingsel, 1996
- Amsterdam poems , Dresden, 1994
- Border strips , Warmbronn, 1993
- Naked behind the protective mask , Aufbau-Verlag, 1990
- City map , Aufbau-Verlag, 1990
- Visitation , Aufbau-Verlag, 1987
- graphic lyric 2. 6 poems with 7 woodcuts by Peter Herrmann , Obergrabenpresse , 1979
Awards
- 1990: Walter Hasenclever Prize
- 1993: Schöppingen Foundation Scholarship
- 1997: Scholarship Künstlerhaus Villa Waldberta
- 1999: Scholarship Künstlerhaus Edenkoben
- 2007: Scholarship for a monument smithy in Höfgen
- 2010: Scholarship from the Calw Hermann Hesse Foundation
- 2012: Residence grant in Pécs
- 2014: Town clerk for Rheinsberg
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Wüstefeld in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and information on the work of Michael Wüstefeld at Literaturport
- Entry at the poetenladen .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wüstefeld, Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 12, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dresden |