Olav Münzberg
Olav Münzberg (born October 25, 1938 in Gleiwitz ; † April 21, 2020 ) was a German man of letters , writer , poet , narrator , essayist and critic . Together with Janina Szarek , he co-founded the Transform Acting School and the German-Polish stage Teatr Studio am Salzufer in Berlin-Charlottenburg .
Life
Born in what is now the Polish town of Gleiwitz, Olav Münzberg's family fled to Sulzfeld in Lower Franconia in January 1945 during the Second World War , where he spent his childhood and youth. From 1962 he began studying law, philosophy, religious studies, art studies and German in West Berlin . In 1972 he received his doctorate on aesthetics from the Free University of Berlin under Klaus Heinrich . From 1991 Olav Münzberg was honorary professor for art and cultural studies at the Berlin University of the Arts (HdK) Berlin.
From 1984 he worked as a freelance writer, poet, narrator, essayist, critic, editor and art and cultural scientist as well as non-fiction author.
Olav Münzberg took part in various literary juries and international literary symposia in Europe and held numerous functions as an author and theater maker in Berlin:
- 1985–1989: Chairman of the New Society for Literature (NGL) Berlin
- 1989–1991: Chairman of the West Berlin regional association within the Association of German Writers (VS) .
- 1991–1993: Chairman of the first all-Berlin VS.
- 1974–1991: Editor and co-editor of the cultural magazine Ästhetik & Kommunikation .
- 1996–2000: Editing of the Polish-German literary magazine WIR and participation in the German-Polish poet steamer .
- 1999–2020: Chairman of the International Theater Workshop .
From 1962 until his death he lived in West Berlin or in Berlin and was married to Janina Szarek .
Awards
- Working grant from the Berlin Senate Department for Cultural Affairs
- Scholarship from the Hermann Sudermann Foundation
- 2004: Citizen's Medal of the Charlottenburg-Wilmersdorf district
bibliography
Fiction
- Inputs and outputs. Poetry and essay. Jürgen Kleindienst printing works, Berlin 1975.
- I close the door and start living - 8 trips to different countries . With assemblies by Jula Dech. Aesthetics & Communication , Berlin 1983. ISBN 3-88245-100-9 .
- Step human into this world - travel poems . Translation from German into English: Mitch Cohen u. Ingrid Stoll. Forest Books, London a. Boston 1991. ISBN 0-948259-53-1 .
- BooksCities - and want to stay and not be allowed to. Poems. Bonsai-type Art Verlag , Berlin 1997.
- In the year 2 of Heisei - feelings about a long journey in Japan . Poems - epigrams - haikus . TEIA Verlag, Berlin 2013. ISBN 978-3-944658-00-1 .
Non-fiction
- Receptivity and spontaneity - the question of d. esthete. Subject or sociological. u. political implications d. Relationship work of art, recipient in d. esthete. Theories of Kant, Schiller, Hegel, Benjamin, Brechts, Heidegger, Sartre and others. Adornos . Zugl. Dissertation 1972, Freie Univ., Faculty 11 - Philosophy a. Social sciences Akademische Verlagsgesellschaft , Frankfurt am Main 1974. ISBN 3-7997-0245-8 .
(Co-) editorships
- Attention - Klaus Heinrich on his 50th birthday . Add. m. Lorenz Wilkens. Verlag Roter Stern , Frankfurt am Main 1979. ISBN 3-87877-118-5 .
- From the old west to the Kulturforum - the Tiergartenviertel in Berlin - changes in an urban landscape . Collection of articles. The Arabic Book , Berlin 1988. ISBN 3-923446-37-3 .
- Literature on site - a literary-documentary anthology about the New Society for Literature Berlin . New Society for Literature , Berlin 1995. ISBN 3-87024-328-7 .
- Breaks and transitions - poems and prose from 23 countries . New Society for Literature a. Workshop of Cultures , Berlin 1997. ISBN 3-931321-01-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Olav Münzberg in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and information on the work of Olav Münzberg at Literaturport
- Prof. Dr. Olav Münzberg - Deputy Head, Theory 1 , short biography of Olav Münzberg on the website of the Transform Acting School , online at transform-schauspielschule.de
Footnotes
- ↑ a b c Manuela Frey: Loss for the cultural landscape - Olav Münzberg died in the Berlin Week of April 28, 2020, online at berliner-woche.de
- ↑ Prof. Dr. Olav Münzberg - Deputy Head, Theory 1 , short biography of Olav Münzberg on the website of the Transform Acting School , online at transform-schauspielschule.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Münzberg, Olav |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German man of letters, writer, poet, narrator, essayist and critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gliwice |