Peter Kleiss
Peter Kleiss (* 1949 in Dillenburg ) is a German author and music journalist .
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Kleiss, who learned the saxophone, studied German and politics at the Philipps University in Marburg ; he received his doctorate in Marburg in 1982 on the literary criticism of Georg Herwegh . At the same time, he worked as a freelance journalist before becoming editor at SWF3 in 1982 . Since 1997 he has been working as a jazz editor at Saarländischer Rundfunk . He was also the artistic director of the St. Ingbert International Jazz Festival . From 2013 he is responsible for the jazz talk at JazzBaltica .
He has also published two volumes of poetry. After his retirement, he turned to local cultural work and started several series of literary events.
The journalist Mike Kleiss is his son.
Fonts
- Have words (Geistkirch-Verlag 2007)
- Time and rhythm (Geistkirch-Verlag 2005)
- Georg Herwegh's literary criticism: Democratic program and repressive gesture (Peter Lang 1982)
Lexical entries
- Jürgen Wölfer : Jazz in Germany. The encyclopedia. All musicians and record companies from 1920 until today. Hannibal, Höfen 2008, ISBN 978-3-85445-274-4 .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Kleiss & Kleiss like to join
- ^ Church opens to literature Saarbrücker Zeitung February 13, 2016
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Kleiss, Peter |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and music journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1949 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Dillenburg |