Rainer Holl
Rainer Holl (* 1983 in Neuwied ) is a German author, poetry slammer and presenter.
Act
Growing up near Neuwied , Holl studied Applied Literature and Cultural Studies at the TU Dortmund and Swinburne University in Melbourne , in 2012 he received his Master's degree in Applied Literature and Cultural Studies and was awarded the faculty's best class prize for his work on David Foster Wallace Cultural Studies of the TU Dortmund awarded.
Since 2009 Rainer Holl has appeared with his prosaic and lyrical texts at various series of literary events. He is the organizer, participant and moderator of classic poetry slams , beer slams, jazz slams, reading stages or science slams in the entire German-speaking area. He also works as a freelance lecturer and workshop leader in the field of creative writing . Holl worked from 2013 to 2015 as the artistic director of the Literaturhaus Dortmund.
Holl currently lives and works in Leipzig .
Others
- with Björn Gögge he forms the slam team "Beard & Breakfast", together they reached the semifinals of the German-speaking slam championships in Hanover in 2017 .
Awards
- 2010: LesArt.Prize
- 2011: Petra Meurer Prize
- 2016: Martha-Saalfeld-Förderpreis
- 2017: Finalist at the Open Mike
- 2017: National Poetry Slam Champion of Berlin / Brandenburg
- 2019: German-speaking vice-champion in the poetry slam
Contributions to anthologies (selection)
- Oliver Ruf (Hrsg.): Kopfkohle: Literature from the Ruhr . Klartext-Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8375-0492-7 .
- Minu Hedayati-Aliabadi, Martina Pfeiler (ed.): Pott Meets Poetry: The Ruhr Area's first illustrated slam anthology . Lektora-Verlag, 2013, ISBN 978-3-95461-011-2 .
- House for Poetry (ed.): 25th open mike - competition for young literature. The 20 final texts . Allitera Verlag, 2017, ISBN 978-3-96233-008-8 .
Web links
Itemized list
- ↑ TU Dortmund: Yearbook 2012 . ( tu-dortmund.de [PDF; accessed October 30, 2017]).
- ↑ Amelie Hennig: In Hattingen science meets poetry slam on beer . ( waz.de [accessed October 29, 2017]).
- ↑ Laura Konieczny: Poetry meets jazz in the Herner Flottmann-Hallen . ( derwesten.de [accessed October 29, 2017]).
- ^ Märkische Allgemeine, Potsdam, Brandenburg, Germany: "Querfeldzwei" literature festival in full swing. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
- ↑ RenateGaßmann, Coolibri: . "Literaturhaus Dortmund: Ambitious language arts space (no longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on 30 October 2017 . ( Page no longer available , searching web archives ) Info: The link is automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hanover, Lower Saxony, Germany: That was the team poetry slam by power words in the Hanover Opera - HAZ - Hannoversche Allgemeine. Retrieved October 29, 2017 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Holl, Rainer |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and poetry slammer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuwied |