Stefan Petermann

Stefan Petermann (born December 5, 1978 in Werdau , GDR ) is a German author.

Life and work

Petermann grew up in Werdau . After completing his community service, he began studying media design at the Bauhaus University in Weimar . In 2005 he received a diploma . He lives in Weimar.

At the end of 2009 his debut Der Schlaf und das Whispering appeared in Hamburg's Asphalt & anders Verlag . The novel tells two life stories in the tradition of magical realism. Petermann has received various awards for his short stories, including a. the audience award of the 14th MDR literature award and the literature grant of the state of Thuringia. In 2012, as part of the Bremer Netzresidenz, he developed the opposite of Henry Sy, a fictional biography on Facebook, which was published in 2014 as a novel of the same name.

Two of his stories were filmed. Both next door and brimstone butterfly, shut up! were shown and awarded at festivals. The film The Wolf's Fear of the Wolf, based on his poem of the same name, received the “Ritter Sport Film Prize” in the German-language competition at the 2016 Zebra Poetry Film Festival.

Petermann is a co-founder of the film authors collective 1meter60 Film . In 2015 he was the town clerk in Wels.

Works

Novels, volumes of short stories

• The white globe . Edition Muschelkalk, Wartburg Verlag, Weimar 2017. ISBN 978-3-861603-45-0 (narrative volume)

• The opposite of Henry Sy . asphalt & anders Verlag, Hamburg 2014. ISBN 978-3-941639-10-2 (novel)

• Keep an eye out for tigers . asphalt & anders Verlag, Hamburg 2011. ISBN 978-3-941639-05-8 (narrative volume)

• The sleep and the whisper . asphalt & anders Verlag, Hamburg 2009. ISBN 978-3-941639-02-7 (novel)

Other publications

• The summer freshness at the end of the street , fictional travelogue, 2015.
• 24 Hours of Wels , City of Wels, 2015.
• "Bald Mile". In: ax for breakfast. Anthology , Neues Leben Verlag, 2012.
• "/ Watch? V = Rle9aVknnzb &". In: Happy End. Anthology , Neues Leben Verlag, 2011.
• "Pig Holger". In: MDR literature competition 2010. Anthology , Rotbuch, 2010.
• "Hager". In: cracks in concrete. Anthology , Rotbuch, 2009.
• "Felt security". In: Look towards the horizon and listen: Over cities. Anthology , Hamburg, asphalt & anders, 2009.
• "Except breathing". In: wording 8th playful anthology , Vienna, Luftschacht, 2008.
• "Heiligendamm". In: do not defend yourself. Anthology , 2008.
• "What I love". In: wording 6. Lights. Anthology , Vienna, 2006.

Awards

• Würth Literature Prize 2017 for the text dry swimming
• Scholarship from the Thuringia Cultural Foundation 2016
• Town clerk Wels
• Residence grant for the Rhein-Neckar-Kreis Cultural Foundation 2015
• Network residence of the Literaturhaus Bremen 2012
• Author grant from the state of Thuringia 2010
• MDR Literature Prize 2009, Audience Prize and 3rd place
• Eobanus Hessus writing competition 2007, 2009, 2010
• FM4 short story competition wording 2006, 2008
• Literature Forum Hessen - Thuringia 2004

Web links

• Literature by and about Stefan Petermann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of Stefan Petermann
• Publisher's website for Sleep and Whispering

Individual evidence

1. ↑ The winners of the ZEBRA Poetry Film Festival Münster | Berlin . Zebra Poetry Film Festival website, October 13, 2016. Accessed December 23, 2016.