Stuttgart Writer's House
Coordinates: 48 ° 46 ′ 30.4 ″ N , 9 ° 10 ′ 59 ″ E The Stuttgart Writer's House is a cultural institution in Stuttgart's Bohnenviertel . It serves as a meeting point for authors , translators and those interested in literature. Events, conferences and writing workshops takeplace regularly. The Writers' House has accommodated up to four scholarship holders every year since 1984. German-speaking authors from Germany and abroad are given the opportunity to work in a historic urban setting and present their own work to an interested audience.
History of the building
The listed building at Kanalstrasse 4 is from the 17th century. The poet Johannes Poethen and the architect Johannes Wetzel were able to convince the Lord Mayor of the City of Stuttgart Manfred Rommel and the Prime Minister of Baden-Württemberg Lothar Späth not to demolish the house as part of the old town redevelopment, but to use it as a cultural institution. The house was extensively renovated and on October 4, 1983 as the Stuttgarter Writer's House, the Verein Stuttgarter Schriftstellerhaus e. V. handed over for use. The four-story house has an almost square floor plan and is 4.98 meters wide.
Stuttgarter Writer's Association e. V.
The owner of the Stuttgart Writer's House is the Stuttgarter Writer's Association e. V. A managing director has looked after the scholarship holders since 1987 and coordinates the activities of the Writers' House. Astrid Braun is the current managing director. Predecessors included Irene Ferchl and Ingrid Bussmann .
According to the statutes, it is the responsibility of the association
- to promote literature
- to maintain the premises of the Writers' House
- to hold public events with writers
- to provide for the care and accommodation of the writers' guests and scholarship holders
- To enable working meetings of writing organizations
The association currently has around 70 members (as of September 2019).
Activities and projects
Scholarship holders
The Stuttgart Writer's House regularly awards 3-month face-to-face scholarships.
The scholarships are divided into
- Scholarships for authors of books for children and young people
- Scholarships for authors (prose, drama) These scholarships are funded by the State Capital Stuttgart and the Ministry for Science, Research and Art Baden-Württemberg (State of Baden-Württemberg)
- Scholarships for poets (poetry) These scholarships are financed from the legacy of Ruth Theil , the honorary chairwoman of the Stuttgart Writers' House, who died in 2017
- Grants for translators (this category has not been offered since 2016)
The scholarship holders receive prize money and live in a small apartment on the top floor of the writer's house. It was furnished with period furniture by Klett-Cotta-Verlag . Although the standard of the apartment is simple and the location is not quiet, the Writers' House is a popular place for writers. The technical equipment has been adapted to current requirements over the years.
The scholarship holders are expected to introduce themselves to the Stuttgart literary audience and to participate regularly in the blog Kanalstrasse 4 .
| year | Surname | Center of life | Scholarship provider |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Ingrid Bachér | Dusseldorf | LG Art and Culture Foundation (a foundation of the former Landesgirokasse Stuttgart ) |
| 1985 | Karlhans Frank | Gel hair | Süddeutscher Rundfunk |
| Wolfgang Hegewald | Barum | Stuttgarter Writer's House e. V. | |
| Henrike Leonhardt | Munich | Stuttgarter Writer's House e. V. | |
| 1986 | Anne Dorn | Cologne | Süddeutscher Rundfunk |
| Jörn Ebeling | Berlin | Stuttgarter Writer's House e. V. | |
| Gerd Henniger | Berlin | Lothar Späth | |
| Jutta Richter | Ascheburg, Lucca / Italy | LG Art and Culture Foundation (a foundation of the former Landesgirokasse Stuttgart ) |
|
| 1987 | Horst Brandstätter | Öhningen | Georg Thieme Publishing House |
| Charles Juliet | Lyon / France | Robert Bosch Foundation | |
| Christine Koschel | Rome / Italy | Lothar Späth | |
| Roman knight | Munich | State capital Stuttgart | |
| 1988 | Herbert Friedmann | Brensbach | LG Art and Culture Foundation (a foundation of the former Landesgirokasse Stuttgart ) |
| José FA Oliver | Hausach | Lothar Späth | |
| Werner Söllner | Frankfurt a. M. | Süddeutscher Rundfunk | |
| Jürgen-Peter Stössel | Freiburg | State capital Stuttgart | |
| 1989 | Jan Christ | Forest | Süddeutscher Rundfunk |
| Helga Lippelt | Dusseldorf | LG Art and Culture Foundation (a foundation of the former Landesgirokasse Stuttgart ) |
|
| Elmar Podlech | Frankfurt a. M. | State capital Stuttgart | |
| William Totok | Berlin | Lothar Späth | |
| 1990 | Juerg Amann | Zurich, Switzerland | State capital Stuttgart |
| Hans Peter Gansner | Marcorens / France | Stuttgarter Writer's House eV | |
| Said | Munich | Süddeutscher Rundfunk | |
| Inge Weidenbaum | Rome / Italy | Lothar Späth | |
| 1991 | Dieter Eue | Berlin | Süddeutscher Rundfunk |
| Kristiane Lichtenfeld | Berlin | State capital Stuttgart | |
| Mathias Politycki | Hamburg / Munich | Lothar Späth | |
| 1992 | Werner Bucher | Zelg-Wolfholden / Switzerland | State Toto-Lotto GmbH |
| Hannelies Taschau | Hamelin | Prime Minister Erwin Teufel | |
| Brigitte Weidmann | Berlin | Süddeutscher Rundfunk | |
| Ryszard Wojnakowski | Krakow / Poland | State capital Stuttgart | |
| 1993 | Michael Basse | Munich | Süddeutscher Rundfunk |
| Roza Domascyna | Bautzen | State Toto-Lotto GmbH | |
| Volker Ebersbach | Leipzig | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| Esther Spinner | Zurich, Switzerland | State capital Stuttgart | |
| 1994 | Herbert Genzmer | Krefeld | State Toto-Lotto GmbH |
| Hasan Ozdemir | Ludwigshafen | State capital Stuttgart | |
| Juan José del Solar | Lima / Peru | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| Jürgen Wellbrock | Berlin | Süddeutscher Rundfunk | |
| 1995 | Rumiana Ebert | Heidelberg | Süddeutscher Rundfunk |
| Jurgis Kuncinas | Vilnius / Lithuania | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| Jusuf Naoum | Niedernhausen | State Toto-Lotto GmbH | |
| Štefan Vevar | Ljubljana / Slovenia | State capital Stuttgart | |
| 1996 | Friedrich Kröhnke | Berlin | State Toto-Lotto GmbH |
| Pericles Monioudis | Berlin | Süddeutscher Rundfunk | |
| Hans-Christian Oeser | Dublin / Ireland | State capital Stuttgart | |
| Miklos Serdian | Budapest / Hungary | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| 1997 | Manfred Flügge | Berlin | State Toto-Lotto GmbH |
| Jutta Heinrich | Hamburg | Süddeutscher Rundfunk | |
| Safeta Obhodjas | Wuppertal | State capital Stuttgart | |
| Teresa Tomsia | Poznan / Poland | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| 1998 | Yuri Archipov | Moscow, Russia | State of Baden-Württemberg |
| Igor Kroitzsch | Berlin | State Toto-Lotto GmbH | |
| Jürgen Seidel | Neuss | State capital Stuttgart | |
| Bosko Tomasevic | Innsbruck / Austria | Süddeutscher Rundfunk | |
| 1999 | Josiane Alfonsi | Tübingen | State Toto-Lotto GmbH |
| Frank Jakubzik | Frankfurt a. M. | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| Christa Schuenke | Berlin | Südwestrundfunk | |
| Manfred Theisen | Cologne | State capital Stuttgart | |
| 2000 | Christoph Kuhn | Halle ad Saale | State of Baden-Württemberg |
| Arkadiusz Pacholski | Kalisz / Poland | State Toto-Lotto GmbH | |
| Franco Supino | Solothurn / Switzerland | State capital Stuttgart | |
| Verena Teissl | Innsbruck / Austria | Südwestrundfunk / Stuttgart Writers' House | |
| 2001 | Rolf Kemnitzer | Berlin | State capital Stuttgart |
| Gennady Matyushov | Moscow, Russia | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| Stefan Monhardt | Berlin | State Toto-Lotto GmbH | |
| Ulrieke Ruwisch | Munich | Südwestrundfunk / Stuttgart Writers' House | |
| 2002 | Renate ax | Muhltal | State Toto-Lotto GmbH |
| Ewa Boura | Berlin | State capital Stuttgart | |
| Oleksiy Lohwynenko | Kiev / Ukraine | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| Markus Orths | Karlsruhe | Südwestrundfunk | |
| 2003 | Vera Bischitzky | Berlin | State capital Stuttgart |
| Susanne Fritz | Freiburg | Südwestrundfunk | |
| Kwang-kyu Kim | Seoul / South Korea | Johannes Poethen scholarship | |
| Katharina Schlender | Berlin | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| 2004 | Giselher Hoffmann | Namibia | State capital Stuttgart |
| Karlheinz Kluge | Offenburg | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| Sobo Swobodnik | Berlin | Velcro Foundation | |
| Stevan Tontic | Sarajevo / Bosnia | Johannes Poethen scholarship | |
| 2005 | Daniel Falb | Berlin | Johannes Poethen scholarship |
| Paula Schneider | Berlin | Johannes Poethen scholarship | |
| Sonja Ruf | Leipzig | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| 2006 | Philip Meinold | Berlin | State of Baden-Württemberg |
| Heinz D. Heisl | Innsbruck / Austria | State capital Stuttgart | |
| David Chotjewitz | Hamburg | Robert Bosch Foundation | |
| Lorenz Langenegger | Zurich, Switzerland | Johannes Poethen scholarship | |
| 2007 | Paul Brodowsky | Berlin | Johannes Poethen scholarship |
| Sudabeh Mohafez | Stuttgart | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| Gao Niansheng | Beijing / China | State capital Stuttgart | |
| Tamara Bach | Berlin | Robert Bosch Foundation | |
| 2008 | Marcus Jensen | Berlin | Johannes Poethen scholarship |
| Robert Seethaler | Berlin | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| Rebecca Maria Salentin | Leipzig | State capital Stuttgart | |
| Stefan Schmitzer | Graz / Austria | Johannes Poethen scholarship | |
| 2009 | Almut Tina Schmidt | Freiburg | Velcro Foundation |
| Ron Winkler | Berlin | Johannes Poethen scholarship | |
| Katharina Schmitt | Bremen | State capital Stuttgart | |
| Antje Wagner | Potsdam | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| 2010 | Sabrina Janesch | Muenster | State of Baden-Württemberg |
| Finn-Ole Heinrich | Hamburg | State capital Stuttgart | |
| Achim Wagner | Cologne | Johannes Poethen scholarship | |
| 2011 | Anne Koehler | Berlin | State capital Stuttgart |
| Lisa-Marie Dickreiter | Berlin | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| 2012 | Agnes Gerstenberg | Berlin | State capital Stuttgart |
| Andreas Neeser | Suhr / Switzerland | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| Gunther Geltinger | Cologne | Lotto literary scholarship | |
| 2013 | Volker Harry Altwasser | Rostock | State capital Stuttgart |
| Akos Doma | Eichstatt | Velcro Foundation | |
| Jaroslav Rudis | Prague / Czech Republic | Lions Club Literaturhaus Stuttgart | |
| 2014 | Odile Kennel | Berlin | State capital Stuttgart |
| Paul Jeute | Leipzig | Johannes Poethen Scholarship / Lions Club Literaturhaus Stuttgart |
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| Simone Regina Adams | Freiburg | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| 2015 | Ulrike Schäfer | Wurzburg | State capital Stuttgart |
| Thomas Rosenlöcher | Dresden | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| 2016 | Magdalena Schrefel | Berlin | State capital Stuttgart |
| Julia Wolf | Berlin | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| 2017 | Ron Segal | Berlin | State of Baden-Württemberg |
| Friederike Gösweiner | innsbruck | State capital Stuttgart | |
| 2018 | Michael Wildenhain | Berlin | State capital Stuttgart |
| Anja Liedtke | Bochum | State of Baden-Württemberg | |
| 2019 | Katharina Johanna Ferner | Vienna, Salzburg / Austria | Estate of Ruth Theil |
| Kathrin Schmidt | Berlin | Ministry for Science, Research and Art Baden-Württemberg / Estate of Ruth Theil |
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| Svenja Graefen | Leipzig | State capital Stuttgart | |
| 2020 | Angela Lehner | Berlin / Vienna | State of Baden-Württemberg (Ministry for Science, Research and Art Baden-Württemberg) |
| Yevgeniy Breyger | Frankfurt | City of Stuttgart / Stuttgart Writer's House |
In 2013 the Writers' House celebrated its 30th birthday. Former scholarship holders publicly congratulated the institution: Jaroslav Rudis, Agnes Gerstenberg, Gunther Geltinger and Akos Doma.
The final spurt scholarship 2020
The final spurt scholarship will be awarded once in 2020. It was praised by the Writers' House for freelance authorship in difficult times, meaning the corona pandemic . This four-week scholarship was awarded to Stephanie Quitterer.
Stuttgart is reading a book
Since 2012, the Stuttgart Writer's House has initiated the literature festival “Stuttgart reads a book” every two to three years. The aim is to encourage as many residents of a city as possible to read a book, accompanied by numerous cultural events that can be related to the respective book.
The project goes back to an idea from Chicago : "One city - one book". In Germany, Frankfurt am Main , Cologne , Hamburg and Düsseldorf have also carried out corresponding projects.
The following books have been read in Stuttgart so far:
- 2012 Margriet de Moor : Storm surge
- 2015 Judith Schalansky : The giraffe's neck
- 2017 Schida Bazyar : It's quiet in Tehran at night
- 2019 Arno Geiger : Under the Dragon Wall
In the Stuttgart version of this concept, emphasis is placed on the work of a contemporary, German-speaking author. The work and the author should offer starting points for events for as many institutions in the city as possible. The book is intended to appeal to all generations and social classes. A large planning group from Stuttgart's cultural institutions under the leadership of the Writers' House is responsible for the discussion of proposals and the planning of the festival.
Literature in the salon
In some years, readings are organized by young authors in private apartments in Stuttgart. Groups of up to 25 people are invited to a reading in suitable private apartments. The last such event took place in 2018 under the motto "She writes ...".
The young writer's house
Under this title, the Stuttgart Writer's House offers a writing workshop for young authors from Stuttgart and the surrounding area.
The Poetry Night
In cooperation with the Literaturhaus Stuttgart and the Stuttgart City Library, a poetry night takes place once a year. Contemporary German-language poets are invited to read their texts.
Premises
The ground floor is available for events and meetings of all kinds. The room is often used for authors' round tables, translators round tables and workshop discussions.
In addition to the apartment on the 4th floor, there are two guest rooms in the Writer's House on the 1st floor, where writers and other artists who are passing through are welcome. The literary critic Denis Scheck also found temporary accommodation there in his youth.
Networking
Through the networking of the important Stuttgart literary institutions (Writer's House, Literaturhaus Stuttgart and Stuttgart City Library ), literary festivals such as “Stuttgart reads a book” or “The Stuttgart Lyriknacht” can be carried out very successfully with great public participation.
The Stuttgart Writers' House has been a member of the Working Group of Literary Societies since 2010 .
In addition to the Stuttgart Writers' House Association. V., the Writers' House is also home to the Circle of Friends for the Promotion of Literary and Scientific Translations. V. and the board of the Association of German Writers (VS) Baden-Württemberg . The authors' association also meets at Kanalstrasse 4.
Publications
Between 1990 and 2003, the Stuttgart Writer's House published an almanac with texts by scholarship holders and other authors who have a connection to the institution. The first four volumes were published by Silberburg-Verlag , Volume 5 in Edition Peter Schlack, Stuttgart. To mark the 25th anniversary of the Writer's House, the anthology Zur Zeit was published in 2008 in the in-house edition of Edition Kanalstrasse 4 .
The following books were also published in the Edition Kanalstrasse 4 series :
- Helmut Pfisterer : The Pascha sits in his lookout and looks at a place . 2013. Helmut Pfisterer was a founding member of the Writers' House.
- Moritz Heger , Christian Lang: Light gray . 2017.
Web links
- Homepage of the Stuttgart Writers' House
- Stuttgart Writer's House at the Association of Literary Societies
- Authors 'world: Scholarship in the writers' house in Stuttgart
Individual evidence
- ^ Joachim Kleinmanns: Johannes Wetzel (1926-2006). In: Das saai | Archive for architecture and civil engineering. January 20, 2016, accessed August 10, 2020 .
- ↑ The History of the Writer's House. In: Stuttgart Writer's House. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Guests, partners, sponsors. In: Stuttgart Writer's House. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
- ↑ About the Stuttgart Writer's House. In: Stuttgart Writer's House. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Scholarship at the Stuttgart Writer's House. In: world of authors. July 18, 2016, accessed August 10, 2020 .
- ↑ The scholarship holder's apartment in the Writer's House in Stuttgart. In: Stuttgart Writer's House. Retrieved on August 27, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Marc Schieferecke: Stories about Kanalstrasse: hot and cold literary. In: Stuttgarter Nachrichten. September 2, 2013, accessed August 10, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Neue Württembergische Zeitung: A house full of words . March 24, 2009.
- ↑ Scholarship holder blog. In: Stuttgart Writer's House. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Biogram: Matthias Politycki . In: FAZ.NET . ISSN 0174-4909 ( faz.net [accessed August 27, 2020]).
- ^ FAZ: Mathias Politycki: Don't write anything . January 22, 2002, p. 47 .
- ↑ a b c Klett Foundation. In: Klett Foundation. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
- ^ A b Lions Club - Literaturhaus Stuttgart. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Simone Regina Adams. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
- ↑ person and vita - ulrike schäfer. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
- ↑ rowohlt-Theaterverlag: Schrefel, Magdalena. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Tiroler Tageszeitung: Behind the hipster mask . April 26, 2017, p. 16 .
- ↑ Scholarship holders 2020: Angela Lehner and Yevgeni Breyger. In: Stuttgart Writer's House. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
- ^ Writer's house in Stuttgart: All the best, old house! In: Stuttgarter Zeitung. September 18, 2013, accessed August 10, 2020 .
- ^ Writer's house in Stuttgart: Protected area of the poets. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung. September 18, 2013, accessed August 10, 2020 .
- ^ Writer's house in Stuttgart: Jaroslav Rudiš: The smell of roast beef. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung. September 8, 2013, accessed August 10, 2020 .
- ^ Writer's house in Stuttgart: Agnes Gerstenberg: Pretzel in the night. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung. September 8, 2013, accessed August 10, 2020 .
- ^ Writer's house in Stuttgart: Gunther Geltinger: A house breaks out. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung. September 8, 2013, accessed August 10, 2020 .
- ^ Writer's house in Stuttgart: Akos Doma: Tranquility in change. In: Stuttgarter Zeitung. September 8, 2013, accessed August 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Stuttgart Writer's House : Stephanie Quitterer receives the "final spurt scholarship". July 14, 2020, accessed on August 26, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Stuttgart is reading a book. In: Stuttgart Writer's House. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
- ^ Literature in the salon. In: Stuttgart Writer's House. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
- ^ The Young Writer's House - The writing workshop in the Stuttgart Writer's House. In: Stuttgart Writer's House. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Stuttgart Writer's House : Use of space and guest rooms. In: Stuttgart Writer's House. Accessed August 31, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Katalin Fischer, Süddeutsche Zeitung supplement: Where books still provide enough topics for conversation . November 15, 1994, p. 34 .
- ↑ Sven Michaelsen, SZ-Magazin: I live reading . April 21, 2020.
- ↑ About the Stuttgart Writer's House. In: Stuttgart Writer's House. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
- ↑ Frank Lutz, Heilbronn voice: Romedius rides through the Romanian Carpathians . November 28, 2010, p. 22 .
- ↑ Günter Guben, Astrid Braun (Ed.): At present. Anthology of the Stuttgart Writer's House . Edition Kanalstrasse 4, Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 3-00-025589-3 .