Sven Heuchert

Sven Heuchert (born June 10, 1977 in Troisdorf ) is a German writer and musician.

Life

Heuchert grew up in Siegburg-Stallberg. After school he began an apprenticeship in 1994 and joined a boxing club . At 19 he moved to Cologne, but now lives in Siegburg again. His job is to be a master of hearing acoustics.

Heuchert wrote his first short story Zinn 40 while still at school . Numerous publications in literary magazines followed (including Abwärts ! , Drecksack , Parsimonie, Krachkultur , trashpool ). In 2015, the story volume Asche was published , which was widely and very positively discussed, including in the program Literaturagenten , moderated by Marion Brasch . A year later, a story was published exclusively as an audio book: Punchdrunk , spoken by Helmut Krauss . His first novel, Dunkels Gesetz , published in 2017 by Ullstein Verlag , received numerous positive reviews, including in international media. Der Spiegel chose darkness law of the most important books of the season 2017. The Goethe Institute chose darkness law on his blog cherry picking the most important German-language thrillers 2017. In the same year Heuchert put in Mainz Gonzo Verlag in the series Scattered poems the band The light is stay on before. In 2018, Heuchert published the volume Rausch together with the Bachmann Prize winner Peter Wawerzinek at Bernstein Verlag . The texts contained mainly deal with the consumption of alcohol, abstinence and intoxication. The book of stories Kings of Nothing was also published by Bernstein-Verlag in spring 2019 . In his review in the Stuttgarter Zeitung , Hans Jörg Wangner speaks of a "masterful collection of stories": "Heuchert wrote 14 miniatures on a good 110 pages, stories of a conciseness and precision that are seldom found. In its reduction to what is absolutely necessary, Heuchert's prose actually reminds of poetry. But his observation preferably from the milieu of ordinary people - in America they would of, White trash talk '- has absolutely nothing lyrical-romantic "In comparison with. Joerg Fauser Wolfgang Pichler replies in his review for the Bonner General-Anzeiger , Heuchert describes "his characters, scenes and events mercilessly, but not as brutally microscopic as Fauser, not as close to the physical and mental decline of the protagonists. There is no social voyeurism à la Golden Glove , and certainly no social romanticism for enthusiastically shuddering educated citizens. none of the so tiring omnipresent fascination of evil today. "

From August to November 2019, Heuchert organized a writing workshop in the Siegburg prison with and for the prisoners there. The texts that were written and edited during this period were read during the “prison culture week” in the visiting room of the prison as part of a public reading. In the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger , editor Andreas Helfer stated that the texts created by prisoners, officials and authors alike were "impressive". Paul Kieras summed up in the General-Anzeiger Bonn that “the reading and exhibition give a moving insight into the psychological life of prisoners.” The project is to be repeated in 2020.

In February 2019 he founded Zinnbooks, an independent publisher that mainly publishes authors whose work is far removed from the mainstream and who are still unknown or already forgotten in Germany. The first publications were the volumes of poetry Love is an ancient disease by the German-South African director MA Littler as well as Last Words , a collage of transcribed audio recordings, unfinished text passages and unpublished originals by the North American Pulitzer Prize winner Franz Wright, who kept them in one until shortly before his death Recording device had dictated. Last Words is Wright's first work to be translated into German. His widow Elizabeth Oelkers Wright helped with the selection and translation. The respective editions are limited to one hundred copies and appear hand-numbered.

Heuchert's second novel Alte Erde was published by Ullstein Verlag in August 2020 . In her review for the book magazine , the journalist Sonja Hartl wrote “that the tone of Sven Heuchert is unmistakable in German-language literature”: “Barren, rugged and foggy, it reminds us of an early morning in a stubble field.” It fits the scene perfectly from old earth . Felix Krause confirmed in his book tip review for Bremen Zwei on Radio Bremen that Sven Heuchert knows how to “create a really depressing tension without relying on cheap effects. Quite sober and extremely precise in his tone of voice, he creates a cruel reality that simply fits: instant coffee and false promises, alcohol flags and injured masculinity. "

Heuchert played guitar in the band God's Garage , which recorded their debut album Straight outta Zollstock in the Gottesweg studios in Cologne and also performed at c / o pop . The band acted as the local opener for international acts such as Rock n Roll Soldiers and several times for guitar legend Adam Bomb . After God's Garage broke up , he founded Stolex , a band that got their influences mainly from hard rock of the 80s and released their debut album Demoliendo Hoteles on the Bellaphon label Bacillus . The band broke up in 2015 due to a lack of motivation. A second album titled Ni mas, ni menos , which was already recorded live for the most part in the summer of 2014 and which could no longer be released on a label due to the return of lead singer Sebastian Mahle to his home country Peru after the recordings, is on the website Bandcamp released.

Works

• Ashes . 15 Stories, Bernstein-Verlag, Bonn 2015, ISBN 978-3-945426-13-5 .
• Punch drunk . Audiobook, Wortpersonal, St. Augustin 2016, ISBN 978-3-945273-07-4 .
• Dark Law . Roman, Ullstein, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-550-08178-1
• The light will stay on , poems, Gonzo Verlag, Mainz 2017, ISBN 978-3-944564-31-9 .
• Hairspray, Rainbow and a Guy at the Slot Machine . in: Chlada / Götterwind, Lemmy - a homage, Trikont-Duisburg / Dialog-Edition, Duisburg-Istanbul 2017, ISBN 978-3-945634-19-6 .
• Intoxication . Bernstein-Verlag, Bonn 2018, ISBN 978-3-945426-31-9 (with Peter Wawerzinek and two poems by MA Littler )
• Black eight . Stories, Literatur-Quickie Verlag, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-945453-37-7 .
• Have you never seen anything die In: Krachkultur . Edition 19, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-931924-14-0 .
• Kings of nothing . Stories, Bernstein Verlag, Bonn 2019, ISBN 978-3-945426-39-5 .
• Old earth . Roman, Ullstein, Berlin 2020, ISBN 978-3-550050-75-6 .

Awards

• Widower Debut Crime Award 2018
• Crime best list in September 2017, 5th place
• Crime best list in October 2017, 4th place
• Finalist in the Bad Godesberg Literature Competition 2018, organized by the Parkbuchhandlung, Bonn Bad-Godesberg

Web links

• official website
• perlentaucher.de : Sven Heuchert - Dark Law
• Interview in the General-Anzeiger Bonn, 2017
• Interview in Friday by Marcus Müntefering, issue 45, 2017
• Portrait in the taz , by Ambros Waibel, October 8, 2017

Individual evidence

1. ^ Rhein-Sieg-Rundschau v. October 1, 2019, p. 29, Andreas Helfer: In the wake of the road
2. ↑ Down! Issue 7 (March 2015) - BasisDruck Verlag. Retrieved August 22, 2018 . 
3. ↑ January 2015, Volume 6, Issue 1. Accessed on August 22, 2018 . 
4. ^ Krachkultur - literary magazine. Retrieved August 22, 2018 . 
5. ↑ Selection for] trash [pool # 7 . In: ] trash [pool . April 13, 2016 ( trashpool.net [accessed August 22, 2018]).
6. ↑ Sven Heuchert: Ashes . In: Cafe Seater . December 4, 2015 ( kaffeehaussitzer.de [accessed November 17, 2018]).
7. ↑ Sven Heuchert - Ashes . In: buchrevier . June 1, 2015 ( buchrevier.com [accessed November 17, 2018]).
8. ↑ No redemption, nowhere: “Ashes” by Sven Heuchert . In: Frank O. Rudkoffsky . July 30, 2015 ( rudkoffsky.com [accessed November 17, 2018]).
9. ↑ [Review]: Sven Heuchert - Asche . In: Reading makes you happy . December 23, 2015 ( wordpress.com [accessed November 17, 2018]).
10. ^ Marion Brasch: Sven Heuchert: Asche. September 27, 2015, accessed November 17, 2018 . 
11. ↑ Stuttgarter Zeitung, Stuttgart, Germany: Sven Heuchert: "Dark Law": Uncompromising tone . In: stuttgarter-zeitung.de . ( stuttgarter-zeitung.de [accessed on August 22, 2018]).
12. ↑ Sven Heuchert: "Dark Law" - "Country Noir" in the German province . In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur . ( deutschlandfunkkultur.de [accessed on August 22, 2018]).
13. ↑ Elmar Krekeler: Sven Heuchert's "Dark Law" . In: The world . September 18, 2017 ( welt.de [accessed August 22, 2018]).
14. ↑ Kolja Mensing: Without Ending Material . In: Der Tagesspiegel Online . October 4, 2017, ISSN  1865-2263 ( tagesspiegel.de [accessed August 22, 2018]).
15. ↑ Marcus Müntefering: Country-Noir from the German provinces: Nobody would think of going on vacation here . In: Spiegel Online . September 7, 2017 ( spiegel.de [accessed August 22, 2018]).
16. ↑ Power and finesse . ( waz.de [accessed on August 22, 2018]).
17. ↑ Ingeborg Sperl: "Dark Law": No calm ball. In: The Standard. October 6, 2017, accessed August 22, 2018 . 
18. ↑ Susanne Haase-Mühlbauer: Not for the faint of heart - Interview with Siegburger Sven Heuchert about his new novel . In: General-Anzeiger Bonn . August 13, 2017 ( general-anzeiger-bonn.de [accessed on August 22, 2018]).
19. ↑ 3sat.online: Murder in the Dark - Die Kulturzeit crime book tips in September 2017. Accessed on August 22, 2018 . 
20. ^ Radio 1 - Expert literary critic podcast online, show, free. Accessed August 22, 2018 (English). 
21. ↑ Hermann-Josef Delonge: Book presentation: The heart of darkness lies in the province . In: Aachener Zeitung . November 19, 2017 ( aachener-zeitung.de [accessed on August 22, 2018]).
22. ↑ Ambros Waibel: Dark thriller "Dark Law": "On everything that moves" . In: taz . October 8, 2017, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed on August 22, 2018]).
23. ↑ Felix Bayer: Literature Autumn: These are the most important books of the season . In: Spiegel Online . October 7, 2017 ( spiegel.de [accessed August 22, 2018]).
24. ↑ What you should have read this year ... - [e-mail]. Retrieved August 22, 2018 . 
25. ↑ Sven Heuchert: The light will stay on . In: gONZo Verlag . August 30, 2017 ( wordpress.com [accessed August 22, 2018]).
26. ↑ Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart Germany: Sven Heuchert: Kings of Nothing: Always narrator, never judge. Retrieved March 29, 2019 . 
27. ↑ Prison culture: inmates of the Siegburg prison organize reading. Retrieved December 24, 2019 . 
28. ^ Andreas Helfer: Workshop for prison inmates: Prisoners from Siegburg write moving texts. December 6, 2019, accessed December 24, 2019 (German). 
29. ↑ Paul Kieras: prison culture week. Retrieved December 24, 2019 . 
30. ↑ Imprint - Zinn Books. Retrieved on April 19, 2020 (German). 
31. ↑ buecher-magazin.de | 05/2020. Retrieved August 10, 2020 . 
32. ↑ Alte Erde - book tip - Bremen Zwei - Radio Bremen. Retrieved on August 10, 2020 (German). 
33. ↑ God's Garage: Straight outta folding rule . In: Koelner.de . November 27, 2010 ( koelner.de [accessed on August 22, 2018]).
34. ↑ Peter Limbach: c / o pop: An exciting sizzling mixture . In: Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger . ( ksta.de [accessed on August 22, 2018]).
35. ↑ ni mas ni menos, by Stolex. Retrieved November 17, 2018 . 
36. ↑ Tobias Gohlis: Into the Black Very Hard: Sven Heuchert's novel "Dark Law". In: The time. August 30, 2017. Retrieved August 11, 2018 . 
37. ↑ stuttgarter-kriminaechte.de : Sven Heuchert for "Dark Law"
38. ↑ Crime best list - The 10 best crime novels in September . In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur . ( deutschlandfunkkultur.de [accessed on August 22, 2018]).
39. ↑ Crime best list - The ten best crime novels in October . In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur . ( deutschlandfunkkultur.de [accessed on August 22, 2018]).
40. ^ Literature competition: Park bookstore. Retrieved November 17, 2018 .