Volker Kaminski
Volker Kaminski (born July 14, 1958 in Karlsruhe ) is a German writer . He is the author of novels , short stories , essays , glosses and reviews .
Life
Kaminski studied German literature and philosophy from 1981 to 1983 at the University of Freiburg and from 1983 to 1990 at the Free University of Berlin . He completed this course with a master's degree . In addition, he worked as a tutor and educator and wrote his first literary texts. Since 1994 he has lived as a freelance writer in Berlin . Since 2014 he has also been a lecturer for creative writing / novel workshop at the Alice Salomon Hochschule Berlin .
In 1995 Kaminski took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt .
Works
- The final test , novella. Wagenbach, Berlin 1994, ISBN 3-8031-0189-1 .
- Signs of life , short stories. Literary Society, Karlsruhe 1995, ISBN 3-930314-13-4 .
- Sons of No Man , Roman. Volk und Welt, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-353-01147-1 .
- Change of lane , novel. Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart a. a. 2001, ISBN 3-421-05516-5 .
- Face of a Murderer , Roman. Lindemanns Library, Karlsruhe 2014, ISBN 978-3-88190-768-2 .
- Red as snow , Roman. Wortreich, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-903091-18-4 .
- On trial , novel. Wortreich, Vienna 2018, ISBN 978-3-903091-44-3 .
- The stranded , Roman. Lindemanns Library, Karlsruhe 2019, ISBN 978-3-96308-028-9 .
Reviews
- On the Qantara.de Internet portal [1] of Deutsche Welle .
Scholarships
- 1996 Alfred Döblin grant
- 1996 Scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation
- 1998 working grant from the Berlin Senate
- 2003 residency grant from the artists' village Schöppingen
- 2008 scholarship holder at the Künstlerhaus Edenkoben
Web links
- official website
- Literature by and about Volker Kaminski in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and information on the work of Volker Kaminski at Literaturport : http://www.literaturport.de/Volker.Kaminski/
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SURNAME | Kaminski, Volker |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1958 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |