Werner Lutz

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Werner Lutz (born October 25, 1930 in Wolfhalden ; † July 17, 2016 in Basel ) was a Swiss poet , painter and graphic artist .

Live and act

Werner Lutz was born in Wolfhalden in Appenzell in 1930. Most recently he lived and worked in Basel and Binningen .

By Rainer Brambach 's lyrics were him Georg Trakl , Franz Werfel and Georg Heym brought home. Works by Silja Walter also impressed him. At the age of 25 - despite his own resistance - his poems were included in the Junge-Lyrik -Anthologie published by Hanser Verlag , where Hans Magnus Enzensberger and Günter Grass were also represented.

Werner Lutz was considered a shy author. He was already 49 years old and a well-known poet through his poems in anthologies and literary magazines when he published his first volume of poetry at Suhrkamp in 1979 : “I need this life”. Almost a dozen volumes in Suhrkamp Verlag and Ammann Verlag with poems and lyrical prose followed. “The poems became tighter, and at the same time it was always a mystery what space there was in them - and how much space there was while reading. ... Werner Lutz needed a few words to bathe the world in a different, unusual light for a moment. "

A work edition was published by Waldgut Verlag in Frauenfeld . For Werner Lutz's 80th birthday, a volume was published with 30 of his poems, each with a contribution from various authors. Among these are Kurt Aebli , Bettina Balàka , Michael Braun, Beat Brechbühl , Rolf-Bernhard Essig , Urs Faes , Christian Haller , Anton G. Leitner , Klaus Merz , Michel Mettler , Andreas Neeser , Walle Sayer and Eva Christina Zeller .

At the 33rd Solothurn Literature Days 2011, he organized a reading together with Rudolf Lutz, who improvised on the piano .

Awards

• 1989: Contribution to the Swiss cultural foundation Pro Helvetia
• 1992: Prize from the Swiss Schiller Foundation
• 1996: Literature Prize of the City of Basel and distinction from the Cultural Foundation of the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden
• 1997: Contribution to the Swiss cultural foundation Pro Helvetia
• 2010: Basel Poetry Prize

Works

• I need this life Poems. Suhrkamp, ​​Zurich / Frankfurt am Main 1979.
• River days. Poems. Ammann, Zurich 1992.
• Work edition: Waldgut, Frauenfeld 2002–2015.
  • Shadow slope striding. Poems. 2002.
  • Whispering of colors. Early poems. 2004.
  • Hill times. Narrative. 2006
  • Web of pencils. Records. 2006.
  • Kiss nests. Poems. 2009.
  • The levels of my days. Poems. 2015.
• Werner Lutz - Mäd Book Lyrik Two poems. Simon Lutz, Binningen and Mäd Books, Basel. 2018.

Exhibitions

• 2008: Tie up the hairdryer strips. Gallery Franz Mäder, Basel.
• 2005: Gallery the Exhibitors, Basel.
• 1994: Pictures and drawings from different times. Gallery ring wall, Murten .

literature

• Markus Bundi (Ed.): Being reflective differently from place to place. About selected poems by Werner Lutz. Isele, Eggingen 2010, ISBN 978-3-86142-494-9 .

Web links

• Works by and about Werner Lutz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Lutz, Werner. In: Sikart
• Short biography and reviews of works by Werner Lutz at perlentaucher.de
• Werner Lutz's website
• Contributions to Werner Lutz on the website of Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen
• Rudolf Bussmann : Lure, shine, advertise - on the death of the Basel poet Werner Lutz. Obituary in the TagesWoche on July 28, 2016.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lutz, Werner. In: Sikart
2. ↑ ^{a b} Martin Zingg: The Riddle of Shortage. On the death of the poet Werner Lutz . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, July 23, 2016, p. 38 (online under the title Werner Lutz died - A poet of few words ).
3. ↑ Waldgut Verlag website , accessed on August 2, 2016.
4. ↑ See literature.
5. ↑ Program website ( Memento from June 5, 2011 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on August 5, 2016.
6. ↑ Werner Lutz in the Basler Literary Archive of the Public Library of the University of Basel . Retrieved August 5, 2016.
7. ↑ Basler Poetry Prize goes to Werner Lutz. In: Basler Zeitung of June 8, 2010, accessed on February 15, 2019.
8. ↑ Beat Mazenauer: Pictures of enchanting poetry: A story by the poet Werner Lutz. Discussion at culturactif.ch , accessed on August 5, 2016.
9. ↑ Werner Lutz in the Mäder Gallery , accessed on August 5, 2016.
10. ↑ The artist in conversation. From the gallery's website, accessed August 5, 2016.
11. ↑ Presented on the website of Markus Bundi . Retrieved August 5, 2016.
12. ↑ Support ( Memento of the original from July 19, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. from the Jan Michalski Foundation pour l'Écriture et la Littérature. Retrieved August 13, 2011.