Marcel Beyer
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Marcel Beyer is a German writer.
and Neuss
. From 1987 to 1991 he studied German language and literature
, English studies
and Literary studies at the University of Siegen
; in 1992 he obtained a Magister degree
with a work on Friederike Mayröcker
. Since 1987 he has developed Performance art
. From 1989 he published with Karl Riha the series Vergessene Autoren der Moderne (Forgotten Authors of the Modern style) at the University of Siegen.
From 1990 to 1993 he worked as editor on the literary magazine Konzepte; from 1992 to 1998 he was a contributor to the music magazine Spex
. In 1996 and 1998 he was writer in residence at University College London
and the University of Warwick
in Coventry
. Beyer lived until 1996 in Cologne
, and since then in Dresden
. He is a visiting professor at the European Graduate School
in Saas-Fee
.
From early on Beyer, strongly influenced by Friederike Mayröcker
and the authors of the French Nouveau Roman
, was a writer of lyric poetry
and novels, always taking an idiosyncratic view of German history, in particular the Third Reich era.
Life
Marcel Beyer grew up in KielKiel
Kiel is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 238,049 .Kiel is approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the north of Germany, the southeast of the Jutland peninsula, and the southwestern shore of the...
and Neuss
Neuss
Neuss is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located on the west bank of the Rhine opposite Düsseldorf. Neuss is the largest city within the Rhein-Kreis Neuss district and owes its prosperity to its location at the crossing of historic and modern trade routes. It is primarily known...
. From 1987 to 1991 he studied German language and literature
German studies
German studies is the field of humanities that researches, documents, and disseminates German language and literature in both its historic and present forms. Academic departments of German studies often include classes on German culture, German history, and German politics in addition to the...
, English studies
English studies
English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language , English linguistics English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S.,...
and Literary studies at the University of Siegen
University of Siegen
The University of Siegen in Siegen, North Rhine-Westphalia, was founded in 1972. 14,100 students were enrolled at the university as of October 2010.-Faculties:University of Siegen offers in total 126 degree programmes across four faculties:...
; in 1992 he obtained a Magister degree
Magister (degree)
Magister is an academic degree used in various systems of higher education.-Argentina:...
with a work on Friederike Mayröcker
Friederike Mayröcker
Friederike Mayröcker is an Austrian poet.- Life :From 1946 to 1969 Mayröcker was an English teacher at several public schools in Vienna. In 1969 she took a release from working as a teacher and in 1977 she retired early.She started writing as a 15 year old...
. Since 1987 he has developed Performance art
Performance art
In art, performance art is a performance presented to an audience, traditionally interdisciplinary. Performance may be either scripted or unscripted, random or carefully orchestrated; spontaneous or otherwise carefully planned with or without audience participation. The performance can be live or...
. From 1989 he published with Karl Riha the series Vergessene Autoren der Moderne (Forgotten Authors of the Modern style) at the University of Siegen.
From 1990 to 1993 he worked as editor on the literary magazine Konzepte; from 1992 to 1998 he was a contributor to the music magazine Spex
Spex (magazine)
Spex is a prominent German rock and pop culture magazine located in Berlin, Germany. Besides music news, Spex also covers literature, cinema, fashion and contemporary social trends...
. In 1996 and 1998 he was writer in residence at University College London
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
and the University of Warwick
University of Warwick
The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom...
in Coventry
Coventry
Coventry is a city and metropolitan borough in the county of West Midlands in England. Coventry is the 9th largest city in England and the 11th largest in the United Kingdom. It is also the second largest city in the English Midlands, after Birmingham, with a population of 300,848, although...
. Beyer lived until 1996 in Cologne
Cologne
Cologne is Germany's fourth-largest city , and is the largest city both in the Germany Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia and within the Rhine-Ruhr Metropolitan Area, one of the major European metropolitan areas with more than ten million inhabitants.Cologne is located on both sides of the...
, and since then in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
. He is a visiting professor at the European Graduate School
European Graduate School
The European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland is a privately funded graduate school founded by the non-profit European Foundation of Interdisciplinary Studies. Its German name is Europäische Universität für Interdisziplinäre Studien...
in Saas-Fee
Saas-Fee
Saas-Fee is the main village in the Saastal, or the Saas Valley, and is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland...
.
From early on Beyer, strongly influenced by Friederike Mayröcker
Friederike Mayröcker
Friederike Mayröcker is an Austrian poet.- Life :From 1946 to 1969 Mayröcker was an English teacher at several public schools in Vienna. In 1969 she took a release from working as a teacher and in 1977 she retired early.She started writing as a 15 year old...
and the authors of the French Nouveau Roman
Nouveau roman
The nouveau roman is a type of 1950s French novel that diverged from classical literary genres. Émile Henriot coined the title in an article in the popular French newspaper Le Monde on May 22, 1957 to describe certain writers who experimented with style in each novel, creating an essentially new...
, was a writer of lyric poetry
Lyric poetry
Lyric poetry is a genre of poetry that expresses personal and emotional feelings. In the ancient world, lyric poems were those which were sung to the lyre. Lyric poems do not have to rhyme, and today do not need to be set to music or a beat...
and novels, always taking an idiosyncratic view of German history, in particular the Third Reich era.
Honours
- 1991 Rolf Dieter Brinkmann scholarship
- 1991 Ernst Willner Prize at the Ingeborg Bachmann competitionIngeborg Bachmann PrizeThe Festival of German-Language Literature, formerly Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, is a literary competition which takes place yearly in Klagenfurt, Austria...
in KlagenfurtKlagenfurt-Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters... - 1992 North Rhine Westphalia promotional prize
- 1996 Berlin Literature Prize
- 1996 Johannes Bobrowski medal
- 1996 German Critics Federation prize
- 1997 Uwe Johnson prize
- 1999 Lessing prize of SaxonySaxonyThe Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
- 2001 Heinrich Böll prize
- 2003 Friedrich Hölderlin prize of the city of TübingenTübingenTübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is situated south of the state capital, Stuttgart, on a ridge between the Neckar and Ammer rivers.-Geography:...
- 2004 Spycher literary award
- 2006 Erich Fried PrizeErich Fried PrizeThe Erich Fried Prize is a literary prize in honour of the Austrian poet Erich Fried, and is awarded annually by the International Erich Fried Association for Literature and Language, based in Vienna. The value of the prize, endowed by the office of the Chancellor of Austria, is 14,600 euros...
Works
- Walkmännin, Neu-Isenburg 1990
- Das Menschenfleisch, Frankfurt/Main 1991
- Friederike Mayröcker, Frankfurt/Main 1992
- Brauwolke. Berlin 1994 (together with Klaus Zylla)
- Flughunde. Frankfurt/Main 1995
- HNO-Theater im Unterhemd. Berlin 1995
- Falsches Futter. Frankfurt/Main 1997
- Spione. Cologne 2000
- Zur See. Berlin 2001
- Erdkunde. Cologne 2002
- Nonfiction. To Cologne 2003
- Vergeßt mich. Cologne 2006
- Kaltenburg. Shurkamp 2008
Essays
- "Das wilde Tier im Kopf des Historikers", in: Lose Blätter No. 27, 2004
- "Die Katze von Vilnius", in BELLA triste No. 15, 2006
- "Aurora", Münchener Reden zur Poesie. From the series Lyrik Kabinett Munich, 2006
Publications as editor
- Rudolf Blümner: Der Stuhl, die Ohrfeige und anderes literarisches Kasperletheater Siegen 1988 ISSN 0177-9869 number 35
- Ernst JandlErnst JandlErnst Jandl was an Austrian writer, poet, and translator.- Poetry :Influenced by Dada he started to write experimental poetry, first published in the journal "Neue Wege" in 1952....
: Gemeinschaftsarbeit. Siegen 1989 (written together with Friederike MayröckerFriederike MayröckerFriederike Mayröcker is an Austrian poet.- Life :From 1946 to 1969 Mayröcker was an English teacher at several public schools in Vienna. In 1969 she took a release from working as a teacher and in 1977 she retired early.She started writing as a 15 year old...
and Andreas OkopenkoAndreas OkopenkoAndreas Okopenko was an Austrian writer.Andreas Okopenko's father was a Ukrainian physician and his mother was Austrian. From 1939, the family lived in Vienna. After studying chemistry at the University of Vienna Okopenko was active in the industry. Starting from 1950 he dedicated himself...
) - Rudolf Blümner: Ango laina und andere Texte. Munich 1993 (together with Karl Riha)
- George GroszGeorge GroszGeorg Ehrenfried Groß was a German artist known especially for his savagely caricatural drawings of Berlin life in the 1920s...
: Grosz Berlin . Hamburg 1993 (together with Karl Riha) - William S. Burroughs . Eggingen 1995 (together with Andreas Kramer)
- Ausreichend lichte Erklärung. Munich 1998 (together with Christoph Buchwald)
- Friederike MayröckerFriederike MayröckerFriederike Mayröcker is an Austrian poet.- Life :From 1946 to 1969 Mayröcker was an English teacher at several public schools in Vienna. In 1969 she took a release from working as a teacher and in 1977 she retired early.She started writing as a 15 year old...
: Collected prose . Frankfurt/Main (together with Klaus and Klaus Kastberger) 2001 - Friederike MayröckerFriederike MayröckerFriederike Mayröcker is an Austrian poet.- Life :From 1946 to 1969 Mayröcker was an English teacher at several public schools in Vienna. In 1969 she took a release from working as a teacher and in 1977 she retired early.She started writing as a 15 year old...
: Collected poems . Frankfurt/Main 2004
Translations
- Michael HofmannMichael HofmannMichael Hofmann is a German-born poet who writes in English and a translator of texts from German.-Biography:...
: Feineinstellungen. Cologne 2001 - Gertrude SteinGertrude SteinGertrude Stein was an American writer, poet and art collector who spent most of her life in France.-Early life:...
: Spinnwebzeit, bee time vine und andere Gedichte. Zurich 1993
External links
- Marcel Beyer @ European Graduate SchoolEuropean Graduate SchoolThe European Graduate School in Saas-Fee, Switzerland is a privately funded graduate school founded by the non-profit European Foundation of Interdisciplinary Studies. Its German name is Europäische Universität für Interdisziplinäre Studien...
. Biography, bibliography and articles - Marcel Beyer @ Germany-Poetry International Web
- Marcel Beyer @ Goethe Institut, Australia