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'''Marcel Beyer''' (born 23 November 1965) is a [[German people|German]] writer.
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[[File:Beyer marcel literaturhaus koeln 150608.jpg|thumb|Marcel Beyer in 2008]]

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'''Marcel Beyer''' (born 23 November 1965) is a German writer.


==Life==
==Life==
Marcel Beyer was born in Tailfingen, [[Württemberg]], and grew up in [[Kiel]] and [[Neuss]]. From 1987 to 1991 he studied [[German studies|German language and literature]], [[English studies]] and literary studies at the [[University of Siegen]]; in 1992 he obtained a [[Magister (degree)|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 Modernist Authors) at the University of Siegen.
Marcel Beyer was born in Tailfingen, [[Württemberg]], and grew up in [[Kiel]] and [[Neuss]]. From 1987 to 1991, he studied [[German studies|German language and literature]], [[English studies]] and literary studies at the [[University of Siegen]]; in 1992, he obtained a [[Magister (degree)|Magister degree]] with a work on [[Friederike Mayröcker]]. Since 1987, he has developed performance art. Since 1989, he published, with [[Karl Riha]], the series ''Vergessene Autoren der Moderne'' (Forgotten Modernist Authors) 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 (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 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 (magazine)|Spex]]''.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.literaturfestival.com/autoren-en/autoren-2014-en/marcel-beyer?set_language=en|title=Marcel Beyer — internationales literaturfestival berlin|website=www.literaturfestival.com}}</ref> 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.
From early on, Beyer, strongly influenced by [[Friederike Mayröcker]] and the authors of the French ''[[nouveau roman]]'', has been a writer of [[lyric poetry]] and novels, always taking an idiosyncratic view of German history, in particular the [[Third Reich]] era.


==Honours==
==Honours==
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*1991 [[Rolf Dieter Brinkmann scholarship]]
*1991 [[Rolf Dieter Brinkmann scholarship]]
*1991 [[Ernst Willner Prize]] at the [[Ingeborg Bachmann Prize|Ingeborg Bachmann competition]] in [[Klagenfurt]]
*1991 Ernst Willner Prize at the [[Ingeborg Bachmann Prize|Ingeborg Bachmann competition]] in [[Klagenfurt]]
*1992 [[North Rhine Westphalia promotional prize]]
*1992 [[North Rhine Westphalia promotional prize]]
*1996 [[Berlin Literature Prize]]
*1996 [[Berlin Literature Prize]]
*1996 [[Johannes Bobrowski medal]]
*1996 {{ill|Johannes Bobrowski Medal|de|Johannes-Bobrowski-Medaille}}
*1996 [[German Critics Federation prize]]
*1996 [[German Critics Federation prize]]
*1997 [[Uwe Johnson prize]]
*1997 [[Uwe Johnson Prize]]
*1998 Förderpreis zum Horst-Bienek-Preis for Poetry
*1998 Förderpreis [[Horst Bienek Prize for Poetry]]
*1999 [[Lessing prize]] of [[Saxony]]
*1999 [[Lessing Prize of the Free State of Saxony]]
*2000 Jean-Paul-Literaturförderpreis of the City of Bayreuth
*2000 Jean-Paul-Literaturförderpreis of the City of Bayreuth
*2001 [[Heinrich Böll prize]]
*2001 [[Heinrich-Böll-Preis]]
*2003 [[Friedrich Hölderlin Prize]] of the city of [[Tübingen]]
*2003 Friedrich Hölderlin Prize of the city of [[Tübingen]]
*2004 [[Spycher literary award]]
*2004 {{ill|Spycher literary award|de|Spycher: Literaturpreis Leuk}}
*2006 [[Erich Fried Prize]]
*2006 [[Erich Fried Prize]]
*2008 [[Joseph-Breitbach-Preis]]
*2008 [[Joseph-Breitbach-Preis]]
*2008 [[Deutschen Buchpreis]] (Longlist) for ''Kaltenburg''
*2008 [[Deutscher Buchpreis]] (Longlist) for ''Kaltenburg''
*2008 [[Liliencron-Dozentur]]
*2008 {{ill|Liliencron-Dozentur|de}}
*2010 Scholarship at [[Villa Massimo]]
*2010 Scholarship at [[Villa Massimo]]
*2012/2013 [[Stadtschreiber von Bergen]]<ref name="Beyer 2021">{{cite web | last=Beyer | first=Marcel | title=Stadtschreiber von Bergen-Enkheim. Nachricht auf suhrkamp.de | website=Suhrkamp Verlag | date=15 June 2012 | url=https://www.suhrkamp.de/nachricht/stadtschreiber-von-bergen-enkheim-b-1618 | language=de | access-date=18 August 2022}}</ref>
*2012/13 [[Stadtschreiber von Bergen]]
*2013 Ernst Jandl Lectureship of Poetry at the [[University of Vienna]]
*2013 Ernst Jandl Lectureship of Poetry at the [[University of Vienna]]
*2014 [[Kleist Prize]]
*2014 [[Kleist Prize]]<ref>[http://www.buchmarkt.de/content/58502-hortensia-voelckers-verleiht-den-kleist-preis-2014-an-marcel-beyer-.htm Buchmarkt.de vom 12. Mai 2014: ''Hortensia Völckers verleiht den Kleist-Preis an Marcel Beyer], abgerufen am 12. Mai 2014</ref>
*2016 [[Georg Büchner Prize]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/top-german-literature-prize-goes-to-marcel-beyer/a-19361518 |title=Top German literature prize goes to Marcel Beyer |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |author= |date=28 June 2016 |accessdate=29 June 2016}}</ref>
*2016 [[Georg Büchner Prize]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.dw.com/en/top-german-literature-prize-goes-to-marcel-beyer/a-19361518 |title=Top German literature prize goes to Marcel Beyer |work=[[Deutsche Welle]] |date=28 June 2016 |access-date=29 June 2016}}</ref>
*2021 [[Peter-Huchel-Preis]]<ref name="Wetzel 2021">{{cite web | last=Wetzel | first=Marie-Dominique | title=Marcel Beyer erhält den Peter-Huchel-Preis 2021 | website=swr.online | date=29 March 2021 | url=https://www.swr.de/swr2/literatur/peter-huchel-preis-100.html | language=de | access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref><ref name="ZEIT ONLINE">{{cite news | title=Schriftsteller Marcel Beyer erhält Huchel-Preis 2021
| newspaper=Die Zeit | date=16 January 2021 | url=https://www.zeit.de/news/2021-01/16/schriftsteller-marcel-beyer-erhaelt-huchel-preis-2021 | language=de | access-date=6 June 2021}}</ref>
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==Works==
==Works==
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*''Vergeßt mich''. Cologne 2006
*''Vergeßt mich''. Cologne 2006
*''Kaltenburg''. Suhrkamp 2008 (translated as ''Kaltenburg'' by Alan Bance, 2012)
*''Kaltenburg''. Suhrkamp 2008 (translated as ''Kaltenburg'' by Alan Bance, 2012)
*''Arbeit Nahrung Wohnung. Bühnenmusik für vierzehn Herren.'' Opernlibretto (Komposition von Enno Poppe)
*''Arbeit Nahrung Wohnung. Bühnenmusik für vierzehn Herren.'' Opernlibretto (composition by [[Enno Poppe]])
*''IQ. Testbatterie in 8 Akten.'' Opernlibretto (Komposition von Enno Poppe). UA: 27. April 2012, Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele
*''IQ. Testbatterie in 8 Akten.'' Opernlibretto (composition by Enno Poppe). UA: 27. April 2012, Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele
*''Putins Briefkasten.'' Erzählungen. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2012, ISBN 978-3-518-46324-6
*''Putins Briefkasten.'' Erzählungen. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2012, {{ISBN|978-3-518-46324-6}}
*''Graphit.'' Gedichte. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2014, ISBN 978-3-518-42440-7[3][4]
*''Graphit.'' Gedichte. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2014, {{ISBN|978-3-518-42440-7}}
*''XX. Lichtenberg-Poetikvorlesungen (Göttinger Sudelblätter).'' Wallstein, Göttingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-8353-1674-4
*''XX. Lichtenberg-Poetikvorlesungen (Göttinger Sudelblätter).'' Wallstein, Göttingen 2015, {{ISBN|978-3-8353-1674-4}}
*''Im Situation Room: der entscheidende Augenblick. Rede an die Abiturienten des Jahrgangs 2015.'' Conte, Sankt Ingbert 2014, ISBN 978-3-95602-058-2
*''Im Situation Room: der entscheidende Augenblick. Rede an die Abiturienten des Jahrgangs 2015.'' Conte, Sankt Ingbert 2014, {{ISBN|978-3-95602-058-2}}


==Essays==
==Essays==
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== Publications as editor ==
== Publications as editor ==
*[[Rudolf Blümner]]: ''Der Stuhl, die Ohrfeige und anderes literarisches Kasperletheater'' Siegen 1988 ISSN 0177-9869 number 35
*[[Rudolf Blümner]]: ''Der Stuhl, die Ohrfeige und anderes literarisches Kasperletheater'' Siegen 1988 {{ISSN|0177-9869}} number 35
*[[Ernst Jandl]]: ''Gemeinschaftsarbeit''. Siegen 1989 (written together with [[Friederike Mayröcker]] and [[Andreas Okopenko]])
*[[Ernst Jandl]]: ''Gemeinschaftsarbeit''. Siegen 1989 (written together with [[Friederike Mayröcker]] and [[Andreas Okopenko]])
*Rudolf Blümner: ''Ango laina und andere Texte''. Munich 1993 (together with [[Karl Riha]])
*Rudolf Blümner: ''Ango laina und andere Texte''. Munich 1993 (together with [[Karl Riha]])
*[[George Grosz]]: '' Grosz Berlin ''. Hamburg 1993 (together with [[Karl Riha]])
*[[George Grosz]]: ''Grosz Berlin''. Hamburg 1993 (together with [[Karl Riha]])
*'' William S. Burroughs ''. Eggingen 1995 (together with Andreas Kramer)
*''William S. Burroughs''. Eggingen 1995 (together with Andreas Kramer)
*''Ausreichend lichte Erklärung''. Munich 1998 (together with Christoph Buchwald)
*''Ausreichend lichte Erklärung''. Munich 1998 (together with Christoph Buchwald)
*[[Friederike Mayröcker]]: '' Collected prose ''. Frankfurt/Main (together with Klaus and Klaus Kastberger) 2001
*[[Friederike Mayröcker]]: ''Collected prose''. Frankfurt/Main (together with Klaus and Klaus Kastberger) 2001
*[[Friederike Mayröcker]]: '' Collected poems ''. Frankfurt/Main 2004
*Friederike Mayröcker: ''Collected poems''. Frankfurt/Main 2004


==Translations==
==Translations==
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*''Junge Lyrik'', Neuss 1983 (Neue Neusser Series)
*''Junge Lyrik'', Neuss 1983 (Neue Neusser Series)


== References ==
==References==
{{Reflist}}
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==External links==
==External links==
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*[http://www.egs.edu/faculty/marcel-beyer/biography/ Marcel Beyer] at [[European Graduate School]]. Biography, bibliography and articles
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20100527103432/http://www.egs.edu/faculty/marcel-beyer/biography/ Marcel Beyer] at [[European Graduate School]]. Biography, bibliography and articles
*[http://germany.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2216 Marcel Beyer] at Germany-Poetry International Web
*[http://germany.poetryinternationalweb.org/piw_cms/cms/cms_module/index.php?obj_id=2216 Marcel Beyer] at Germany-Poetry International Web
*[http://www.goethe.de/ins/au/lp/prj/bkm/rev/aut/bey/enindex.htm Marcel Beyer] at [[Goethe-Institut]], Australia
*[http://www.goethe.de/ins/au/lp/prj/bkm/rev/aut/bey/enindex.htm Marcel Beyer] at [[Goethe-Institut]], Australia
*[http://www.nrw-literatur-im-netz.de/datenbank/autoren/426-beyer-marcel.html Marcel Beyer in: [[NRW Literatur im Netz]]] {{de icon}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20130727074928/http://www.nrw-literatur-im-netz.de/datenbank/autoren/426-beyer-marcel.html Marcel Beyer] in: [[NRW Literatur im Netz]] {{in lang|de}}

{{Georg Büchner Prize}}


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Latest revision as of 20:03, 29 September 2024

Marcel Beyer in 2008

Marcel Beyer (born 23 November 1965) is a German writer.

Life

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Marcel Beyer was born in Tailfingen, Württemberg, and grew up in Kiel 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. Since 1989, he published, with Karl Riha, the series Vergessene Autoren der Moderne (Forgotten Modernist Authors) 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.[1] 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, has been a writer of lyric poetry and novels, always taking an idiosyncratic view of German history, in particular the Third Reich era.

Honours

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Works

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  • 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 (translated as The Karnau Tapes by John Brownjohn, 1997 and graphic novel adaptation by Ulli Lust, 2013)
  • HNO-Theater im Unterhemd. Berlin 1995
  • Falsches Futter. Frankfurt/Main 1997
  • Spione. Cologne 2000 (translated as Spies by Breon Mitchell, 2005)
  • Zur See. Berlin 2001
  • Erdkunde. Cologne 2002
  • Nonfiction. To Cologne 2003
  • Vergeßt mich. Cologne 2006
  • Kaltenburg. Suhrkamp 2008 (translated as Kaltenburg by Alan Bance, 2012)
  • Arbeit Nahrung Wohnung. Bühnenmusik für vierzehn Herren. Opernlibretto (composition by Enno Poppe)
  • IQ. Testbatterie in 8 Akten. Opernlibretto (composition by Enno Poppe). UA: 27. April 2012, Schwetzinger SWR Festspiele
  • Putins Briefkasten. Erzählungen. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2012, ISBN 978-3-518-46324-6
  • Graphit. Gedichte. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2014, ISBN 978-3-518-42440-7
  • XX. Lichtenberg-Poetikvorlesungen (Göttinger Sudelblätter). Wallstein, Göttingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-8353-1674-4
  • Im Situation Room: der entscheidende Augenblick. Rede an die Abiturienten des Jahrgangs 2015. Conte, Sankt Ingbert 2014, ISBN 978-3-95602-058-2

Essays

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  • "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

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  • Rudolf Blümner: Der Stuhl, die Ohrfeige und anderes literarisches Kasperletheater Siegen 1988 ISSN 0177-9869 number 35
  • Ernst Jandl: Gemeinschaftsarbeit. Siegen 1989 (written together with Friederike Mayröcker and Andreas Okopenko)
  • Rudolf Blümner: Ango laina und andere Texte. Munich 1993 (together with Karl Riha)
  • George Grosz: 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 Mayröcker: Collected prose. Frankfurt/Main (together with Klaus and Klaus Kastberger) 2001
  • Friederike Mayröcker: Collected poems. Frankfurt/Main 2004

Translations

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Anthologies

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  • Junge Lyrik, Neuss 1983 (Neue Neusser Series)

References

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  1. ^ "Marcel Beyer — internationales literaturfestival berlin". www.literaturfestival.com.
  2. ^ Beyer, Marcel (15 June 2012). "Stadtschreiber von Bergen-Enkheim. Nachricht auf suhrkamp.de". Suhrkamp Verlag (in German). Retrieved 18 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Top German literature prize goes to Marcel Beyer". Deutsche Welle. 28 June 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2016.
  4. ^ Wetzel, Marie-Dominique (29 March 2021). "Marcel Beyer erhält den Peter-Huchel-Preis 2021". swr.online (in German). Retrieved 6 June 2021.
  5. ^ "Schriftsteller Marcel Beyer erhält Huchel-Preis 2021". Die Zeit (in German). 16 January 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2021.
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