Michael Lentz
Michael Lentz in 2018
Michael Lentz in 2018
Born1964
Düren
OccupationAuthor, musician, and performer
NationalityGerman
GenrePoems, plays, radio plays, short stories, novels
Notable works2001 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for Muttersterben

Michael Lentz (born 1964) is a German author, musician, and performer of experimental texts and sound poetry.[1]

Life

Lentz was born in Düren.[2] His father Hubert Lentz (1927–2014) was city manager (Oberstadtdirektor) of Düren.[3] Lentz completed his Abitur at the Stiftisches Gymnasium Düren in 1983 and studied German studies, history and philosophy in Aachen and Munich.[4] He completed his PhD in 1999; the thesis was titled Lautpoesie, -musik nach 1945.[4] Lentz was student of Josef Anton Riedl and saxophonist in Riedl's Ensemble.[1] He was the winner of the 2001 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for his book Muttersterben.[5] In May 2006, he was appointed professor for literary writing at the German Literature Institute, University of Leipzig.[6][4] The genres of his work are poems, plays, radio plays, short stories and novels.[7]

Lentz lives in Munich.[8]

Awards

Memberships

Works

  • Lentz, Michael (2002). Muttersterben : Prosa (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer. ISBN 3-10-044810-3. OCLC 49197516.
  • —— (2003). Liebeserklärung : Roman (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer. ISBN 3-10-043923-6. OCLC 53098619.
  • —— (2007). Pazifik Exil : Roman (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer. ISBN 978-3-10-043925-3. OCLC 166334124.
  • —— (2018). Schattenfroh ein Requiem (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag GmbH. ISBN 978-3-10-043938-3. OCLC 1033644155.
  • —— (2020). Innehaben : Schattenfroh und die Bilder (in German). Frankfurt. ISBN 978-3-10-390006-4. OCLC 1226678308.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Thesis

  • Lentz, Michael (2000). Lautpoesie, -musik nach 1945 Bd. 2 (in German). Wien. ISBN 978-3-10-043936-9. OCLC 313700605.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

References

  1. 1 2 "Michael Lentz". Lyrikline.org. 15 May 1964. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  2. ↑ "Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung – Mitglieder – Michael Lentz – Selbstvorstellung". Akademie (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  3. ↑ "Michael Lentz". Munzinger Biographie (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Lesung und Gespräch mit Michael Lentz "Schattenfroh"". Stiftisches Gymnasium Düren (in German). 13 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  5. ↑ Poiss, Thomas (1 January 1970). "Michael Lentz: Muttersterben: Alphabet des Drachen". FAZ.NET (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Personen". DichterLesen.net (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  7. 1 2 "Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung – Presse – Neue Mitglieder". Akademie (in German). 25 June 2014. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  8. ↑ Morgenstern, Christian. "Soundbox – Lautpoesie/- musik: eine Bestandsaufnahme". Stiftung Lyrik Kabinett (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
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