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Lutz Seiler

ルッツ・ザイラー

Rutsu Zairā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1963-06-08 (Gera, Thuringia)
Nationality
Germany
Languages
German
Residence History
Gera, Thuringia → Wilhelmshorst → Stockholm

Career

Occupations
Poet, Novelist, Literary director
Active Years
1995-
Affiliations
Peter Huchel Museum
Memberships
PEN Centre Germany, Academy of Arts and Sciences, Mainz, Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts, Academy of Arts, Berlin, German Academy for Language and Poetry
Influenced By
Peter Huchel
Nominations
Leipzig Book Fair Prize nomination (for Die Zeitwaage)

Education

Martin Luther University of Halle-Wittenberg
German Studies
Period: ~1990
Year of Graduation: 1990
Country: Germany
Studied German Studies

Awards

Georg Büchner Prize
2023
Organization: Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
Result: 受賞
German Book Prize
2014
Work: Kruso
Result: 受賞
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
2007
Work: Turksib
Result: 受賞
Uwe Johnson Prize
2014
Work: Kruso
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Kruso

2014 Novel

Set on the island of Hiddensee in the last months of East Germany, following Edgar who flees personal tragedy.

East GermanyFreedomEscapeUtopia
Adaptations
  • [Film] Kruso / Nico Hofmann (2018)
  • [Stage] Kruso / Cornelia Crombholz (2015)
Translations
  • English: Tess Lewis, Scribe Publications, 2017

Bibliography

  • Berührt – geführt. Gedichte (1995)
  • Pech & Blende. Gedichte (2000)
  • Vierzig Kilometer Nacht. Gedichte (2003)
  • Turksib. Zwei Erzählungen (2008)
  • Die Zeitwaage. Erzählungen (2009)
  • im felderlatein. Gedichte (2010)
  • Kruso (2014)
  • Star 111 (2020)

Translations of Works

  • Poems (Andrew Duncan, 2005)
  • in field latin (Alexander Booth, 2016)
  • Kruso (Tess Lewis, 2017)
  • Pitch & Glint (Stefan Tobler, 2023)
  • Star 111 (Tess Lewis, 2023)
  • In Case of Loss (Martyn Crucefix, 2023)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
Poetic proseSymbolism of East GermanyRadioactivity symbolism
Recurring Motifs
East German everyday lifeEscape and freedomInner liberation

Legacy

One of the most important living German poets, awarded the Georg Büchner Prize in 2023.

Trivia

  • Former carpenter and mason, discovered literature during national service.