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Marcel Beyer

マルセル・ベイヤー

Maruseru Beiyā

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1965-11-23 (Tailfingen, Württemberg)
Nationality
Germany
Languages
German, English
Religion
Unknown
Residence History
Kiel → Neuss → Cologne → Dresden

Career

Occupations
writer, editor, visiting professor
Active Years
1987-
Affiliations
European Graduate School
Influenced By
Friederike Mayröcker

Education

University of Siegen
German language and literature, English studies, literary studies
Degree: Magister degree
Period: 1987-1991
Year of Graduation: 1992
Country: Germany
Thesis on Friederike Mayröcker

Awards

Rolf Dieter Brinkmann scholarship
1991
Result: 受賞
Ernst Willner Prize at the Ingeborg Bachmann competition
1991
Organization: Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
Result: 受賞
North Rhine Westphalia promotional prize
1992
Result: 受賞
Berlin Literature Prize
1996
Result: 受賞
Johannes Bobrowski Medal
1996
Result: 受賞
German Critics Federation prize
1996
Result: 受賞
Uwe Johnson Prize
1997
Result: 受賞
Förderpreis Horst Bienek Prize for Poetry
1998
Organization: Horst Bienek Prize for Poetry
Result: 受賞
Lessing Prize of the Free State of Saxony
1999
Result: 受賞
Jean-Paul-Literaturförderpreis
2000
Organization: City of Bayreuth
Result: 受賞
Heinrich-Böll-Preis
2001
Result: 受賞
Friedrich Hölderlin Prize
2003
Organization: city of Tübingen
Result: 受賞
Spycher literary award
2004
Result: 受賞
Erich Fried Prize
2006
Result: 受賞
Joseph-Breitbach-Preis
2008
Result: 受賞
Deutscher Buchpreis
2008
Work: Kaltenburg
Category: Longlist
Result: Longlist
Kleist Prize
2014
Result: 受賞
Georg Büchner Prize
2016
Result: 受賞
Peter Huchel Prize
2021
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Flughunde / The Karnau Tapes

1995 novel

A novel depicting the Third Reich era from an idiosyncratic perspective

Third ReichGerman history
Adaptations
  • [graphic novel] / Ulli Lust (2013)
Translations
  • translated by John Brownjohn (1997)

Bibliography

  • Walkmännin (1990)
  • Das Menschenfleisch (1991)
  • Friederike Mayröcker (1992)
  • Flughunde (1995)
  • Falsches Futter (1997)
  • Spies (2000)
  • Kaltenburg (2008)
  • Graphit (2014)

Translations by Author

  • Michael Hofmann: Feineinstellungen (2001)
  • Gertrude Stein: Spinnwebzeit, bee time vine und andere Gedichte (1993)

Translations of Works

  • The Karnau Tapes (English, 1997)
  • Spies (English, 2005)
  • Kaltenburg (English, 2012)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
lyric poetryexperimental
Recurring Motifs
German historyThird Reich

Legacy

Recognized as an important contemporary German writer, recipient of numerous literary prizes.