Kassel Literary Prize for Grotesque Humor
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1997) Winner
Max Goldt
マックス・ゴルト
Makkusu Gōruto
Aliases:
Matthias Ernst / マティアス・エルンスト
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1958-11-23 （Weende (now Göttingen)）
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German
- Residence History
- Göttingen → West Berlin
Career
- Occupations
- writer, columnist, musician
- Active Years
- 1978-2024
- Affiliations
- Titanic (magazine), Foyer des Arts, Katz & Goldt
- Influenced
- Daniel Kehlmann
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Kassel Literary Prize | — | — | documenta-Stadt Kassel | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Kleist Prize | — | — | Kleist Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2008 | Hugo Ball Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
Kassel Literary Prize
1997
Organization:
documenta-Stadt Kassel
Result:
受賞
Kleist Prize
2008
Organization:
Kleist Foundation
Result:
受賞
Hugo Ball Prize
2008
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Kleist Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 42 (2008) Winner
Works
Major Works
Wissenswertes über Erlangen
1982 Satirical songSatirical take on experience as a tourist guide
satire of everyday life
Mein äußerst schwer erziehbarer schwuler Schwager aus der Schweiz
1984 EssayEarly essay collection
humorlanguage play
Bibliography
- Die majestätische Ruhe des Anorganischen
- Restaurants, Restaurants, Restaurants
- Mein äußerst schwer erziehbarer schwuler Schwager aus der Schweiz
- Die Radiotrinkerin
- Quitten für die Menschen zwischen Emden und Zittau
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- ironic perspective on everyday lifecreative use of languagecritique of journalese and everyday languagefrequent pop culture references
- Recurring Motifs
- ambiguity of narrator's experience
Health
-
writer's block2010年代以降affects writing but continues comic scenarios
Legacy
Influential German satirist in literature and music, known for columns in Titanic magazine, recipient of Kleist Prize.
Trivia
- Married East German performance artist Else Gabriel in 1989, enabling her to leave the GDR.