Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 21 (1997) Winner
Norbert Niemann
ノルベルト・ニーマン
Norbert Niemann
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1961-05-20 （Landau an der Isar, Germany）
- Nationality
- Germany
- Languages
- German
- Residence History
- Niederbayern (grew up) → Chieming am Chiemsee (resident since 1997)
Career
- Occupations
- writer, novelist, essayist
- Active Years
- 1983-
- Memberships
- PEN Centre Germany, Association of German Writers (VS), Bavaria (deputy chairman 2006–2014), Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts (member since 2015)
- Influenced By
- Adorno / Horkheimer (Dialectic of Enlightenment), Gilles Deleuze, Michel Foucault, Robert Musil, Joseph Roth, Thomas Mann, Arthur Schnitzler
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Regensburg | Faculty of Humanities | Literature, Musicology, Modern History | Magister Artium | 1980s | Germany |
| University of Munich (LMU) | — | Studied literature, musicology and modern history | — | 1980s | Germany |
University of Regensburg
Faculty of Humanities
/ Literature, Musicology, Modern History
Degree:
Magister Artium
Period:
1980s
Year of Graduation:
1989
Country:
Germany
Obtained Magister Artium in 1989
University of Munich (LMU)
Studied literature, musicology and modern history
Period:
1980s
Country:
Germany
Studied in Munich in addition to Regensburg
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Ingeborg Bachmann Prize | — | — | Ingeborg Bachmann Prize (Klagenfurt) | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Bavarian State Prize for Literature | — | — | State of Bavaria | 受賞 |
| 1999 | Clemens Brentano Prize | — | — | City of Heidelberg | 受賞 |
| 2014 | New York scholarship (German Literary Fund) | Die Einzigen | — | German Literary Fund (Deutscher Literaturfonds) | 受賞 |
| 2015 | Carl Amery Literary Prize | — | — | Carl Amery Prize committee | 受賞 |
| 2016 | International Music Theater Now Award | Stage adaptation of Musicophilia (for Oliver Sacks) | — | International Theatre Institute (or related organization) | 受賞 |
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
1997
Organization:
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize (Klagenfurt)
Result:
受賞
Bavarian State Prize for Literature
1998
Organization:
State of Bavaria
Result:
受賞
Clemens Brentano Prize
1999
Organization:
City of Heidelberg
Result:
受賞
New York scholarship (German Literary Fund)
2014
Work:
Die Einzigen
Organization:
German Literary Fund (Deutscher Literaturfonds)
Result:
受賞
Carl Amery Literary Prize
2015
Organization:
Carl Amery Prize committee
Result:
受賞
International Music Theater Now Award
2016
Work:
Stage adaptation of Musicophilia (for Oliver Sacks)
Organization:
International Theatre Institute (or related organization)
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Wie man's nimmt
1998 novelAn early novel employing social observation and narrative techniques to examine the relationship between the individual and society.
social criticismindividual and society
Schule der Gewalt
2001 novelA novel themed around violence and power structures, characterized by multiplicity of narration and shifting perspectives.
violencepowernarrative technique
Willkommen neue Träume
2008 novelA work that depicts contemporary social frictions while representing dreams and hopes, combining poetic depiction with social critique.
dreamshopecontemporary social critique
Die Einzigen
2014 novelA novel dealing with temporality. Using a structure that moves between past and present, it explores social memory and individual relation to it.
timememorysocial criticism
Adaptations
- [stage (music-theatre adaptation)] Musicophilia (stage adaptation) (2016)
Bibliography
- Wie man's nimmt (1998)
- Schule der Gewalt (2001)
- Willkommen neue Träume (2008)
- Die Einzigen (2014)
- Editor: Inventur. Deutsches Lesebuch 1945–2003 (2003)
- Editor: Keine Lust auf Untergang (2010)
- Short stories and other texts (2002–2012)
Adaptations
- Musicophilia (stage adaptation of Oliver Sacks' work; received international award in 2016)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- socially critical perspectiveanalytic prose employing varied narrative techniquestheoretical tendencies influenced by critical theory (Adorno, Foucault, etc.)
- Recurring Motifs
- time and memoryurban and suburban landscapestension between individual and society
Legacy
Norbert Niemann is regarded as an important contemporary German writer, noted for his social-critical perspective and experimental narration. He has received literary prizes and recognition through stage adaptations.
Academic Societies
- PEN Centre Germany
- Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
Trivia
- From 1983 to 1985 he was instrumentalist and vocalist in the New Wave band "Diebe der Nacht", composing and writing lyrics.
- Since 1997 he has lived with his family in Chieming am Chiemsee.
- He has received several literary prizes, including the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, the Bavarian State Prize for Literature, and the Clemens Brentano Prize.