Peter Gosse - World Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Male
Born: 1938-10-06 （Leipzig）
Nationality: German
Languages: German
Residence History: Leipzig → Moscow (study) → East Germany

Career

Occupations: poet, prose author, essayist, engineer, lecturer in poetry
Active Years: 1968-
Affiliations: German Institute for Literature, Sächsische Akademie der Künste
Memberships: International PEN, Sächsische Akademie der Künste

Education

Institution	Faculty	Department	Degree	Period	Country
Moscow institution for high frequency technology	—	high frequency technology	—	—	Soviet Union

Moscow institution for high frequency technology

high frequency technology

Country: Soviet Union

Completed a study of high frequency technology

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
1985	Heinrich Heine Prize of the Ministry for culture of the GDR	—	—	Ministry for culture of the GDR	winner
1991	Heinrich Mann Prize	—	—	Academy of Arts, Berlin	winner

Heinrich Heine Prize of the Ministry for culture of the GDR

1985

Organization: Ministry for culture of the GDR

Result: winner

Heinrich Mann Prize

1991

Organization: Academy of Arts, Berlin

Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Heinrich Heine Prize 1 appearances

Edition 0 (1985, held 2 times in year) Winner

Heinrich Mann Prize 1 appearances

Edition 72 (1991) Winner

Works

Major Works

Gleisskörper : Gedichte

1996 Poetry

Seinsgunst : Gedichte

2001 Poetry

Bibliography

Gleisskörper : Gedichte
Seinsgunst : Gedichte
Phantomschmelz : Lyrik & Kurzprosa
Erwachsene Mitte : Gedichte, Geschichten, Stücke, Essays
Standwaage : Gedichte
Dein eurasisches Antlitz Schriften zu bildender Kunst und Literatur
Neles Selen Bilder sichten

Legacy

German poet, prose author, and essayist active in East Germany. Became a freelance writer in 1968, lecturer in poetry at the German Institute for Literature in Leipzig since 1985, director from 1993. Member of International PEN and deputy president of Sächsische Akademie der Künste since 2008.