Kerstin Preiwuß (born 21 November 1980 in

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, Germany) is a German writer and arts journalist.

Life and work

Preiwuß was raised in

Plau am See Plau am See () is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, in north-eastern Germany. It is situated east of Parchim, and west of Waren. Etymology Around 1235 the town was called Plawe, that being the Pola ...

and in

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. She studied German studies, philosophy and psychology in

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and

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. Her doctoral thesis dealt with German-Polish toponyms. Preiwuß also holds a degree from the German Institute for Literature where she currently teaches alongside

Ulrike Draesner Ulrike Draesner (born 1962 in Munich) is a German author. She was awarded the 2016 Nicolas Born Prize. Life and work The daughter of an architect, Draesner grew up in Munich, Germany. She received a Bavarian State scholarship for the best perfor ...

and

Michael Lentz Michael Lentz (born 1964) is a German author, musician, and performer of experimental texts and sound poetry. Life Lentz was born in Düren. His father (1927–2014) was city manager () of Düren. Lentz completed his ''Abitur'' at the in 1983 ...

as a professor and acts as head of the institute. Between 2010 and 2012, she was co-editor of the

based literary magazine ''Edit'' where she published literature rewiews. Mainly, Preiwuß writes poetry and novels. For her work she has received numerous awards. She also translates poetry, teaches creative writing and is a visiting lecturer at different universities. She is a member of the

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and of the

Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung The Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (in English German Academy for Language and Literature) was founded on 28 August 1949, on the 200th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in the Paulskirche, Frankfurt, Paulskirche in Frankfurt. I ...

. Preiwuß lives with her family in Leipzig.

Critical reception

The poetry collection ''Rede'' (''speech'') has received a recommendation by Monika Rinck in the context of the poetry recommendations of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, the foundation Lyrik Kabinett Munich and the Haus für Poesie (House for Poetry) Berlin in 2013.

Honours

* 2008 Hermann Lenz scholarship * 2009 Art residency at the Künstlerhaus Lukas in

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* 2010 Scholarship of the Deutscher Literaturfonds * 2012 Mondsee Poetry Prize * 2014 Invitation by Meike Feßmann to the 38th Festival of German-Language Literature * 2017 Nominated for the German Book Prize for ''Nach Onkalo'' (''After Onkalo'') (Longlist) * 2018

Merano Poetry Prize The Merano Poetry Prize (German: Lyrikpreis Meran) is an international literary prize for German-language poetry that was founded by Alfred Gruber (1929–1998), a South Tyrolian catholic priest and writer. The biennial competition was established ...

* 2018 Eichendorff Literature Prize * 2020 Anke Bennholdt-Thomsen Poetry Prize of the Deutsche Schillerstiftung

Publications

* ''Nachricht von neuen Sternen''. Gedichte, Connewitzer Verlagsbuchhandlung, Leipzig 2006, * ''Rede''. Gedichte, Suhrkamp, Berlin 2012, * ''Ortsnamen in Zeit, Raum und Kultur – die Städte Allenstein/Olsztyn und Breslau/Wrocław''. Frank & Timme, Berlin 2012, * ''Restwärme''. Roman, Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2014, * ''Gespür für Licht''. Gedichte, Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2016, * ''Nach Onkalo''. Roman, Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2017, * ''Das Komma und das Und. Eine Liebeserklärung an die Sprache''. Dudenverlag, Berlin 2019, * ''Taupunkt''. Gedichte, Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2020, * ''Heute ist mitten in der Nacht'', Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2023,

References

External links

Kerstin Preiwuß
at the

Suhrkamp Verlag Suhrkamp Verlag is a German publishing house, established in 1950 and is generally acknowledged as one of the leading European publishers of fine literature. Its roots go back to the "arianized" part of the S. Fischer Verlag. In January 2010, ...

Kerstin Preiwuß
at lyrikline.org
"Die Sprache ist sehr kreativ in ihrem Wandel" – Interview with Kerstin Preiwuß
at

Deutschlandfunk Kultur Deutschlandfunk Kultur (; abbreviated to ''DLF Kultur'' or ''DKultur'') is a culture-oriented radio station and part of Deutschlandradio, a set of three national radio stations in Germany. Initially named ''DeutschlandRadio Berlin'', the station ...

Review of ''Heute ist mitten in der Nacht'' by Anna Vollmer
in the

Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung The (; ''FAZ''; "Frankfurt General Newspaper") is a German newspaper founded in 1949. It is published daily in Frankfurt and is considered a newspaper of record for Germany. Its Sunday edition is the ''Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung'' ( ...

Review of ''Taupunkt'' by Jörg Magenau
in the

Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest and most influential daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of ''SZ'' is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and ...

Laudatory speech on Kerstin Preiwuß by Beate Tröger on the occasion of the grant of the Eichendorff Literature Prize in 2018
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