Michael Lentz (born 1964) is a German author, musician, and performer of experimental texts and sound poetry.
Life
Lentz was born in
Düren
Düren (; Ripuarian language, Ripuarian: Düre) is a town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, between Aachen and Cologne, on the river Rur (river), Rur.
History
Roman era
The area of Düren was part of Gallia Belgica, more specifically the ter ...
.
His father (1927–2014) was city manager () of Düren.
Lentz completed his ''
Abitur
''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen year ...
'' at the in 1983 and studied German studies, history and philosophy in Aachen and Munich.
He completed his PhD in 1999; the thesis was titled ''Lautpoesie, -musik nach 1945''
(''Sound Poetry, Music After 1945''). Lentz was student of
Josef Anton Riedl and saxophonist in Riedl's Ensemble.
He was the winner of the 2001
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for his book '.
In May 2006, he was appointed professor for literary writing at the German Literature Institute,
University of Leipzig
Leipzig University (), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December 1409 by Frederick I, Electo ...
.
The genres of his work are poems, plays, radio plays, short stories and novels.
Lentz lives in Munich.
Awards
* 2001
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for ''Muttersterben''
* 2005
Preis der Literaturhäuser
* 2012
Memberships
* 2014
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 ...
, Darmstadt
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Thesis
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References
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1964 births
Living people
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize winners
German-language poets
German male poets
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