Thomas Wensing (born May 1, 1978, in

Cologne Cologne ( ; german: Köln ; ksh, Kölle ) is the largest city of the German western state of North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) and the fourth-most populous city of Germany with 1.1 million inhabitants in the city proper and 3.6 millio ...

) is a German author of poetry and short stories.

Life and works

Thomas Wensing, born 1978 in Cologne (

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

) has studied at the

University of Cologne The University of Cologne (german: Universität zu Köln) is a university in Cologne, Germany. It was established in the year 1388 and is one of the most prestigious and research intensive universities in Germany. It was the sixth university to ...

and at the

Catholic University of Eichstätt-Ingolstadt The Katholische Universität Eichstätt-Ingolstadt (KU) is a Roman Catholic research university in Eichstätt and Ingolstadt, Bavaria, Germany. Compared to other German universities it is a rather small institution with 4,800 students in 2019; n ...

. He obtained his PhD from the latter institution in 2011. Besides studies and occupation, Wensing developed skills in writing literary texts. Since the late 1990s, he has been publishing poetry in a couple of anthologies, e.g. in ''Junge Lyrik'', ''Junge Lyrik II'' and ''Junge Lyrik III'', a book series published by

Martin Werhand Verlag The Martin Werhand Verlag is a German publishing house with a focus on contemporary literature and poetry. More than 25% of the 150 published authors have an immigrant background with parents who were born outside of Germany and have their roots ...

. In 2006, he participated in the visual-poetric project ''Poesie bewegt'' of the

Bremer Straßenbahn Bremer Straßenbahn AG (translates from German as ''Bremen Tramways Corporation''), often abbreviated BSAG, is the public transport provider for Bremen, Germany, offering tramway and bus services. , BSAG operated 8 tram lines in Bremen, operating o ...

AG under supervision of Joachim Tuz. Together with the two musicians Martin Schmitz and Michael Wurzel, Wensing formed the trio ''eher selten'' that performed poetry and music at various occasions in the mid-2000s. Apart from that group, he tried out his texts in several other formats, e.g. in cooperation with the Stadttheater Ingolstadt. In August 2014

published Wensings first own volume of poems (Mitschrift), within the series ''100 Gedichte''. A volume of short stories (Zwischenspiel) appeared in late 2015 in the same publishing house. In December 2019 the MWV published a third book with poems (Herbsttag), within the series ''50 Gedichte''.

Selected publications

Monographies

* ''Periodic Review Inventory Systems.'' Performance Analysis and Optimization of Inventory Systems within Supply Chains. Springer, Berlin 2011, 152 p. . * ''Mitschrift.'' 100 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2014, 190 p. . * ''Zwischenspiel.'' Kurzgeschichten. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2015, 258 p. . * ''Herbsttag.'' 50 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2019, 120 p. .

Anthologies

* ''Junge Lyrik – 50 Dichterinnen und Dichter.'' Anthology, Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 1999, . * ''Junge Lyrik II – 50 Dichterinnen und Dichter.'' Anthology, Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2000, . * ''Junge Lyrik III – 50 Dichterinnen und Dichter.'' Anthology, Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2002, . Also second, revised edition.''Thomas Wensing.'' In: ''Junge Lyrik: (Jahrgänge 1967 – 1982), Band 3.'', Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach, 2002, P. 560
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Literature (selection)

* Thomas Wensing in: Frank-Uwe Orbons: ''Die Gedanken gingen auf Wanderschaft'',

Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger The ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger'' (KStA) is a German daily newspaper published in Cologne, and has the largest circulation in the Cologne–Bonn Metropolitan Region. ''Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger'' has a base of over 100 contributing editors and a wide ...

, 12. April 2005 * Thomas Wensing in: Melanie Nicolai: ''Gute Unterhaltung ist ihnen wichtig'',

, 21. February 2006 * Thomas Wensing in: ''Raffinierte Lyrik und experimentelle Performance'', Donaukurier, 2. April 2006 * Thomas Wensing in: ''Tradition und Moderne'', Donaukurier, 18. April 2010 * Thomas Wensing in: ''Aus der Zeitlosigkeit des Kellers'', Donaukurier, 15. June 2010
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Nicolai Riedel Nicolai Riedel (born 17 October 1952 in Lübeck) is a German philologist, author and an editor. Riedel worked for a long time as a research fellow in the library of the German Literature Archive in Marbach am Neckar. In addition, he is the author ...

''Bibliographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Lyrik 1945–2020'',

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, Heidelberg, 2023, S. 976,

References

External links

Official website of Thomas Wensing
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in:

NRW Literatur im Netz NRW Literatur im Netz is a German internet database with short biographies of persons who have lived or worked in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Westphälische Literaturbüro (Westphalian office for literature) in Unna operates the biggest database ...

Thomas Wensing in WorldCat
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