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Burkhard Spinnen
Burkhard Spinnen (born December 28, 1956, in Mönchengladbach) is a German author. Education and early life Spinnen grew up in Mönchengladbach as the only child of Willy and Cornelia Spinnen. After completing his secondary education and his military service in 1976, he studied Mass communication, Sociology and German studies, German Studies at the University of Münster, completing his master's degree in 1984 and then his doctorate in the Faculty of Philosophy in 1989. Following his studies, he worked at the Institute for German Studies as an Assistant until 1995 after which, from 1996 onward, he decided to become a freelance writer. Career as a writer Burkhard Spinnen is a member of PEN Centre Germany. From 1997 to 2000 he was guest professor at the Deutsches Literaturinstitut in Leipzig. From 2000 to 2006 he was a member of the Jury of the Klagenfurt-based Ingeborg-Bachmann-Prize, and from 2008 to 2014 the Jury Chairman. Since 2011 he has been a member of the prestigious N ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis
Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis is a literary prize of Germany. The Deutscher Literaturfonds (German Literature Fund) based in Darmstadt has been awarding the prize since 1983. The prize money was raised in 2019 from €20,000 to €30,000. In addition to the main prize, the Kranichsteiner Literaturförderpreis is also awarded. In 2020, the Deutscher Literaturfonds renamed the prize to Großer Preis des Deutschen Literaturfonds (Grand Prize of the German Literature Fund) and the prize money has been raised to €50,000. It is awarded for an outstanding literary work. Recipients Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis * 1983: Rainald Goetz * 1984: Adelheid Duvanel * 1985: Helga M. Novak * 1986: Anne Duden * 1987: Wolfgang Hilbig * 1988: Klaus Hensel * 1989: Thomas Strittmatter * 1990: Josef Winkler * 1991: Herta Müller * 1992: Ludwig Fels * 1993: * 1995: * 1996: Burkhard Spinnen * 1997: Birgit Vanderbeke * 1998: Thomas Meinecke * 1999: Lutz Seiler * 2001: Wilhelm Genazino * 200 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Living People
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1956 Births
Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan after 57 years. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim Elliot and Pete Fleming, are killed for trespassing by the Waorani people of Ecuador, shortly after making contact with them. * January 16 – Egyptian leader Gamal Abdel Nasser vows to reconquer Palestine (region), Palestine. * January 25–January 26, 26 – Finnish troops reoccupy Porkkala, after Soviet Union, Soviet troops vacate its military base. Civilians can return February 4. * January 26 – The 1956 Winter Olympics open in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy. February * February 2 – Austria and Israel establish diplomatic Austria–Israel relations, relations. * February 11 – British Espionage, spies Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean (spy), Donald Maclean resurface in the Soviet Union, after being missing for 5 years. * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutscher Hörbuchpreis
Deutscher Hörbuchpreis (German Audiobook Prize) is a literary prize of Germany. Best of all * 2003: Isaak Babel: ''Die Reiterarmee.'' '' Red Cavalry'' * 2004: Flann O'Brien: ''Auf Schwimmen-zwei-Vögel.'' ''At Swim-Two-Birds'' Kein & Aber Records, Zürich, read by Harry Rowohlt * 2005: ** Peter Märthesheimer: ''Krupp oder Die Erfindung des bürgerlichen Zeitalters. ''Der Audioverlag, Berlin, Speakers: Udo Schenk, Ulrich Noethen and others, Director: Norbert Schaeffer, Production: Westdeutscher Rundfunk ** Robert Musil: '' Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften, Remix. ''Der Hörverlag, München,'' ''Konzeption und Manuskript: Katarina Agathos und Herbert Kapfer, Director: Klaus Buhlert, Speakers: Manfred Zapatka, Ulrich Matthes, Susanne Wolf and others, Production: Bayerischer Rundfunk with cooperation of Robert-Musil-Institut, Klagenfurt * 2006: Dylan Thomas: '' Unter dem Milchwald. ''Der Hörverlag, München,'' '' Director: Götz Fritsch, Sprecher: Harry Rowohlt, Boris Al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Financial Times Deutschland
The ''Financial Times Deutschland'' was a German-language financial newspaper based in Hamburg, Germany, published by Bertelsmann's Gruner + Jahr newspaper and magazine division. The daily contained four sections: Business, Politics & Economy, Finance, and Agenda (Comment, Analysis, Sport, Culture). It ceased publication on 7 December 2012. History and profile ''Financial Times Deutschland'' was founded at the height of the dot-com bubble on 21 February 2000 as a joint venture between UK ''Financial Times'' publisher Pearson and Gruner + Jahr. The paper's original editor was Andrew Gowers. Circulation grew to 103,000 readers by the third quarter of 2007, however the paper never turned a profit. At the beginning of 2008 Pearson sold their stake to Gruner + Jahr for €10m and an agreement to receive annual licence fees of €500,000. Following the sale to Gruner + Jahr, the ''FT Deutschland'' became no longer subject to any editorial control from the ''Financial Times''. The cir ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caroline-Schlegel-Preis
The is a literary award of the city of Jena in Germany, given for outstanding work in the genres of essay and feuilleton in German. The award began with a public competition in 2000, to celebrate the (lit.: ''House of the Romantics'', the former residence of the philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte) opening as a museum for literary culture. Starting from 2002, the award has been given once every three years. There is a main prize (: €5,000) and a secondary prize for early-career entrants (: €2,500). The prize money of €7,500 is funded by an anonymous private patron. Naming The award is named for the notable German freethinker Caroline Schelling, Caroline Schlegel (1763–1809), a member of the Jena Romanticism, Jena Romantics and daughter of Göttingen professor and theologist Johann David Michaelis. She contributed to the Athenaeum (German magazine), Athenaeum, an important magazine for early Romanticism founded by Friedrich Schlegel and his brother August Wilhelm Schlegel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Literaturpreis Der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Literaturpreis der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is a literary prize of Germany. The prize money is €20,000 and the prize ceremony takes place in Weimar. The first winner was Sarah Kirsch. The prize is awarded "to authors who give freedom their word". The Konrad Adenauer Foundation has been awarding the prize since 1993. Recipients Source: * 1993 Sarah Kirsch * 1994 Walter Kempowski * 1995 Hilde Domin * 1996 Günter de Bruyn * 1997 Thomas Hürlimann * 1998 * 1999 Burkhard Spinnen * 2000 Louis Begley * 2001 Norbert Gstrein * 2002 Adam Zagajewski * 2003 Patrick Roth * 2004 Herta Müller * 2005 Wulf Kirsten * 2006 Daniel Kehlmann * 2007 Petra Morsbach * 2008 Ralf Rothmann * 2009 Uwe Tellkamp * 2010 Cees Nooteboom * 2011 Arno Geiger * 2012 * 2013 Martin Mosebach * 2014 Rüdiger Safranski * 2015 Marica Bodrožić * 2016 Michael Kleeberg * 2017 Michael Köhlmeier * 2018 Mathias Énard Mathias Énard (born 1972) is a French novelist. He studied Persian and Arabic a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Aspekte-Literaturpreis
The Aspekte-Literaturpreis (''Aspekte'' Literature Prize) is awarded annually for the best debut novel written in German, as judged by a panel of writers, critics, and scholars. The prize is sponsored by the ZDF television network through its arts program, '. It is valued at 10,000 Euros. Past recipients include Georg Büchner Prize-winner Felicitas Hoppe and Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Prize-winner Herta Müller. The award was established in 1979. Winners *1979 Hanns-Josef Ortheil for ''Fermer'' *1980 Michael Schneider (writer), Michael Schneider for ''Das Spiegelkabinett'' *1981 Thomas Hürlimann for ''Die Tessinerin'' *1982 Inge Merkel for ''Das andere Gesicht'' *1983 Zsuzsanna Gahse for ''Zero'' *1983 Beat Sterchi for ''Blösch'' *1984 Herta Müller for ''Niederungen'' *1985 Jochen Beyse for ''Der Aufklärungsmacher'' *1986 Barbara Honigmann for ''Roman von einem Kinde'' *1987 Erich Hackl for ''Auroras Anlaß'' *1988 Christa Moog for ''Aus tausend grünen Spiegeln'' *1989 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach (, ) is a List of cities and towns in Germany, city in North Rhine-Westphalia, western Germany, west of the Rhine, halfway between Düsseldorf and the Netherlands, Dutch border. Geography Municipal subdivisions Since 2009, the territory of Mönchengladbach has comprised four (previously ten) boroughs which are subdivided into 44 districts. The boroughs and their associated districts were: * * * * History Name and origins The original name of the city was , by which it is still often known today. To distinguish it from another town of the same name (the present ), it took the name ('Monks’ Gladbach', in reference to the abbey) in 1888. Between 1933 and 1950, it was written ' (short: ), without a hyphen. This spelling was seen as potentially misleading, as it could imply that Gladbach was a borough of Munich (), so consequently the name was changed to in 1950 (and subsequently in 1960) to avoid confusion. The town was founded around Gladbach Abbey i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingeborg-Bachmann-Prize
The Festival of German-Language Literature () is a literary event which takes place annually in Klagenfurt, Austria. During this major literary festival which lasts for several days a number of awards are given, the major one being the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, first awarded in 1977 and one of the most important awards for German literature, literature in the German language. History In the mid seventies, the journalist and writer Humbert Fink and the chairman of the Austrian Radio and TV (ORF) studio in Carinthia (state), Carinthia at that time, Ernst Willner, decided to establish a literary competition based on an event held by Gruppe 47. They were able to enlist Marcel Reich-Ranicki amongst others onto the original jury. The result was the Festival of German-Language Literature, which has taken place annually since 1977 and is televised live by ORF. The Ingeborg Bachmann Prize The main prize of the Festival is given in memory of Ingeborg Bachmann (25 June 1926 – 17 Octob ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
PEN Centre Germany
PEN Centre Germany is part of the worldwide association of writers founded in London in 1921, now known as PEN International. One of over 140 autonomous PEN centres around the world, PEN Centre Germany is based in Darmstadt, Hesse. Work PEN Centre Germany upholds the objectives of PEN International in protecting the freedom of intellectual expression throughout the world. PEN Centre Germany supports two main programmes: Writers in Prison and Writers in Exile. Founded in 1999, Writers in Exile is a programme supporting international writers who are given the opportunity to live and work in safety, with accommodation provided in Berlin, Cologne, Hamburg and Munich together with living expenses. Since 1985 PEN Centre Germany has awarded the Hermann Kesten Prize for outstanding services to persecuted authors. PEN Centre Germany is also a participant in the annual Writers for Peace Committee founded in 1984. History of PEN Centre Germany Weimar Republic The German branch of I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
