Armin Steigenberger (born 7 January 1965 in

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) is a German poet, novelist, writer, literary editor, and musician. At the end of the 1990s, he was chairman of the Münchner Literaturbüro. He won several literary awards including

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in 2009.

Life and work

Steigenberger studied architecture at

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and worked until 2000 in the same profession. Since then he has worked as a freelance and writing reviews and organizing reading and writing seminars. In addition, he moderates two radio broadcasts for LORA Munich and is co-editor of the literary magazine '' Außer.dem''. He is a member of the poetry group Rhyme Free and was from 2008 to 2011 participant in the Darmstadt Text Workshop Kurt Drawert. Together with Karin Fellner, he is considered one of the driving forces in the development of a contemporary Munich

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scene. Steigenberger mainly writes poetry, but also published a novel and wrote plays. Numerous texts also appeared in literary journals (e.g. '' Das Gedicht'', '' lauter niemand'', '' NDL'', ''

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'') and

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(e.g. Jahrbuch der Lyrik in 2020, '' Versnetze''). Steigenberger moderated the one-hour radio program "Schöner Stottern" ("Better Stuttering"), from 2007 to 2015, together with Enrico Strathausen. The program offered information on

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, but above all on the social perception of stuttering and the associated exclusion. The program was perceived as a successful attempt to counteract social discrimination against stuttering people. The fact that both moderators themselves stuttered was a peculiarity and was considered a taboo because stuttering people would not normally have access to the radio and television media. Steigenberger is married and lives in Munich.

Bibliography

Awards

* 2006 in the last selection round of the 3rd Drama Competition of the

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with the play ' (Business Game) * 2006 3rd Prize at dO!PEN Award * 2009 1st prize at the 11th

* 2013 2nd prize in the literature competition Stockstadt. * 2015 Special Prize at the Book Fair in Ried, Stockstadt.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Steigenberger, Armin 1965 births Living people 21st-century German poets 21st-century German male writers German male poets