Jens Sparschuh (born 14 May 1955) is a German

writer A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short sto ...

from

Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt (); ; ) is the third-largest city in the Germany, German States of Germany, state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden, and the fourth-largest city in the area of former East Germany after (East Be ...

Life

Sparschuh was born in

(then Karl-Marx-Stadt) and grew up in

East Berlin East Berlin (; ) was the partially recognised capital city, capital of East Germany (GDR) from 1949 to 1990. From 1945, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet occupation sector of Berlin. The American, British, and French se ...

. After graduation in

Halle (Saale) Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (), is the second largest city of the States of Germany, German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is the sixth-most populous city in the area of former East Germany after (East Berlin, East) Berlin, Leipzig, Dresden, Chem ...

he studied

philosophy Philosophy ('love of wisdom' in Ancient Greek) is a systematic study of general and fundamental questions concerning topics like existence, reason, knowledge, Value (ethics and social sciences), value, mind, and language. It is a rational an ...

and

logic Logic is the study of correct reasoning. It includes both formal and informal logic. Formal logic is the study of deductively valid inferences or logical truths. It examines how conclusions follow from premises based on the structure o ...

Leningrad Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

from 1973 until 1978. From 1978, he was assistant-scientist at the

Humboldt University of Berlin The Humboldt University of Berlin (, abbreviated HU Berlin) is a public research university in the central borough of Mitte in Berlin, Germany. The university was established by Frederick William III on the initiative of Wilhelm von Humbol ...

and in 1983 he got his

Ph.D. A Doctor of Philosophy (PhD, DPhil; or ) is a terminal degree that usually denotes the highest level of academic achievement in a given discipline and is awarded following a course of graduate study and original research. The name of the deg ...

for the thesis „heuristischen Ausdrucksfähigkeit aussagenlogischer Beweisbegriffe“. From then on, Sparschuh makes his living as a writer of novels, essays, poetry and audio books. After the

German reunification German reunification () was the process of re-establishing Germany as a single sovereign state, which began on 9 November 1989 and culminated on 3 October 1990 with the dissolution of the East Germany, German Democratic Republic and the int ...

he briefly was member of the

New Forum New Forum () was a political movement in East Germany formed in the months leading up to the collapse of the East German state. It was founded on 9 September 1989 and was the first independent (non- National Front) political movement to be rec ...

. In 2006 and 2019 he gave short courses in Grinnell-College on German literature. He also gave lessons in the Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig.

Awards

* 1988 Anna-Seghers-Preis * 1990

Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden The Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden (War Blinded Audio Play Prize), also known as the Kriegsblindenpreis (War Blinded Prize) is the most important literary prize granted to playwrights of audio plays written in the German language. The award was e ...

* 1996 Förderpreis of the

Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen The Bremen Literature Prize (, literally: Literature Prize of the city of Bremen) is a German literary award. The prize money is €25,000 (Förderpreis: €6,000). Recipients *1954 Heinrich Schmidt-Barrien for ''Tanzgeschichten. Ein Reigen aus ...

* 2018 Prix Chronos * 2019 Günter-Grass-Preis

Works

Non fiction

* ''Erkenntnistheoretisch-methodologische Untersuchungen zur heuristischen Ausdrucksfähigkeit aussagenlogischer Beweisbegriffe'', Berlin 1983

Prose

* ''Waldwärts'', Berlin 1985 * ''Der große Coup'', Berlin 1987 * ''Kopfsprung'', Berlin 1989 * ''Indwendig'', Winsen/Luhe 1990 * ''Der Schneemensch'', Köln 1993 * ''Parzival Pechvogel'', Zürich (etc.) 1994 * ''Das Vertreterseminar'', Köln 1995 * ''Der Zimmerspringbrunnen'', Köln 1995 :French: ''Fontaine d'appartement'', 1999 :Italian: ''Il venditore di fontane'', 2000 * ''Spuren in der Weltwüste'', Lichtenfels 1996 * ''Ich dachte, sie finden uns nicht'', Köln 1997 * ''Die schöne Belinda und ihr Erfinder'', Zürich 1997 * ''Lavaters Maske'', Köln 1999 * ''Die Elbe'', Leipzig 2000 (together with Jörn Vanhöfen and

Walter Kempowski Walter Kempowski (; 29 April 1929 – 5 October 2007) was a German writer. Kempowski was known for his series of novels called ''German Chronicle'' ("Deutsche Chronik") and the monumental ''Echolot'' ("Sonar"), a collage of autobiographical rep ...

) * ''Stinkstiefel'', Zürich 2000 * ''Eins zu eins'', Köln 2003 * ''Silberblick'', Köln 2004 * ''Vom Tisch'', Leipzig 2004

As editor

Friedrich von Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, philosopher and historian. Schiller is considered by most Germans to be Germany's most important classical playwright. He was born i ...

: '' Der Geisterseher'', Berlin 1984 *

Friedrich Hebbel Christian Friedrich Hebbel (18 March 1813 – 13 December 1863) was a German poet and dramatist. Biography Hebbel was born at Wesselburen in Dithmarschen, Holstein, the son of a bricklayer. He was educated at the Gelehrtenschule des Johanneum ...

: ''Läuse der Vernunft'', Berlin 1987

Radio play pieces

* ''Ein Nebulo bist du'' together with

Manfred Steffen ''Manfred: A dramatic poem'' is a closet drama written in 1816–1817 by Lord Byron. It contains supernatural elements, in keeping with the popularity of the ghost story in England at the time. It is a typical example of Gothic fiction. Byro ...

. Director: Norbert Schaeffer. Prod.: SR/SWF/SDR, 1989. (

)

References

External links

*
ub.fu-berlin.de
Link collection of the

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of the

Free University of Berlin The Free University of Berlin (, often abbreviated as FU Berlin or simply FU) is a public university, public research university in Berlin, Germany. It was founded in West Berlin in 1948 with American support during the early Cold War period a ...

Jens Sparschuh in buechernachlese.de
Reviews of Ulrich Karger in the Buechernachlese {{DEFAULTSORT:Sparschuh, Jens 1955 births Living people Writers from Chemnitz Humboldt University of Berlin alumni German male writers