Monika Rinck (born 29 April 1969) is a German

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Life and work

After graduating from high school, Monika Rinck studied

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. She writes

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s, which she published in various publishing houses and numerous anthologies (including Der Große Conrady) and literary magazines (including BELLA triste, Edit, Poetenladen), and works as a translator. In addition, she wrote lyrics for the Italoberlin singer-songwriter Bruno Franceschini and the composers Franz Tröger and Bo Wiget. She is the sister of the sculptor Stefan Rinck. In 2008, the

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broadcast her work AM APPARAT (your truth style) in the series literature as radio art. From 2008 to 2016, she performed together with Ann Cotten and Sabine Scho as Rotten Kinck Schow. She taught, amongst others, at the

German Institute for Literature The German Institute for Literature (German: ''Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig'', DLL) is a part of Leipzig University and offers university education for writers. It was founded in 1955 under the name Johannes R. Becher-Institut, at that time ...

in Leipzig and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna and curated POETICA III in Cologne in 2017. She is a member of the PEN Center Germany, the German Academy for Language and Poetry and the Berlin Academy of the Arts. From 1999 to 2017 she worked at rbb – Inforadio. In 2015, she gave the Munster Poetics Lecture, and in 2019 the Lichtenberg Poetics Lecture in

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Works

Publications

* ''Neues von der Phasenfront. Gegenstand: unproduktive Phasen'', ein Theorie-

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. b_books 1998, . * ''Begriffsstudio 996–2001'. Edition Sutstein 2001, . * ''Verzückte Distanzen'', Gedichte. Zu Klampen, Springe 2004, . * ''fumbling with matches = Herumfingern an Gleichgesinnten''. SuKuLTuR, Berlin 2005 (Reihe " Schöner Lesen", Nr. 38), . * ''Ah, das Love-Ding'',

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s. Kookbooks, Idstein 2006, . * ''zum fernbleiben der umarmung'', Gedichte. Kookbooks, Idstein 2007, . * ''pass auf, pony!'' ein Hörbuch, Illustration: Petrus Akkordeon. Edition Sutstein 2008, . * ''HELLE VERWIRRUNG / Rincks Ding- und Tierleben''. Gedichte. Texte unter Zeichnungen. Kookbooks, Idstein 2009, . * ''ELF KLEINE DRESSUREN.'' Max Marek (Scherenschnitt) und Monika Rinck (Texte). edition sutstein, Berlin 2009, . * ''PARA-Riding.'' Laura (Riding) Jackson, Christian Filips und Monika Rinck (Gedichte, Essays, Übersetzungen). Roughbook 015, Berlin und Solothurn 2011. * ''Helm aus

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. Zur Theorie des schlechtesten Werkzeugs.'' Mit Ann Cotten, Daniel Falb, Hendrik Jackson und Steffen Popp. Merve Verlag, Berlin 2011, . * ''ICH BIN DER WIND. Geschwinde Lieder für Kinder.'' Mit Audio-CD. Illustriert von Andreas Töpfer. Mit Wilhelm Taubert (Lieder), Katia Tchemberdji (Komposition), Monika Rinck (Texte). Kookbooks Berlin 2011, . * ''HONIGPROTOKOLLE''. Sieben Skizzen zu Gedichten, welche sehr gut sind. Mit vier Liedern von Bo Wiget und einem Poster von Andreas Töpfer. Kookbooks, Berlin 2012, . * ''HASENHASS''. Eine Fibel in 47 Bildern. Verlag Peter Engstler, Ostheim/Rhön 2013, . *
''Monika Rinck''
(= Poesiealbum 314)'', Lyrikauswahl von Klaus Siblewski, Grafik von Stefan Rinck. Märkischer Verlag Wilhelmshorst 2014, . * ''I AM THE ZOO / Candy – Geschichten vom inneren Biest''. Mit Nele Brönner (Illustrationen). Verlag Peter Engstler, Ostheim/Rhön 2014, . * ''RISIKO UND IDIOTIE''. Streitschriften. Kookbooks, Berlin 2015, . * ''LIEDER FÜR DIE LETZTE RUNDE''. Ein Hörbuch. Text: Monika Rinck. Komposition: Franz Tröger. Gesang: Christian Filips. Kookbooks, Berlin 2015, * ''Wir''. Essay. Verlagshaus Berlin 2015, . * ''DIE VERLORENE WELT / THE LOST WORLD''. Im Rahmen des Modellprojektes Kunst/Natur. Künstlerische Interventionen im Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. Erscheint zur Ausstellung 25. April to 23 July 2017. Englische Übersetzung: Nicholas Grindell. Berlin, 2017, .''Kunst/Natur III – Künstlerische Interventionen im Museum für Naturkunde Berlin''
Presseinformation, Museum für Naturkunde, retrieved 26 April 2017. * ''Kritik der Motorkraft''. Brüterich Press Berlin 2017, * ''Champagner für die Pferde''. Ein Lesebuch. S. Fischer Verlag 2019, * ''Alle Türen''. Gedichte. kookbooks Berlin 2019, * ''Wirksame Fiktionen''. Lichtenberg-Poetikvorlesung. Wallstein Göttingen 2019, * ''Heida! Heida! He!'' Sadismus von irgend etwas Modernem und ich und Lärm! Fernando Pessoas sensationistischer Ingenieur Álvaro de Campos. Verlag Das Wunderhorn 2019, * ''Höllenfahrt & Entenstaat''. Gedichte. Kookbooks, Berlin 2024, ISBN 978-3-948336-26-4.

Translations

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István Kemény István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to: People with the given name Nobles, palatines and judges royal * Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first k ...

: Nützliche Ruinen'', Gedichte. Aus dem Ungarischen von Orsolya Kalász, Monika Rinck, Gerhard Falkner, Steffen Popp. Gutleut Verlag 2007, . * ''János Térey: KaltWasserKult'', Gedichte. Aus dem Ungarischen von Orsolya Kalász, Monika Rinck, Gerhard Falkner. Akademie Schloss Solitude, 2007, . * ''Bálint Harcos: Naive Pflanze'', Erzählung. Aus dem Ungarischen von Orsolya Kalász und Monika Rinck. Akademie Schloss Solitude, 2008, . * ''István László G.: Sandfuge'', Gedichte. Aus dem Ungarischen von Orsolya Kalász und Monika Rinck. Akademie Schloss Solitude, 2009, . * ''

Tomaž Šalamun Tomaž Šalamun (July 4, 1941 – December 27, 2014) was a Slovenian poet who was a leading figure of postwar neo-avant-garde poetry in Central EuropeColm Tóibín (2004The comet's trail The Guardian, Guardian and an internationally acclaimed Absu ...

: Rudert! Rudert!'' Gedichte. Aus dem Slowenischen von Gregor Podlogar und Monika Rinck. Edition Korrespondenzen, 2012, . * ''

András Gerevich András Tibor Gerevich (; born 4 December 1976) is a Hungarian poet, screenwriter, translation, literary translator and professor of screenwriting at Budapest Metropolitan University and McDaniel College Budapest. His first book of Poetry (Hand ...

: Teiresias' Geständnisse'', Gedichte. Aus dem Ungarischen von Orsolya Kalász, Timea Tankó und Monika Rinck. Akademie Schloss Solitude, 2013, . * '' Kinga Tóth: Allmaschine'', Gedichte. Aus dem Ungarischen von Orsolya Kalász und Monika Rinck. Ungarisch, Deutsch. Edition Solitude, 2014, . * ''István Kemény: ein guter traum mit tieren'', Gedichte. Aus dem Ungarischen von Orsolya Kalász und Monika Rinck. Ungarisch, Deutsch. Matthes & Seitz, 2015, . * ''Márió Z. Nemes: Puschkins Brüste'', Gedichte. Aus dem Ungarischen von Orsolya Kalász, Monika Rinck und Matthias Kniep. Ungarisch, Deutsch. Edition Solitude, 2016, * ''Magnus William-Olsson: Homullus absconditus'', Gedichte. YPNO-HOMULLUSUnter Hypnose aus dem Schwedischen ins Deutsche übersetzt und herausgegeben von Monika Rinck. (= ''roughbooks''; 039). Urs Engeler, Solothurn 2016, . * ''

Eugene Ostashevsky Eugene Ostashevsky (born 1968) is a Russian-American writer, poet, translator and professor at New York University. Early life and education Ostashevsky was born in Leningrad. He immigrated with his parents to the United States when he was 11 yea ...

: Der Pirat, der von Pi den Wert nicht kennt'', Gedichte. Aus dem amerikanischen Englisch von Monika Rinck und Uljana Wolf. kookbooks 2017, . * ''

: Ich übergebe das Zeitalter'', Gedichte. Aus dem Ungarischen von Orsolya Kalász und Monika Rinck. Reinecke & Voß, 2019, .

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Rinck, Monika 1969 births Living people 21st-century German poets German women poets German lyricists 21st-century German translators 21st-century German essayists German women essayists 21st-century German women writers Writers from Rhineland-Palatinate People from Zweibrücken Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin Ruhr University Bochum alumni Yale University alumni Academic staff of Leipzig University Academic staff of the University of Applied Arts Vienna