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Jan Wagner (conductor)
Jan Wagner may refer to: * Jan Wagner (poet) (born 1971), German poet, essayist and translator, recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize * Jan Costin Wagner Jan Costin Wagner (born 13 October 1972 in Langen) is a German crime fiction writer. His novels are set in Finland and feature detective Kimmo Joentaa. Biography Wagner studied German Literature and History at university in Frankfurt Fr ... (born 1972), German crime fiction writer * Jan Wagner (conductor), Venezuelan conductor with the Odense Symphony Orchestra {{hndis, Wagner, Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Wagner (poet)
Jan Wagner (born 18 October 1971), is a German poet, essayist and translator, recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize and Leipzig Book Fair Prize. Life Wagner was born in Hamburg, and grew up north of it, in the small town of Ahrensburg in Schleswig-Holstein. He studied English (Anglistics) in Hamburg, Dublin and Berlin, and graduated from Hamburg University, and at Trinity College, Dublin. In 2008, he was Max Kade German Writer in Residence at Oberlin College. In 2001 his first volume of poetry "Probebohrung im Himmel" was published. Wagner's poems have been translated into thirty languages. Wagner has been translator of English-language poetry (Charles Simic, James Tate, Simon Armitage, Matthew Sweeney and others), freelance reviewer ( Frankfurter Rundschau and others) and until 2003 co-editor of the international literature box "The Outside of the Element". Since 1995, he lives in Berlin. Awards * 2001: Förderpreis Hermann-Hesse-Preis * 2004: Anna Seghers Prize * 201 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georg Büchner Prize
The Georg Büchner Prize (german: link=no, Georg-Büchner-Preis) is the most important literary prize for German language literature, along with the Goethe Prize. The award is named after dramatist and writer Georg Büchner, author of ''Woyzeck'' and ''Leonce and Lena''. The Georg Büchner Prize is awarded annually for authors "writing in the German language who have notably emerged through their oeuvre as essential contributors to the shaping of contemporary German cultural life". History The Georg Büchner Prize was created in 1923 in memory of Georg Büchner and was only given to artists who came from or were closely tied to Büchner's home of Hesse. It was first awarded in 1923. Among the early recipients were mostly visual artists, poets, actors, and singers. In 1951, the prize changed to a general literary prize, awarded annually by the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. It goes to German language authors, and the annual speech by the recipient takes place in Darm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Costin Wagner
Jan Costin Wagner (born 13 October 1972 in Langen) is a German crime fiction writer. His novels are set in Finland and feature detective Kimmo Joentaa. Biography Wagner studied German Literature and History at university in Frankfurt Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ..., and later worked as a journalist. His first novel, "Nachtfahrt" (Night Trip) was published to much acclaim in 2002 and won the Marlowe Prize for Best Crime Novel. His wife is a native of Finland, and they spend time both there and in Germany. His 2007 novel ''The Silence'' (german: Das Schweigen) was adapted into the 2010 German film of the same name in English; the original name of the film in German is ''Das letzte Schweigen'', i.e. ''The last Silence''. Bibliography * ''Eismond'' 2003, (''Ic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Wagner (conductor)
Jan Wagner may refer to: * Jan Wagner (poet) (born 1971), German poet, essayist and translator, recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize * Jan Costin Wagner Jan Costin Wagner (born 13 October 1972 in Langen) is a German crime fiction writer. His novels are set in Finland and feature detective Kimmo Joentaa. Biography Wagner studied German Literature and History at university in Frankfurt Fr ... (born 1972), German crime fiction writer * Jan Wagner (conductor), Venezuelan conductor with the Odense Symphony Orchestra {{hndis, Wagner, Jan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
