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Marcel Beyer
Marcel Beyer (born 23 November 1965) is a German writer. Life Marcel Beyer was born in Tailfingen, Württemberg, and grew up in Kiel and Neuss. From 1987 to 1991 he studied German language and literature, English studies and literary studies at the University of Siegen; in 1992 he obtained a Magister degree with a work on Friederike Mayröcker. Since 1987, he has developed performance art. From 1989 he published, with Karl Riha, the series ''Vergessene Autoren der Moderne'' (Forgotten Modernist Authors) at the University of Siegen. From 1990 to 1993, he worked as editor on the literary magazine ''Konzepte''; from 1992 to 1998, he was a contributor to the music magazine '' Spex''. In 1996 and 1998, he was writer in residence at University College London and the University of Warwick in Coventry. Beyer lived until 1996 in Cologne, and since then in Dresden. He is a visiting professor at the European Graduate School in Saas-Fee. From early on Beyer, strongly influenced by Fried ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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:''See also Bayer (surname) and buyer.'' Beyer is mostly a German family name, occurring most commonly in German-speaking countries. It can be either habitational (derived from ''Bayer'', which is the male German language demonym for Bavaria) or occupational (derived from the archaic German verb ''beiern'', "to ring (a bell)", thus referring to individuals tasked with ringing church bells). Variants of the surname include Beier, Bayer and Baier. Most inventions and institutions listed here with the name Beyer were named after an inventor or founder or supporter with the name Beyer. People named Beyer * Absalon Pederssøn Beyer (died 1575), Norwegian clergyman * Adam Beyer (born 1976), Swedish techno producer and DJ * Albert Beyer (1859–1929), United States Navy coxswain * Alexander Beyer (born 1973), German actor * Andrew Beyer, American expert on horse race betting who designed the Beyer Speed Figure * Barbara Petzold-Beyer, former East German cross-country skier * Bero Bey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saas-Fee
Saas-Fee () is the main village in the Saastal, or the Saas Valley, and is a municipality in the district of Visp in the canton of Valais in Switzerland. The village is situated on a high mountain plateau at 1,800 meters (5,900 feet), surrounded by a total of 13 peaks above 4,000 meters (13,123 feet) which is the highest concentration in the Alps, giving the village the nickname ''the Pearl of the Alps''. It is a classic ski resort characterised by well-preserved Swiss wood architecture and a car-free city centre. The villages in its neighbourhood are Saas-Almagell, Saas-Grund and Saas-Balen. Overview Its location close to the glaciers of the Dom and the Allalinhorn provides winter sport opportunities throughout the year, and neighbouring peaks such as the Weissmies, the Nadelhorn and the Lenzspitze are popular climbs in the summer season. The community is considered to be a very attractive winter sport destination in the Swiss Alps. Typical activities include skiing, snowboar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heinrich-Böll-Preis
The Heinrich-Böll-Preis is a literary prize of Germany, awarded by the City of Cologne in memory of Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll. The prize money is €30,000. The prize is awarded "for outstanding achievements – even by still unknown authors – in the field of German-language literature". Recipients * 1980 Hans Mayer * 1981 Peter Weiss * 1982 Wolfdietrich Schnurre * 1983 Uwe Johnson * 1984 Helmut Heißenbüttel * 1985 Hans Magnus Enzensberger * 1986 Elfriede Jelinek * 1987 Ludwig Harig * 1988 * 1989 Brigitte Kronauer * 1990 Günter de Bruyn * 1991 Rainald Goetz * 1992 Hans Joachim Schädlich * 1993 Alexander Kluge * 1995 Jürgen Becker * 1997 W. G. Sebald * 1999 Gerhard Meier * 2001 Marcel Beyer * 2003 Anne Duden * 2005 Ralf Rothmann * 2007 Christoph Ransmayr * 2009 Uwe Timm * 2011 Ulrich Peltzer * 2013 Eva Menasse * 2015 Herta Müller * 2017 Ilija Trojanow * 2019 Juli Zeh Juli Zeh (, Julia Barbara Finck, née Zeh; born 30 June 1974 in Bonn) is a German writer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lessing Prize Of The Free State Of Saxony
The Lessing Prize of the Free State of Saxony is a German literary award. It was founded in 1993 by the Government of the Free State of Saxony and is awarded every two years. It consists of a main prize, which honours outstanding achievements in the spirit of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, especially in the field of literature, literary criticism and the theater. This prize is worth 20,000 euros. In addition, two further "promotional prizes" are awarded, which seek to publicly recognize and promote promising beginnings in these fields. These prizes are each worth 5,500 euros. The award ceremony usually takes place on 21 January, the eve of Lessing's birthday (22 January 1729), as part of the celebrations organized by the Lessing Museum in his native town of Kamenz. The award builds on the tradition of the Lessing Prize of the GDR , which was awarded from 1955 to 1989 by the Ministry of Culture of the GDR. Winners * 1993: Hans Sahl; also Lutz Graf * 1995: Rolf Hoppe; also Angela Krauss ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Horst Bienek Prize For Poetry
The Horst Bienek Prize for Poetry () is a German literary prize named after novelist and poet Horst Bienek. It was established in 1991 and is awarded by the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. It is awarded every two years. Recipients *1991: John Ashbery, Förderpreis: Journal of Literature ''Neue Sirene'' *1992: Tomas Tranströmer, Förderpreis: Manfred Peter Hein *1993: Robert Creeley and Walter Höllerer *1994: Seamus Heaney *1995: Johannes Kühn, Förderpreis: Heiderhoff Verlag *1996: Ronald Stuart Thomas, Förderpreis: Kevin Perryman *1997: Oskar Pastior, Förderpreis: Toni Pongratz *1998: Inger Christensen, Förderpreis: Marcel Beyer *1999: Wulf Kirsten, Förderpreis: Amanda Aizpuriete *2000: Philippe Jaccottet, Förderpreis: Stevan Tontić *2001: Michael Hamburger *2002: Adam Zagajewski, Förderpreis: Urs Engeler *2003: Charles Simic, Förderpreis: Bernhard Albers *2004: ''no award'' *2005: Alfred Kolleritsch, Förderpreis: Anja Utler *2007: Yves Bonnefoy, Friedhelm Kemp; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Uwe Johnson Prize
The Uwe Johnson Prize is an annual German literary award. The award is named after the writer Uwe Johnson (1934–1984) and was first awarded in 1994. It is awarded for "outstanding literary works in which there are links to the poetics of Uwe Johnson". Alternating the main prize for a work and the Förderpreis (promotional prize) for the best debut is awarded by the Mecklenburg Literature Society, the Nordkurier (1994–2016), the Berlin law firm Gentz und Partner (since 2012) and the Humanistischer Verband Deutschlands (since 2017). The prize is endowed with €20,000 (Förderpreis: €5,000). Recipients * 1994: Kurt Drawert ''Spiegelland. Ein deutscher Monolog'' * 1995: Walter Kempowski for ''Das Echolot'' * 1997: Marcel Beyer for ''Flughunde'' * 1999: Gert Neumann for ''Anschlag'' * 2003: Norbert Gstrein for ''Das Handwerk des Tötens'' * 2005: Arno Orzessek for ''Schattauers Tochter'' (Förderpreis) * 2006: for ''Späte Reise'' * 2007: Emma Braslavsky for ''Aus dem Sinn' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Critics Federation Prize
German(s) may refer to: * Germany (of or related to) **Germania (historical use) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizens of Germany, see also German nationality law **Germanic peoples (Roman times) * German language **any of the Germanic languages * German cuisine, traditional foods of Germany People * German (given name) * German (surname) * Germán, a Spanish name Places * German (parish), Isle of Man * German, Albania, or Gërmej * German, Bulgaria * German, Iran * German, North Macedonia * German, New York, U.S. * Agios Germanos, Greece Other uses * German (mythology), a South Slavic mythological being * Germans (band), a Canadian rock band * "German" (song), a 2019 song by No Money Enterprise * ''The German'', a 2008 short film * "The Germans", an episode of ''Fawlty Towers'' * ''The German'', a nickname for Congolese rebel André Kisase Ngandu See also * Germanic (other) * German ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berlin Literature Prize
Berlin is the capital and largest city of Germany, both by area and by population. Its more than 3.85 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, as measured by population within city limits having gained this status after the United Kingdom's, and thus London's, departure from the European Union. Simultaneously, the city is one of the states of Germany, and is the third smallest state in the country in terms of area. Berlin is surrounded by the state of Brandenburg, and Brandenburg's capital Potsdam is nearby. The urban area of Berlin has a population of over 4.5 million and is therefore the most populous urban area in Germany. The Berlin-Brandenburg capital region has around 6.2 million inhabitants and is Germany's second-largest metropolitan region after the Rhine-Ruhr region, and the fifth-biggest metropolitan region by GDP in the European Union. Berlin was built along the banks of the Spree river, which flows into the Havel in the western bor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Rhine Westphalia Promotional Prize
North is one of the four compass points or cardinal directions. It is the opposite of south and is perpendicular to east and west. ''North'' is a noun, adjective, or adverb indicating direction or geography. Etymology The word ''north'' is related to the Old High German ''nord'', both descending from the Proto-Indo-European unit *''ner-'', meaning "left; below" as north is to left when facing the rising sun. Similarly, the other cardinal directions are also related to the sun's position. The Latin word ''borealis'' comes from the Greek '' boreas'' "north wind, north", which, according to Ovid, was personified as the wind-god Boreas, the father of Calais and Zetes. ''Septentrionalis'' is from ''septentriones'', "the seven plow oxen", a name of ''Ursa Major''. The Greek ἀρκτικός (''arktikós'') is named for the same constellation, and is the source of the English word ''Arctic''. Other languages have other derivations. For example, in Lezgian, ''kefer'' can mea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Klagenfurt
Klagenfurt am WörtherseeLandesgesetzblatt 2008 vom 16. Jänner 2008, Stück 1, Nr. 1: ''Gesetz vom 25. Oktober 2007, mit dem die Kärntner Landesverfassung und das Klagenfurter Stadtrecht 1998 geändert werden.'/ref> (; ; sl, Celovec), usually known as just Klagenfurt ( ), is the capital of the state of Carinthia in Austria. With a population of 103,009 (1 January 2022), it is the sixth-largest city in the country. The city is the bishop's seat of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gurk-Klagenfurt and home to the University of Klagenfurt, the Carinthian University of Applied Sciences and the Gustav Mahler University of Music. Geography Location The city of Klagenfurt is in southern Austria, near the border with Slovenia. It is in the lower middle of Austria, almost the same distance from Innsbruck in the west as it is from Vienna in the northeast. Klagenfurt is elevated above sea level and covers an area of . It is on the lake Wörthersee and on the Glan river. The city is ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
The Festival of German-Language Literature (german: Tage der deutschsprachigen Literatur, links=no) 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 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 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rolf Dieter Brinkmann Scholarship
Rolf is a male given name and a surname. It originates in the Germanic name ''Hrolf'', itself a contraction of ''Hrodwulf'' ( Rudolf), a conjunction of the stem words ''hrod'' ("renown") + ''wulf'' ("wolf"). The Old Norse cognate is ''Hrólfr''. An alternative but less common variation of ''Rolf'' in Norway is ''Rolv''. The oldest evidence of the use of the name Rolf in Sweden is an inscription from the 11th century on a runestone in Forsheda, Småland. The name also appears twice in the Orkneyinga sagas, where a scion of the jarls of Orkney, Gånge-Rolf, is said to be identical to the Viking Rollo who captured Normandy in 911. This Saga of the Norse begins with the abduction of Gói daughter by a certain Hrolf of Berg, (the Mountain). She is the daughter of Thorri, a Jotun of Gandvik, and sister of Gór and Nór. The latter is regarded as a first king and eponymous anchestor of Nórway. After a fierce duell (Holmgang) where none is able to overcome the other, Hrolf and Nór beco ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
