Jens Sparschuh (born 14 May 1955) is a German writer from

Chemnitz Chemnitz (; from 1953 to 1990: Karl-Marx-Stadt , ) is the third-largest city in the German state of Saxony after Leipzig and Dresden. It is the 28th largest city of Germany as well as the fourth largest city in the area of former East Germany a ...

Life

Sparschuh was born in

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

East Berlin East Berlin was the ''de facto'' capital city of East Germany from 1949 to 1990. Formally, it was the Allied occupation zones in Germany, Soviet sector of Berlin, established in 1945. The American, British, and French sectors were known as ...

. After graduation in

Halle (Saale) Halle (Saale), or simply Halle (; from the 15th to the 17th century: ''Hall in Sachsen''; until the beginning of the 20th century: ''Halle an der Saale'' ; from 1965 to 1995: ''Halle/Saale'') is the largest city of the Germany, German States of ...

he studied

philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

and logic in Leningrad from 1973 until 1978. From 1978, he was assistant-scientist at the Humboldt University of Berlin and in 1983 he got his Ph.D. 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 (german: link=no, Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) was the process of re-establishing Germany as a united and fully sovereign state, which took place between 2 May 1989 and 15 March 1991. The day of 3 October 1990 when the Ge ...

he briefly was member of the New Forum. 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 (german: link=no, Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen, 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 Schmi ...

* 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 repo ...

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

As editor

* Friedrich von Schiller: ''

Der Geisterseher ''The Ghost-Seer'' or ''The Apparitionist'' (full title: ''Der Geisterseher – Aus den Papieren des Grafen von O**''; literally, ''The Ghost-Seer – From the papers of the Count of O**'') is a novel by Friedrich Schiller. It first app ...

'', Berlin 1984 * Friedrich Hebbel: ''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 a Gothic fiction. Byr ...

. Director:

Norbert Schaeffer Norbert is a Germanic given name, from ''nord'' "north" and ''berht'' "bright". Norbert is also occasionally found as a surname. People with the given name Academia * Norbert Angermann (born 1936), German historian * Norbert A’Campo (born 1941 ...

. Prod.: SR/SWF/SDR, 1989. (

)

References

External links

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

University Library An academic library is a library that is attached to a higher education institution and serves two complementary purposes: to support the curriculum and the research of the university faculty and students. It is unknown how many academic librar ...

of the Free University of Berlin
Jens Sparschuh in buechernachlese.de
Reviews of

Ulrich Karger Ulrich Karger (3 February 1957 in Berchtesgaden, Bavaria, Germany) is an author and teacher of religion at a school for speech disabled children in Berlin. His publications are aimed at children and adults. The complete retelling of Homers Odysse ...

in the

Buechernachlese The Buechernachlese (or: ''Büchernachlese'', translated: ''books gleanings'') is established by Ulrich Karger as freely accessible online review archives in 2000. It contains more than 1,500 of his book reviews and brief references in German to l ...

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