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Kai Engelke (born 1 April 1946) is a German writer,
music journalist, reciter, singer-songwriter and teacher.
Life
Kai Engelke is the son of journalist and author Jooschen Engelke (1918–1962) and painter Robin Mück-Engelke (1909–2000).
He was born in
Göttingen
Göttingen (, , ; nds, Chöttingen) is a college town, university city in Lower Saxony, central Germany, the Capital (political), capital of Göttingen (district), the eponymous district. The River Leine runs through it. At the end of 2019, t ...
, grew up in
Hildesheim
Hildesheim (; nds, Hilmessen, Hilmssen; la, Hildesia) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany with 101,693 inhabitants. It is in the district of Hildesheim, about southeast of Hanover on the banks of the Innerste River, a small tributary of the Lei ...
(Lower Saxony) as well as
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
, and was also based on the North Frisian Island Föhr on the German coast of the
North Sea
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. His formative years were marked by constant change as the family moved to different places in Germany. As a consequence, he was educated at a boarding school in
Marburg
Marburg ( or ) is a university town in the German federal state (''Bundesland'') of Hesse, capital of the Marburg-Biedenkopf district (''Landkreis''). The town area spreads along the valley of the river Lahn and has a population of approximate ...
, attended grammar school in
Gießen, commenced his journalistic training with renowned German newswire dpa (
Frankfurt/Main) and eventually graduated from
Hildesheim University
The University of Hildesheim (in German ''Universität Hildesheim'') is a public university located in Hildesheim.
History
Alfeld University of Education (Pädagogische Hochschule Alfeld) - University of Hildesheim
The University of Hildeshe ...
, majoring in educational science. Subsequently, he freelanced with Hildesheimer Presse,
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Geography
*Taz (river), a river in western Siberia, Russia
*Taz Estuary, the estuary of the river Taz in Russia
People
* Taz people, an ethnic group in Russia
** Taz language, a form of Northeastern Mandarin spoken by ...
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...
and pursued journalistic projects with radio stations such as NDR
Hannover
Hanover (; german: Hannover ; nds, Hannober) is the capital and largest city of the German States of Germany, state of Lower Saxony. Its 535,932 (2021) inhabitants make it the List of cities in Germany by population, 13th-largest city in Germa ...
and Radio Bremen. Over his career, Engelke has contributed essays, commentaries, novels and poetry to more than 100 anthologies.
Between 1975 and 2011, Engelke worked as primary school teacher in
Esterwegen
Esterwegen is a municipality in the Emsland district, in Lower Saxony, Germany.
Geography
Esterwegen lies in northwest Germany, less than from the Dutch border and about from the sea.
Demographics
In 2015 the population was 5,280.
Government ...
/Emsland. From 1981 to 1988, he coordinated the Surwolder Literaturgespräche, a platform for painters, journalists, playwrights, authors and musicians to mix and mingle, attend workshops, perform and be merry. From 2001 to 2007 Engelke was the art director of Bremen-based Landesliteraturtage Niedersachsen/Bremen. Also, he has been active as art director as well as facilitator at the Meppener Krimitage (crime fiction event based in Meppen/Germany) since 2009. He has been facilitating the International Liederfeste at
Burg Waldeck since 2011, contributed as jury-member and was in charge of the Liederbestenliste (high score list for world music and folk releases) as well as the Preis der deutschen Schallplattenkritik (acclaimed award for best German releases). As longstanding editor he contributed essays, reviews and commentaries for Germany-based folk and world music magazine Folker.
Kai Engelke was a contributing member of the German Writers' Guild Verband Deutscher Schriftsteller (VS) between 1978 and 2014. Over and above of his membership with the Writer's Guild he also worked as executive member being in charge of matters in Lower Saxony. He has been a member of the Syndikat since 2005 – an association of German crime authors.
[Niedersachsen literarisch, Hannover 1988 (S. 157–160)]
Engelke is married to Ulrike Engelke and father of five children.
Works
Lyrics
* Lärmend der Nacht entgegen, lyrics, Convent-Verlag,
Oldenburg Oldenburg may also refer to:
Places
*Mount Oldenburg, Ellsworth Land, Antarctica
*Oldenburg (city), an independent city in Lower Saxony, Germany
**Oldenburg (district), a district historically in Oldenburg Free State and now in Lower Saxony
*Olde ...
1977.
* Berührungsversuche, lyrics, Bläschke-Verlag, A-St.Michael 1979, 2. Aufl. 1980.
* Die Angst macht mir Bauchweh, lyrics and songs, Gauke-Verlag, Hannober Münden 1980.
* Und im Herbst da wachsen mir Flügel, lyrics, Edition Lyrik für alle, Frankfurt 1981.
* Mit der Welt im Kopf, lyrics, Atelier Bücker, Wehm 1989.
* Wölfe malen immer blau, lyrics (with J. Haverkamp), Waldecker Drucke, Dorweiler/Hunsrück 1990.
* Surwold-Blues, lyrics from 15 years, Rhön-Verlag,
Hünfeld
Hünfeld is a town in the district of Fulda, in Hesse, Germany. It is situated 16 km northeast of Fulda. In 2000, the town hosted the 40th Hessentag state festival. Hünfeld has a population close to 16,000.
Infrastructure Transport
The fe ...
1997.
Prose
* Mein kleines dunkles Zimmer, stories, Eigenverlag, 1979.
* Haus im Moor, prose miniature, Die Halbe Bogen Reihe, Göttingen 1987.
* Any I Malala, story, Verlag Dr. Werner Reinhard, Leer 1990.
* Detlef, ruf deine Mutter an! Stories and satire, Klaus Bielefeld Verlag, Friedland 1998, 4. Auflage 2000.
* Wie gut, dass bei uns alles anders ist! East-West-Dialog with Chr. Kuhn, Klaus Bielefeld Verlag, Friedland 1999, 6. Auflage 2000.
* Blut, Schweiß und Träume, novel, Klaus Bielefeld Verlag,
Friedland 2000.
* Der Vollzeit-Erschrecker, detective stories, Leda-Verlag, Leer 2002.
* Der Totdenker, detective novel, Leda-Verlag, Leer 2005.
* Musik liegt in der Gruft, new detective novels, Leda-Verlag, Leer 2016.
* SArG die Wahrheit, 27 new novels about love, crime and "schröge Vägel", with ca 30 graphics of Jürgen B. Wolff, Norderstedt 2020
Editions
* Ich denke an Morgen, teachers are writing lyrics, Gauke-Verlag, Hannover Münden 1979, 2. Auflage 1981.
* Gauke's Jahrbuch 1982 (hopes, alternatives, utopias), Gauke-Verlag, Hannover Münden 1981.
* Straßenmusik – ein Handbuch, Gauke-Verlag, Hannoner Münden 1981, 2. extended edition1983.
* Gauke's Jahrbuch 1983 (peace) Gauke-Verlag, Hannover Münden 1982.
* Surwolder Literaturgespräche, Dokumentation I-III, Verlag Graphikum Dr. Mock, Bovenden 1982.
* Schreib weiter!, Dokumentation Surwolder Literaturgespräche IV-VI, Gauke-Verlag, Hann. Münden 1983.
* Literatur im Moor, Dokumentation Surwolder Literaturgespräche VII-IX, Edition Collage, Hildesheim 1984.
* Literatur im Moor 2, Dokumentation Surwolder Literaturgespräche X-XVI, Springintgut-Verlag, Oldenburg 1986.
* Zwischen Idylle und Detonation, Documentation of an east–west-German writers meeting, Waldecker Drucke, Dorweiler 1990.
* Ostfriesland literarisch, 37 author portraits, Arbeitskreis ostfriesischer Autorinnen und Autoren, Aurich 1996.
* Gezeitenwende, Ostfriesische Literatur der 90er-Jahre, (Schriftleitung), De Utrooper Verlag, Aurich 1996.
* Das Pferd im See, lyrics, songs and stories by Josef Hermann (Jooschen) Engelke, Leda-Verlag, Leer 2004.
MCs
* Lou Reed, Paul & andere Wölfe, texts and songs (with Peter Herwig), Edition Collage, Hildesheim 1983.
* Zorn & Zärtlichkeit, Poesie und Piano, with P. Gerdes, J. Voß and Chr. Jarrett, Edition Collage, Hildesheim 1984.
Vinyl
* Musik im Moor, Die Musiker der Surwolder Literaturgespräche I-X, Edition Collage, Hildesheim 1984.
CDs
* Jazz'n´Poetry, with St. Gurr and R. Schulz, Wonderland Records,
Osnabrück 1994.
* Es Mi Tango, with R. Schulz and others, Wonderland Records, Osnabrück 1998.
* Mitternachtsgesänge, Die verlorenen Lieder des Jooschen Engelke, Conträr Musik, Schwarzenbek 2010.
Awards
* Georg Weerth-Literaturpreis 1989
* 1. Price at the
Hamburg
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-Wilhelmsdorfer Poetry-Slam 1998
* Leaderboard the new book in
Niedersachsen
Lower Saxony (german: Niedersachsen ; nds, Neddersassen; stq, Läichsaksen) is a German state (') in northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ...
and Bremen 2001
TV
* "Man kann ja nie wissen", Porträt Kai Engelke in German TV N3, 1986
* "Emslandlager", Kai Engelke reads lyrics, 3sat, 22. Jule 1993
* "Tandem-Lesung", Kai Engelke and Chr. Kuhn, TV Halle, 5. October 1999
* "Schlaflos um Mitternacht", Interview with Kai and Ulrike Engelke, ZDF, 11. March 2003
Bibliography
* Wer ist wer, das deutsche Who's Who, 25. Ausgabe, Lübeck 1986 (S. 292 ff)
* Hildesheimer Literaturlexikon von 1800 bis heute, Olms Verlag, Hildesheim 1996 (S. 63–65)
* Literatur in Niedersachsen, Wallstein Verlag, Göttingen 2000 (S. 29)
* Literarischer Führer Deutschland, Insel Verlag, Frankfurt und
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as wel ...
2008 (S.842)
References
External links
Website of the author*
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German poets
Living people
1946 births
Writers from Göttingen
German singer-songwriters
20th-century German writers
German male novelists
German journalists
German educational theorists
Literary critics of German
German music critics
German editors
20th-century German male writers
German male non-fiction writers