Kerstin Preiwuß (born 21 November 1980 in

Lübz Lübz is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated on the river Elde, 12 km northeast of Parchim. It is home to the Mecklenburgische Brauerei Lübz, the largest local employer and on ...

, Germany) is a German writer and arts journalist.

Life and work

Preiwuß was raised in

Plau am See Plau am See () is a town in the Ludwigslust-Parchim district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated 28 km east of Parchim, and 29 km west of Waren. Around 1235 the city was called Plawe, that being the Polabian fi ...

and in

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. She studied German studies, philosophy and psychology in

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 ...

and

Aix-en-Provence Aix-en-Provence (, , ; oc, label= Provençal, Ais de Provença in classical norm, or in Mistralian norm, ; la, Aquae Sextiae), or simply Aix ( medieval Occitan: ''Aics''), is a city and commune in southern France, about north of Marseille. ...

. Her doctoral thesis dealt with German-Polish toponyms. Preiwuß also holds a degree from the

German Institute for Literature The German Institute for Literature (German: ''Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig'', DLL) is a part of Leipzig University. It was founded in 1955 under the name Johannes R. Becher-Institut. Among the noted writers who graduated from the school a ...

where she currently teaches alongside

Ulrike Draesner Ulrike Draesner (born 1962 in Munich) is a German author. She was awarded the 2016 Nicolas Born Prize. Life and work The daughter of an architect, Draesner grew up in Munich, Germany. She received a Bavarian State scholarship for the best perform ...

and

Michael Lentz Michael Lentz (born 1964) is a German author, musician, and performer of experimental texts and sound poetry. Life Lentz was born in Düren. His father (1927–2014) was city manager () of Düren. Lentz completed his ''Abitur'' at the in 1983 ...

as a professor and acts as head of the institute. Between 2010 and 2012, she was co-editor of the

based literary magazine ''Edit'' where she published literature rewiews. Mainly, Preiwuß writes poetry and novels. For her work she has received numerous awards. She also translates poetry, teaches creative writing and is a visiting lecturer at different universities. She is a member of the

PEN Centre Germany PEN Centre Germany is part of the worldwide association of writers founded in London in 1921, now known as PEN International. One of over 140 autonomous PEN centres around the world, PEN Centre Germany is based in Darmstadt, Hesse. Work PEN Ce ...

and of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. Preiwuß lives with her family in Leipzig.

Critical reception

The poetry collection ''Rede'' (''speech'') has received a recommendation by

Monika Rinck Monika Rinck (born 29 April 1969 in Zweibrücken) is a German writer. Life and work After graduating from high school, Monika Rinck studied religious studies, history, and comparative literature in Bochum, Berlin and Yale. She writes poetry, pro ...

in the context of the poetry recommendations of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, the foundation Lyrik Kabinett Munich and the Haus für Poesie (House for Poetry) Berlin in 2013.

Honours

* 2008 Hermann Lenz scholarship * 2009 Art residency at the Künstlerhaus Lukas in Reykjavík * 2010 Scholarship of the Deutscher Literaturfonds * 2012 Mondsee Poetry Prize * 2014 Invitation by Meike Feßmann to the 38th

Festival of German-Language Literature 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 ...

* 2017 Nominated for the

German Book Prize The German Book Prize (''Deutscher Buchpreis'') is awarded annually, in October, by the German Publishers and Booksellers Association (''Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels'') to the best new German language novel of the year. The books, publ ...

for ''Nach Onkalo'' (''After Onkalo'') (Longlist) * 2018 Merano Poetry Prize * 2018 Eichendorff Literature Prize * 2020 Anke Bennholdt-Thomsen Poetry Prize of the

Deutsche Schillerstiftung The Deutsche Schillerstiftung (German Schiller Foundation), headquartered in Weimar, is the oldest private foundation for the assistance of writers in Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Cent ...

Publications

* ''Nachricht von neuen Sternen''. Gedichte, Connewitzer Verlagsbuchhandlung, Leipzig 2006, * ''Rede''. Gedichte, Suhrkamp, Berlin 2012, * ''Ortsnamen in Zeit, Raum und Kultur – die Städte Allenstein/Olsztyn und Breslau/Wrocław''. Frank & Timme, Berlin 2012, * ''Restwärme''. Roman, Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2014, * ''Gespür für Licht''. Gedichte, Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2016, * ''Nach Onkalo''. Roman, Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2017, * ''Das Komma und das Und. Eine Liebeserklärung an die Sprache''. Dudenverlag, Berlin 2019, * ''Taupunkt''. Gedichte, Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2020, * ''Heute ist mitten in der Nacht'', Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2023,

References

External links

Kerstin Preiwuß
at the

Suhrkamp Verlag Suhrkamp Verlag is a German publishing house, established in 1950 and generally acknowledged as one of the leading European publishers of fine literature. Its roots go back to the "arianized" part of the S. Fischer Verlag. In January 2010 the ...

Kerstin Preiwuß
at

lyrikline.org lyrikline.org hosts contemporary international poetry as audio (read by the authors) and text (original versions & translations), plus bibliographies and biographies for each poet. lyrikline.org was started in November 1999 as a German-language si ...

"Die Sprache ist sehr kreativ in ihrem Wandel" – Interview with Kerstin Preiwuß
at

Deutschlandfunk Kultur Deutschlandfunk Kultur (; abbreviated to ''DLF Kultur'' or ''DKultur'') is a culture-oriented radio station and part of Deutschlandradio, a set of national radio stations in Germany. Initially named ''DeutschlandRadio Berlin'', the station was ren ...

Review of ''Heute ist mitten in der Nacht'' by Anna Vollmer
in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Review of ''Taupunkt'' by Jörg Magenau
in the

Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of SZ is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and social-democrat. History ...

Laudatory speech on Kerstin Preiwuß by Beate Tröger on the occasion of the grant of the Eichendorff Literature Prize in 2018
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