Michael Hametner (born 1950 at Rostock) is a German–Austrian journalist, editor, writer and literary and theater critic

Life

Hametner, son of an Austrian citizen, studied journalism and literary studies at the University of Leipzig. Initially working as an actor and director he became leading the "Poetische Theater" at the University of Leipzig; where he played and directed ''

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'' by Heiner Müller (as "Debuisson"), ''Kohlhaas'', version of Kleists novel (as "Luther"),

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s ''Scardanelli'' (Premiere),

Edward Albee Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright known for works such as ''The Zoo Story'' (1958), '' The Sandbox'' (1959), ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' (1962), '' A Delicate Balance'' (1966) ...

s '' Die Zoogeschichte'' (first performance in East Germany), Alexander Vampilovs ''Provinzanekdoten'' and

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's '' Waiting for Godot'' (as Pozzo). As director, he also played in important role in the debut performance of ''Astoria'' by Austrian writer Jura Soyfer in East Germany (together with Bernhard Scheller). From the beginning of the 1990s Hametner had been working as a

freelancer ''Freelance'' (sometimes spelled ''free-lance'' or ''free lance''), ''freelancer'', or ''freelance worker'', are terms commonly used for a person who is self-employed and not necessarily committed to a particular employer long-term. Freelance w ...

at Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR). In 1993 he was appointed jury member for "Hörspiel des Monats" ("Radio drama of the month"). Before he just headed the East German radio drama critics jury and later he became a member of the jury for ,

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 ...

(radio drama prize of the blind war victims) and

Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding The City of Leipzig awards the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding () which has been given since 1994. The award is endowed with prize money of 20,000 Euro and is presented every year during the official opening of Leipzig Book Fair. Rec ...

(2007–2009). Since 2007 Hametner is also member of the jury for the Uwe Johnson Prize. In 1994 he became editorial journalist and presenter for literature at Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, where he established the

MDR-Literaturpreis MDR-Literaturpreis was a German literary prize. The prize was awarded by the Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk from 1996 to 2015. The main prize was endowed with 5,000 euros, the second with 2,500 euros and the third with 1,500 euros (donated by Druckhaus ...

(MDR literature prize) in 1995. Hametner published several books containing one-on-one interviews with German painters and actors like Bernhard Heisig,

Johannes Heisig Johannes Heisig (born 23 April 1953 in Leipzig, East Germany) is a German painter and graphic artist. His work combines the tradition of German socialist realism with a subjective expressionism. He portrayed several famous German politicians su ...

, Sighard Gille and Fred Delmare. Hametner has also been working as a narrator for audio recordings since 2005. Until 2015 he had been editorial journalist for literature. Since 2008 he is member of Bührnheim's Literature Salon.Unser Team/our team
at signiertebuecher.de Hametner lives in Leipzig.

Works (selection)

Author * ''Kleine Form des Theaters.'' Zentralhaus-Publikation, Leipzig 1986. * ''Neue und wiederentdeckte Gegenwarts-Dramatik aus der DDR.'' Zentralhaus-Publikation, Leipzig 1989, . * ''Kleine Leute. Das Leben des Schauspielers Fred Delmare.'' Schwarzkopf und Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1997, . * ''Einkreisen.'' 15 Gespräche – ein Porträt des Malers Sighard Gille. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2014, . * ''Auf der Bühne.'' 15 Gespräche – ein Porträt des Malers Matthias Weischer. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2016, . * ''Übermalen.'' 15 Gespräche – ein Porträt des Malers Johannes Heisig. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2017, . * ''Bernhard Heisig und Gudrun Brüne. Ein Künstlerpaar über fünfzig Jahre.'' Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2018, . * ''Gert Pötzschig – Valeurs.'' Sax, Beucha/Markkleeberg 2018, . * ''Kopfkino.'' 15 Gespräche – ein Porträt des Malers Hans Aichinger. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2019, Publisher * ''Zornesrot. Anthologie junger Autoren.'' Mitteldeutscher Verlag,

Halle Halle may refer to: Places Germany * Halle (Saale), also called Halle an der Saale, a city in Saxony-Anhalt ** Halle (region), a former administrative region in Saxony-Anhalt ** Bezirk Halle, a former administrative division of East Germany ** Hall ...

2007, . * ''Zeit der Witze. Texte junger Autoren.'' Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2009, . * Wolfgang Heger: ''Lichtzeichen. Ein Porträt des Malers Rolf-Gunter Dienst im Dialog.'' Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2015, . Audiobook narrator At Universal Music, Berlin: * ''Wahnsinn Fußball! Bundesliga-Geschichten aus vier Jahrzehnten.'' 2005, . * ''Pferde sind meine Freunde. Der richtige Umgang mit Pferden.'' 2005, . * ''Hunde richtig kennen und verstehen. So wird Ihr Hund zum besten Freund.'' 2005, . At Universal Family Entertainment, Berlin: *

Fritz Hennenberg Fritz Hennenberg (born 11 June 1932) is a German musicologist and dramaturg. Life Hennenberg was born in Döbeln in 1932 as the son of the architect and master builder Kurt Hennenberg and his wife Johanna. After Abitur in 1951 at the Döbelne ...

: '' Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.'' 2006, . * Alan Posener: ''William Shakespeare.'' 2006, . * Klaus Schröter: '' Thomas Mann.'' 2006, . * Barbara Meier: ''

Robert Schumann Robert Schumann (; 8 June 181029 July 1856) was a German composer, pianist, and influential music critic. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest composers of the Romantic era. Schumann left the study of law, intending to pursue a career a ...

.'' 2006, . * Peter Boerner: '' Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.'' 2006, . * Christian Liedtke: ''

Heinrich Heine Christian Johann Heinrich Heine (; born Harry Heine; 13 December 1797 – 17 February 1856) was a German poet, writer and literary critic. He is best known outside Germany for his early lyric poetry, which was set to music in the form of '' Lied ...

.'' 2006, . * Wolfgang Emmerich: '' Gottfried Benn.'' 2006, . * Heimo Rau: '' Gandhi.'' 2006, . * Hans Wißkirchen: ''Die Familie Mann.'' 2006, . * Stefana Sabin: '' Andy Warhol.'' 2006, . * Claudia Pilling, Diana Schilling, Mirjam Springer: ''

Friedrich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller (, short: ; 10 November 17599 May 1805) was a German playwright, poet, and philosopher. During the last seventeen years of his life (1788–1805), Schiller developed a productive, if complicated, friends ...

.'' 2007, . * Frank Niess: '' Che Guevara.'' 2007, .

References

External links

Michael Hametner
at Website of Rotbuch-Verlag

at

Die Horen (Morawietz) ''die horen'' is a quarterly journal on literature, art and criticism published in Hanover and founded by Kurt Morawietz in 1955. References 1955 establishments in West Germany Literary magazines published in Germany Magazines established ...

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