Ulf Stolterfoht (born 8 June 1963 in Stuttgart) is a

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Life and work

Ulf Stolterfoht opted out of military service and performed civilian service instead, after which he studied

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and

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in Bochum und

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. Stolterfoht writes language-critical lyric poetry and essays which have been published in many anthologies (e.g. Der Große Conrady) and literary magazines. His first publication was the poetry volume "fachsprachen I-IX" ('specialist languages I-IX') which appeared in 1998 published by Urs Engeler Editor. In 2005, his translation of Gertrude Stein's "Winning His Way" appeared. From 2008 to 2009, he was visiting professor in the German Institute of Literature in Leipzig. Since 2014 he has been a member of the

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in Darmstadt. Ulf Stolterfoht lives in

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Titles

* handapparat heslach: Quellen und Materialien. roughbooks (2011) * ammengespräche. roughbooks (2010) * Frauen-Liebe und Leben. Variations on Adelbert von Chamisso together with Sabine Scho. hochroth Verlag (2010) * das nomentano-manifest (2009) * fachsprachen XXVIII-XXXVI. Gedichte. Urs Engeler Editor (2009) * holzrauch über heslach. Gedichte. Urs Engeler Editor (2007) * traktat vom widergang. Gedichte. Verlag Peter Engstler (2005) * fachsprachen XIX-XXVII. Gedichte. Urs Engeler Editor (2004) * fachsprachen X-XVIII. Gedichte. Urs Engeler Editor (2002) * fachsprachen I-IX. Gedichte. Urs Engeler Editor (1998)

Edited works (selection)

* cowboy-lyrik. roughbooks (2009) * Jahrbuch der Lyrik 2008, with Christoph Buchwald (2008) * Zwischen den Zeilen. Zeitschrift für Gedichte und ihre Poetik, Heft 21 (2003)

Translations

* J. H. Prynne, Gedichte (2007) (together with Hans Thill) * Gertrude Stein, Winning His Way / wie man seine art gewinnt (2005)

Awards and prizes (selection)

* 2000 Sponsorship award

Hans-Erich-Nossack-Preis Hans-Erich-Nossack-Preis is a former literary prize of Germany, later Literaturpreis des Kulturkreises der deutschen Wirtschaft. Winners * 1989 Friederike Mayröcker * 1991 Helga M. Novak * 1992 Günter Herburger * 1993 Rolf Haufs * 1994 ...

* 2001 Christine-Lavant-Preis * 2003 Ernst-Meister-Preis * 2004 Heimrad-Bäcker-Förderpreis * 2005

Anna Seghers-Preis Anna Seghers-Preis is a literary prize of Germany. The prize goes back to the German writer Anna Seghers (1900–1983), who stated in her testament that the revenues from her work should be used to encourage promising young writers. The award is ...

* 2006 Alfred-Gruber-Preis at Lyrikpreis Meran * 2007 Grant from

Villa Massimo Villa Massimo, short for Deutsche Akademie Rom Villa Massimo ( it, Accademia Tedesca Roma Villa Massimo), is a German cultural institution in Rome, established in 1910 and located in the Villa Massimo. The fellowship of the German Academy in Rom ...

* 2008

Peter-Huchel-Preis Peter-Huchel-Preis is a literature prize awarded in Baden-Württemberg, Germany. The Peter Huchel Prize for German-language poetry, donated by the state of Baden-Württemberg and Südwestrundfunk, has been awarded since 1983 for an outstanding lyri ...

* 2009 Erlanger Literatary Prize for poetry in translation together with Barbara Köhler * 2011 Heimrad-Bäcker-Preis

External links

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Ulf Stolterfoht at the publisher Urs Engeler Editor

BRUETERICH TM (Blog by Ulf Stolterfoht in German)
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