Michael Lentz (born 1964) is a German author, musician, and performer of experimental texts and sound poetry.

Life

Lentz was born in

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. His father (1927–2014) was city manager () of Düren. Lentz completed his ''

Abitur ''Abitur'' (), often shortened colloquially to ''Abi'', is a qualification granted at the end of secondary education in Germany. It is conferred on students who pass their final exams at the end of ISCED 3, usually after twelve or thirteen ye ...

'' at the in 1983 and studied German studies, history and philosophy in Aachen and Munich. He completed his PhD in 1999; the thesis was titled ''Lautpoesie, -musik nach 1945''. Lentz was student of Josef Anton Riedl and saxophonist in Riedl's Ensemble. He was the winner of the 2001

Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 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 ...

for his book '. In May 2006 he was appointed professor for literary writing at the German Literature Institute,

University of Leipzig Leipzig University (german: Universität Leipzig), in Leipzig in Saxony, Germany, is one of the world's oldest universities and the second-oldest university (by consecutive years of existence) in Germany. The university was founded on 2 December ...

. The genres of his work are poems, plays, radio plays, short stories and novels. Lentz lives in Munich.

Awards

* 2001

for ''Muttersterben'' * 2005

Preis der Literaturhäuser Preis der Literaturhäuser is a German literary prize. Since 2002, it has been awarded to German authors annually by the ''Netzwerk der Literaturhäuser'' during the Leipziger Buchmesse for exceptional text and presentation skills. The prize con ...

* 2012

Memberships

* 2014

Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung The Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (in English German Academy for Language and Literature) was founded on 28 August 1949, on the 200th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in the Paulskirche in Frankfurt. It is seated in Darmstadt, ...

, Darmstadt

Works

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Thesis

References

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* 1964 births Living people Ingeborg Bachmann Prize winners German-language poets German male poets {{Germany-writer-stub