Frank Findeiß (born 19 September 1971 in
Trier
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) is a German poet.
Life and work
Frank Findeiß was born in Trier (
Rhineland-Palatinate
Rhineland-Palatinate ( , ; ; ; ) is a western state of Germany. It covers and has about 4.05 million residents. It is the ninth largest and sixth most populous of the sixteen states. Mainz is the capital and largest city. Other cities are ...
) in 1971. After his abitur at the Staatliche Hilda-Gymnasium in
Koblenz
Koblenz ( , , ; Moselle Franconian language, Moselle Franconian: ''Kowelenz'') is a German city on the banks of the Rhine (Middle Rhine) and the Moselle, a multinational tributary.
Koblenz was established as a Roman Empire, Roman military p ...
and his military service in the Heeresmusikkorps 300 he started studying philosophy, educational science and sociology at
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn
The University of Bonn, officially the Rhenish Friedrich Wilhelm University of Bonn (), is a public research university in Bonn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It was founded in its present form as the () on 18 October 1818 by Frederick Willi ...
. In summer 2001 he obtained the degree of a
Magister Artium
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with a dissertation on
Karl Marx
Karl Marx (; 5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a German philosopher, political theorist, economist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. He is best-known for the 1848 pamphlet '' The Communist Manifesto'' (written with Friedrich Engels) ...
. After several internships and working as freelance contributor for a radio station as well as for the online magazine bumbanet.de he started training as a specialized journalist at Freie Journalistenschule in
Berlin
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in 2008, which he successfully completed in 2010.
While studying in
Bonn
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, and during his work after that, he has devoted himself to creative writing since the middle of the 1990s. At the beginning of the 2000s he started standing out in publications, so that he has so far featured in numerous poetry anthologies, among them the series Junge Lyrik by
Martin Werhand Verlag. His poetry was also recognized in projects that got supra-regional attention, such as the event ''Poesie bewegt'' in 2006/2007, organized by the
Bremer Verkehrsbetriebe and the foundation Apollon-Stiftung with the art directors Renato Mismetti and Joachim Tuz, and the event Lesezeichen 2014, organized by the Förderverein Forum-Literaturbüro e. V. in
Hildesheim
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. In April 2015 his first own poetry book ''Sozialisolation'' was published in the series ''100 Gedichte'' by Martin Werhand Verlag. His second poetry book was published one year later with the title ''Blutonium'' in the series ''100 Gedichte'' by the same publisher. A third, fourth and fifth book of poetry was published in the years 2017, 2018 and 2019 in the series ''50 Gedichte'' with the title ''Albtrauma'', ''Kassiber'' and ''Alphasucht''. His works deal mainly with political and socio-critical topics.
Frank Findeiß works as freelance music teacher in
Bad Godesberg.
Publications (selection)
Books
* ''Psychologische Elemente in der Anthropologie von Karl Marx: Ein Beitrag zur Genese seines Menschenbildes''. AVM Akademische Verlagsgemeinschaft München,
Munich
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2014, .
* ''Sozialisolation''. 100 Gedichte.
Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2015, 168 p. .
* ''Blutonium''. 100 Gedichte.
Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2016, 168 p. .
* ''
Herbert Grönemeyers Menschenbild im Spannungsfeld zwischen Philanthropie und Kulturpessimismus – Das Verhältnis von Individuum und Gesellschaft in seinen Texten''. Verlag Die Blaue Eule, Essen, 2017, 98 p. .
* ''Albtrauma''. 50 Gedichte.
Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2017, 120 p. .
* ''Kassiber''. 50 Gedichte.
Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2018, 120 p. .
* ''Alphasucht''. 50 Gedichte.
Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2019, 120 p. .
Anthologies (selection)
* ''Junge Lyrik III – 50 Dichterinnen und Dichter.'' Anthology, Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2002, . Also second, revised edition.
* ''Fluchten – Zufluchten.'' Helicon Verlag, Kiel 2003,
* ''Erinnerung an Licht.'' Engelsdorfer Verlag, Berlin 2005,
* ''Von Wegen – eine Anthologie des Literarischen Vereins der Pfalz.'' Marsilius Verlag, Speyer 2005,
* ''Gedichte – best german underground lyriks.'' Acheron Verlag, Altenburg 2006,
* ''Die Jahreszeiten der Liebe.'' Anthology, Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2006, .
''Frank Findeiß.'' In: ''Die Jahreszeiten der Liebe.'', Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach, 2006
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* ''Die Tyrannei von Feder & Flasche – Schriftsteller über Alkohol.'' Acheron Verlag, Altenburg 2006,
* ''Momente & Landschaften.'' Engelsdorfer Verlag, Berlin 2007,
* ''Frauen – Männer.'' Elbverlag, Torgau 2014,
* ''Strohblumenstörung – Politische Dichtung der Gegenwart I.'' Chiliverlag, Verl 2015,
* ''Weißt Du noch? – Anekdoten aus dem Leben – Erinnerungen.'' Wendepunkt-Verlag, Weiden 2015,
* ''Fassadenflucht – Politische Dichtung der Gegenwart II.'' Chiliverlag, Verl 2015,
* ''Herzschlaf – Gedichte & Kurzprosa über Trauer, Trost und Hoffnung.'' Chiliverlag, Verl 2015,
Memberships
* Verband deutscher Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftsteller (VS)
* Deutscher Fachjournalisten-Verband (DFJV)
See also
External links
Offizielle Webseite
*
in: NRW Literatur im Netz
Portrait of Frank Findeiß
in: Rheinland-Pfälzische Personendatenbank
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Frank Findeiß
in: Verband deutscher Schriftstellerinnen und Schriftsteller
Frank Findeiß
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References
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1971 births
Living people
German male poets
German poets
People from Trier
Writers from Bonn
Writers from the Rhine Province
University of Bonn alumni