Michael Wüstefeld (born 12 September 1951) is a German writer.

Life

Born in Dresden, Wüstefeld studied agricultural engineering at the

TU Dresden TU Dresden (for , abbreviated as TUD), also as the Dresden University of Technology, is a public research university in Dresden, Germany. It is the largest institute of higher education in the city of Dresden, the largest university in Saxony a ...

from 1970 to 1974 and graduated with a diploma in engineering after passing the

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 year ...

and the certificate for

mechanical engineering Mechanical engineering is the study of physical machines and mechanism (engineering), mechanisms that may involve force and movement. It is an engineering branch that combines engineering physics and engineering mathematics, mathematics principl ...

. From 1974 to 1991 he worked as a technologist in an engineering office in Dresden. After unemployment in 1992 and a job as an office assistant, he has lived and worked as a freelance author and critic in Dresden since 1993. He publishes

lyric poetry Modern lyric poetry is a formal type of poetry which expresses personal emotions or feelings, typically spoken in the first person. The term for both modern lyric poetry and modern song lyrics derives from a form of Ancient Greek literature, t ...

and

prose Prose is language that follows the natural flow or rhythm of speech, ordinary grammatical structures, or, in writing, typical conventions and formatting. Thus, prose ranges from informal speaking to formal academic writing. Prose differs most n ...

. In keeping with the other media-involving approach of his earliest publications in connection with prints, his work also includes a

libretto A libretto (From the Italian word , ) is the text used in, or intended for, an extended musical work such as an opera, operetta, masque, oratorio, cantata or Musical theatre, musical. The term ''libretto'' is also sometimes used to refer to th ...

. Wüstefeld's work has been and continues to be honored by numerous prizes and scholarships. From 1989 to 2009 he was a co-founder and member of the . Since 1996 Wüstefeld has been 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 ...

Work

* ''Kinogeschichten''. Dresden 2016 * ''Fünfkirchen fünf vor zwölf. Ein Pécs-Tagebuch''. Dresden 2016 * ''Märchen von einem, den es als Schloßschreiber aufs Land zog''. Rheinsberg 2014 * ''Paris geschenkt''. Dresden, 2008 * ''Das AnAlphabet''. Göttingen, 2007 * ''Schlüsseloper : ein burleskes Spiel'', libretto for an opera by Wilfried Krätzschmar, world premiere 2 December 2006 in Dresden * ''Blaues Wunder. Dresdens wunderlichste Brücke''. Berlin, 2002 * ''Wegzehrung : Gedichte''. Munich, 2001 * ''Schobers Zimmer : Erzählung''. Dresden, 1998 * ''Deutsche Anatomie'', Dülmen-Hiddingsel, 1996 * ''Amsterdamer Gedichte''. Dresden, 1994 * ''Grenzstreifen''. Warmbronn, 1993 * ''Nackt hinter der Schutzmaske : Erinnerungen''. Aufbau-Verlag, 1990 * ''Stadtplan'', Aufbau-Verlag, 1990 * ''Heimsuchung : Gedichte''.''Heimsuchung : Gedichte''
on WorldCat Aufbau-Verlag, 1987 * ''grafiklyrik 2. 6 Gedichte mit 7 Holzschnitten von Peter Herrmann'', , 1979

Awards

* 1990: * 1993: Scholarship * 1997: Scholarship

Villa Waldberta Villa Waldberta Artists Residence () is a historic estate in Feldafing, Bavaria, Germany. The villa, along with Ebenböckhaus in Pasing, accommodates the city of Munich's Artist-in-Residence program. Villa Waldberta was completed in 1902 in the ...

* 1999: Scholarship * 2007: Scholarship * 2010: Scholarship of the * 2012: Residence scholarship in

Pécs Pécs ( , ; ; Slovak language, Slovak: ''Päťkostolie''; also known by #Name, alternative names) is List of cities and towns of Hungary#Largest cities in Hungary, the fifth largest city in Hungary, on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the c ...

* 2014: Stadtschreiber zu Rheinsberg

References

External links

*
Wuestefeld
on literaturport

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