Mirko Bonné (born 9 June 1965) is a German writer and translator. Bonné was born in

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. In 1975 his family moved to

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, where he attended the Hansa Gymnasium. He graduated from the Otto Hahn Gymnasium in

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in 1986 and worked as a bookshop assistant, taxi driver and nurse. His writing career began in the early 1990s with journalism, moving on to lyric poetry and translations. In his poetry, influenced by

Keats John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. His poems had been in publication for less than four years when he died of tub ...

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and Eich, he treats the themes of landscape, life, and memory, while his prose, which includes novels about Shackleton and Camus, concerns itself with the mechanisms of oppression. He has published travel writing about South America, Russia, China, the United States, Iran, and Antarctica, and translated Anderson, Dickinson,

, Cummings, Creeley,

Yeats William Butler Yeats (, 13 June 186528 January 1939), popularly known as W. B. Yeats, was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature. He was a driving force behind the ...

, and

Gherasim Luca Gherasim Luca (; 23 July 1913 – 9 February 1994) was a Romanian surrealist theorist and poet. Born Salman Locker in Romania and also known as Costea Sar, and Petre Malcoci, he became an apatrid (stateless person) after leaving Romania in 1952. ...

. He is a member of PEN Germany and lives in

Original works

* ''Roberta von Ampel''. Radio play, Radio Bremen 1992 * ''Langrenus''. Gedichte. Rospo, Hamburg 1994, . * ''Gelenkiges Geschöpf''. Poems. Rospo, Hamburg 1996, . * ''Der junge Fordt''. Novel. DuMont, Köln 1999, . * ''Ein langsamer Sturz''. Novel. DuMont, Köln 2002, . * ''Hibiskus Code''. Poems. DuMont, Köln 2003, . * ''Der eiskalte Himmel''. Novel. Schöffling, Frankfurt am Main 2006, . * ''Die Republik der Silberfische''. Poems. Schöffling, Frankfurt am Main 2008, . * ''Wie wir verschwinden''. Novel. Schöffling, Frankfurt am Main 2009, . * ''Ausflug mit dem Zerberus''. Schöffling, Frankfurt am Main 2010, . * ''Der Eichelhäher''. Short story. Literatur-Quickie, Hamburg 2010, .

Translations

John Keats John Keats (31 October 1795 – 23 February 1821) was an English poet of the second generation of Romantic poets, along with Lord Byron and Percy Bysshe Shelley. His poems had been in publication for less than four years when he died of tub ...

: ''Werke und Briefe''. Phillip Reclam jun., Stuttgart 1995. *

E. E. Cummings Edward Estlin Cummings (October 14, 1894 – September 3, 1962), commonly known as e e cummings or E. E. Cummings, was an American poet, painter, essayist, author, and playwright. During World War I, he worked as an ambulance driver and was ...

: ''39 Alphabetisch. Gedichte''. Urs Engeler Editor, Weil am Rhein 2001. * Terry McDonagh: ''Kiltimagh. Ausgewählte Gedichte''. Blaupause Books, Hamburg 2001. *

Ghérasim Luca Gherasim Luca (; 23 July 1913 – 9 February 1994) was a Romanian Surrealism, surrealist theorist and poet. Born Salman Locker in Romania and also known as Costea Sar, and Petre Malcoci, he became an apatrid (stateless person) after leaving Romani ...

: ''Das Körperecho. Gedichte''. Urs Engeler Editor, Weil am Rhein 2004. *

William Butler Yeats William Butler Yeats (, 13 June 186528 January 1939), popularly known as W. B. Yeats, was an Irish poet, dramatist, writer, and literary critic who was one of the foremost figures of 20th century in literature, 20th-century literature. He was ...

: ''Die Gedichte'' (mit M. Beyer, G. Falkner, N. Hummelt (Hrsg.), C. Schuenke). Luchterhand, München 2005. *

Samuel Beckett Samuel Barclay Beckett (; 13 April 1906 – 22 December 1989) was an Irish writer of novels, plays, short stories, and poems. Writing in both English and French, his literary and theatrical work features bleak, impersonal, and Tragicomedy, tra ...

: ''Six Poèmes / Sechs Gedichte''. Wolfenbütteler Übersetzergespräche, Wolfenbüttel 2006. *

Robert Creeley Robert White Creeley (May 21, 1926 – March 30, 2005) was an American poet and author of more than 60 books. He is associated with the Black Mountain poets, although his verse aesthetic diverged from that school. Creeley was close with Charle ...

: ''Alles, was es für immer bedeutet. Gedichte''. Jung und Jung, Salzburg und Wien 2006. *

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: ''Dank sei den Dingen. Ausgewählte Gedichte 1966 – 2006'' (mit Hendrik Rost), Carl Hanser, München 2008. *

Emma Lew Emma Lew (born 1962) is a contemporary Australian poet. Born in Melbourne, Emma Lew studied arts at Melbourne University and worked as a deckhand, shop assistant, proof-reader, and clerical assistant, only beginning to write poetry in 1993.

: ''Nesselgesang. Gedichte''. Yedermann, München 2008. *

Sherwood Anderson Sherwood Anderson (September 13, 1876 – March 8, 1941) was an American novelist and short story writer, known for subjective and self-revealing works. Self-educated, he rose to become a successful copywriter and business owner in Cleveland and ...

: ''Winesburg, Ohio''. Schöffling & Co., Frankfurt am Main 2012, .

Essays in literary journals

* ''Dunkle Deutung des Vogelflugs''. Essay. ''

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'' No. 24, 2009. * ''Das verwundete Herz''. Essay. ''

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'' No. 18, 2011.

Prizes

* 2001

Wolfgang-Weyrauch-Förderpreis The Wolfgang Weyrauch Advancement Prize is a literary prize in Hesse, Germany named for writer Wolfgang Weyrauch. Established in 1997, the prize is awarded to young writers for their encouragement and includes a stipend in the amount of €8,000. ...

for the ''„Literarischer März“'' competition * 2002 Ernst-Willner-Preis at Klagenfurt * 2004

Berliner Kunstpreis The ''Berliner Kunstpreis'' (Berlin Art Prize), officially Großer Berliner Kunstpreis, is a prize for the arts by the City of Berlin. It was first awarded in 1948 in several fields of art. Since 1971, it has been awarded by the Academy of Art ...

Förderpreis * 2007 award * 2008

Prix Relay du Roman d'Evasion Prix was an American power pop band formed in Memphis, Tennessee, in 1975 by Tommy Hoehn and Jon Tiven. The group ended up primarily as a studio project. Its recordings were produced by Tiven along with former Big Star member Chris Bell, who ...

* 2008

Ernst-Meister-Preis für Lyrik Ernst-Meister-Preis für Lyrik (Ernst Meister Prize for Poetry) is a literary prize of Germany. The prize is endowed with €5,000. The Ernst Meister Prize was founded in 1981 in memory of the Hagen poet and writer Ernst Meister and has been awar ...

Förderpreis * 2010 Marie-Luise-Kaschnitz-Preis * 2010 Writer in Residence

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* 2012 Writer in Residence

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* 2014

Rainer-Malkowski-Preis Rainer-Malkowski-Preis is a literary prize of Germany. The prize is awarded every two years by the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in cooperation with the Rainer Malkowski Foundation. The Rainer Malkowski Prize, with prize money of 30,000 euros, i ...

* 2024 Hubert-Fichte-PreisHamburger Autor Mirko Bonné ist Preisträger 2024.
hamburg.de (in German). Retrieved 24 February 2025.

References

External links

Official website

Fortlaufende Textveröffentlichungen von Mirko Bonné im Literaturportal „Der goldene Fisch“

Mirko Bonné: Eindrücke von einem lange aufgeschobenen Besuch im „westfälischen Idaho“

* * ttp://www.poetenladen.de/mirko-bonne.htm Mirko Bonné im Poetenladen
Mirko Bonné im Gespräch über die Handlungsorte in seinem Werk
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