Michael Lentz
{{Short description|German author and musician (born 1964)}}
{{for|the Luxembourgish poet|Michel Lentz}}
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| image = Michael Lentz auf dem Poesiefestival Berlin 03.jpg
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| caption = Michael Lentz in 2018
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| birth_date = 1964
| birth_place = Düren
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| nationality = German
| genre = Poems, plays, radio plays, short stories, novels
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| occupation = Author, musician, and performer
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| notable_works = 2001 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for Muttersterben
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Michael Lentz (born 1964) is a German author, musician, and performer of experimental texts and sound poetry.
Life
Lentz was born in Düren.{{cite web | title=Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung – Mitglieder – Michael Lentz – Selbstvorstellung | website=Akademie | url=https://www.deutscheakademie.de/de/akademie/mitglieder/michael-lentz/selbstvorstellung | language=de | access-date=30 November 2022}} His father {{ill|Hubert Lentz|de}} (1927–2014) was city manager ({{lang|de|Oberstadtdirektor}}) of Düren.{{cite web | title=Michael Lentz | website=Munzinger Biographie | url=http://www.munzinger.de/document/00000023792 | language=de | access-date=30 November 2022}} Lentz completed his Abitur at the {{ill|Stiftisches Gymnasium Düren|de}} 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 (Sound Poetry, Music After 1945). Lentz was student of Josef Anton Riedl and saxophonist in Riedl's Ensemble.{{cite web | title=Michael Lentz | website=Lyrikline.org | date=15 May 1964 | url=https://www.lyrikline.org/en/authors/michael-lentz | access-date=30 November 2022}}
He was the winner of the 2001 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for his book {{ill|Muttersterben|de}}.{{cite news | last=Poiss | first=Thomas | title=Michael Lentz: Muttersterben: Alphabet des Drachen | website=FAZ.NET | date=1 January 1970 | url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/rezensionen/belletristik/michael-lentz-muttersterben-alphabet-des-drachen-152361.html | language=de | access-date=30 November 2022}}
In May 2006, he was appointed professor for literary writing at the German Literature Institute, University of Leipzig.{{cite web | title=Personen | website=DichterLesen.net | url=https://www.dichterlesen.net/personen/detail/michael-lentz/ | language=de | access-date=30 November 2022}} The genres of his work are poems, plays, radio plays, short stories and novels.
Awards
- 2001 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for Muttersterben
- 2005 Preis der Literaturhäuser
- 2012 {{ill|Walter-Hasenclever-Literaturpreis|de}}{{cite web | title=Lesung und Gespräch mit Michael Lentz "Schattenfroh" | website=Stiftisches Gymnasium Düren | date=13 November 2022 | url=https://www.stiftisches.de/lesung-und-gespraech-mit-michael-lentz-schattenfroh/ | language=de | access-date=30 November 2022}}
=Memberships=
- 2014 Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, Darmstadt{{cite web | title=Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung – Presse – Neue Mitglieder | website=Akademie | date=25 June 2014 | url=https://www.deutscheakademie.de/de/akademie/presse/2014-06-25/neue-mitglieder | language=de | access-date=30 November 2022}}
Works
- {{cite book | last=Lentz | first=Michael | title=Muttersterben : Prosa | publisher=S. Fischer | publication-place=Frankfurt am Main | date=2002 | isbn=3-10-044810-3 | oclc=49197516 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Lentz | first=Michael |author-mask=2 | title=Liebeserklärung : Roman | publisher=S. Fischer | publication-place=Frankfurt am Main | date=2003 | isbn=3-10-043923-6 | oclc=53098619 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Lentz | first=Michael |author-mask=2 | title=Pazifik Exil : Roman | publisher=S. Fischer | publication-place=Frankfurt am Main | date=2007 | isbn=978-3-10-043925-3 | oclc=166334124 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Lentz | first=Michael |author-mask=2 | publisher=S. Fischer Verlag GmbH | title=Schattenfroh ein Requiem | publication-place=Frankfurt am Main | date=2018 | isbn=978-3-10-043938-3 | oclc=1033644155 | language=de}}
- {{cite book | last=Lentz | first=Michael |author-mask=2 | title=Innehaben : Schattenfroh und die Bilder | publication-place=Frankfurt | date=2020 | isbn=978-3-10-390006-4 | oclc=1226678308 | language=de}}
=Thesis=
- {{cite book | last=Lentz | first=Michael | title=Lautpoesie, -musik nach 1945 Bd. 2. | publication-place=Wien | date=2000 | isbn=978-3-10-043936-9 | oclc=313700605 | language=de}}
References
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External links
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- {{official|https://www.michaellentz.com/home/}} {{in lang|de}}
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Category:Ingeborg Bachmann Prize winners
Category:German-language poets
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