Uwe Martens

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| occupation = Writer and poet

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Uwe Martens (born 3 February 1970 in Cologne) is a German writer and poet.[http://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/466296?rskey=DZBSiC&result=1 Uwe Martens.] In: Kürschners Deutscher Literatur-Kalender 2020/2021. Band I: A-O. Walter De Gruyter, 2020, p. 577 {{ISBN|978-3-11-045397-3}}.

Life and work

Uwe Martens was born in Cologne in 1970. After graduating from high school at the Städtisches Gymnasium Cologne-Pesch and the subsequent civil service in a Cologne retirement home, he began studying law at the University of Cologne, but after three semesters in 1992 he switched to an apprenticeship in the book trade in Cologne-Ehrenfeld, which he completed in 1995.Biographical data of Uwe Martens. In: Junge Lyrik III (750 Gedichte)., Martin Werhand Verlag, 2002, S. 547 He then lived for three years in Detmold, East Westphalia. At the beginning of 1999 he returned to Cologne, where he lived until 2011. During this period he worked in a bookstore in Bonn. In 2011 he moved to the edge of the Alps for work. There he was in charge of the paperback department in a bookstore in Garmisch-Partenkirchen until 2016.Biographical data of Uwe Martens. In: Lichtskizzen (150 Gedichte)., Martin Werhand Verlag, 2018, S. 177

Since the beginning of the 2000s, Uwe Martens has been represented as an author with publications in various poetry anthologies, including 2002 in the Martin Werhand Verlag in the third volume of the anthology series Junge Lyrik.[https://books.google.com/books?id=1y6WSgAACAAJ Junge Lyrik III.], In: Junge Lyrik III, Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach, 2002 in Google Books. In 2015, his first own volume of poetry, Nebeltag, was published in the 100 poems series by Martin Werhand Verlag.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/953250667 Nebeltag.], In: Worldcat. His second poetry publication followed in September 2017 under the title Weltwelke in the series 50 poems by the same publisher.[https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/980359315 Weltwelke.], In: Worldcat. In December 2018, the MWV published a third volume by Martens under the title Light Sketches in the series 150 poems.[https://www.worldcat.org/title/lichtskizzen/oclc/1189130726&referer=brief_results Lichtskizzen.], In: Worldcat.

Today Uwe Martens lives and works as a freelance writer in Cologne.Biographical details of Uwe Martens. In: Lichtskizzen (150 Gedichte)., Martin Werhand Verlag, 2018, S. 177

Publications (selection)

= Books =

Nebeltag. 100 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2015, 164 p. {{ISBN|978-3-943910-14-8}}.
Weltwelke. 50 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2017, 120 p. {{ISBN|978-3-943910-42-1}}.
Lichtskizzen. 150 Gedichte. Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2018, 220 p. {{ISBN|978-3-943910-63-6}}.

= Anthologies =

Junge Lyrik III – 50 Dichterinnen und Dichter. Anthology, Martin Werhand Verlag, Melsbach 2002, {{ISBN|3-9806390-3-7}}. Also second, revised edition.{{cite book|title=Junge Lyrik: (Jahrgänge 1967 – 1982)|author1=Werhand, M.|author2=Findeiß, F.|author3=Weiser, W.|author4=Apstein-Müller, A.C.|author5=Cieslik, F.|author6=Libotte, T.|author7=Litschev, A.|author8=Moskopp, W.|date=2002|volume=3|publisher=Werhand|isbn=9783980639033|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1y6WSgAACAAJ|access-date=12 November 2016}}

Literature

[https://www.degruyter.com/database/DLLO/entry/dllo.zw.40.38827/html Uwe Martens] In: Deutsches Literatur-Lexikon. Das 20. Jahrhundert Band 40: Mansion - Mehl, Verlag Walter de Gruyter, 2023, {{ISBN|978-3-11-100542-3}}
[https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-65461-3 Uwe Martens] In: Nicolai Riedel Bibliographisches Handbuch der deutschsprachigen Lyrik 1945–2020, Metzler, Heidelberg, 2023, S. 790, {{ISBN|978-3-662-65460-6}}