Reinhard Jirgl
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Reinhard Jirgl (born 16 January 1953 in East-Berlin) is a German writer.
Biography
[edit]Jirgl was born in Berlin-Friedrichshain.[1] He became a skilled worker for electromechanics. Then he completed a degree in electronics at Humboldt University, Berlin.[1] He made first attempts at prose during his studies in the early 1970s.[1] Since 1975 he worked as an engineer at the Academy of Sciences. He gave up his profession in 1978 to devote more time to writing.[2] He worked as a lighting and service technician at the Volksbühne in Berlin.[2] After submitting his first novel Mutter Vater Roman to a Berlin publishing house in 1985, he was accused of a "non-Marxist conception of history".[2] The publication of the novel was refused.[2] Until 1989, none of his manuscripts were published.[2] Since 2009 he has been a member of the German Academy for Language and Literature.[2] and he is member of the PEN Centre Germany.[3]
In 2010 he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize by the German Academy for Language and Literature.[4] His 2013 novel Nichts von euch auf Erden was shortlisted for the German Book Prize.[5]
At the beginning of 2017, Jirgl withdrew completely from the public.[6] He lives in Berlin.[6]
Awards
[edit]- 1991: Anna Seghers-Preis[2]
- 1993: Alfred-Döblin-Preis[7]
- 1994: Marburg Literatur Prize[6]
- 1998: Johannes Bobrowski Medal[2]
- 1999: Joseph-Breitbach-Preis[8]
- 2003: Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis,[2]
- 2003: Rheingau Literatur Preis[2]
- 2004: Eugen Viehof-Ehrengabe der Deutschen Schillerstiftung von 1859,[2]
- 2004: Dedalus-Preis für Neue Literatur[2]
- 2006: Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen[2]
- 2007/08: Stadtschreiber von Bergen[6]
- 2009: Lion-Feuchtwanger-Preis[9]
- 2009: Grimmelshausen-Preis for Die Stille[10]
- 2010: Georg-Büchner-Preis[11]
- 2011: Sudetendeutscher Kulturpreis[3]
Scholarships
[edit]- 1994: Scholarship in Künstlerdorf Schöppingen[12]
- 1995: Scholarship of the Berliner Kultursenat[12]
- 1996: Alfred-Döblin-Stipendium[12]
- 1997: Scholarship in Künstlerhof Schreyahn[12]
- 1998: Scholarship of the Heinrich-Heine-Haus Lüneburg[12]
- 2002: Scholarship of the Deutscher Literaturfond[12]
- 2007: Scholarship in Künstlerhaus Edenkoben
Works
[edit]- Mutter Vater Roman. Aufbau, Berlin/Weimar 1990. ISBN 3-351-01311-6.
- Uberich. Protokollkomödie in den Tod. Jassmann, Frankfurt am Main 1990, ISBN 3-926975-03-2.
- Im offenen Meer. [Schichtungsroman]. Luchterhand, Hamburg/Zürich 1991, ISBN 3-630-86769-3.
- together with Andrzej Madela: Zeichenwende. Kultur im Schatten posttotalitärer Mentalität. Bublies, Koblenz 1993, ISBN 3-926584-24-6.
- Das obszöne Gebet. Totenbuch. Jassmann, Frankfurt am Main 1993, ISBN 3-926975-04-0.
- Abschied von den Feinden. novel. Hanser, Munich/Vienna 1995, ISBN 3-446-18010-9.
- Hundsnächte. novel. Hanser, Munich/Vienna 1997, ISBN 3-446-19118-6.
- Die atlantische Mauer. novel. Hanser, Munich/Vienna 2000, ISBN 3-446-19118-6.
- Genealogie des Tötens. Trilogie. Hanser, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-446-20171-8.
- Gewitterlicht. stories, with the Essay Das poetische Vermögen des alphanumerischen Codes in der Prosa. In: Edition Einst und Jetzt Band 3. revonnah, Hannover 2002, ISBN 3-934818-43-9.
- Die Unvollendeten. novel. Hanser, Munich/Vienna 2003, ISBN 3-446-20271-4.
- Abtrünnig. Roman aus der nervösen Zeit. Hanser, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-446206-58-2. (Paperback: dtv 13639, Munich/Vienna 2008 ISBN 978-3-423-13639-6.)[13]
- Land und Beute. Aufsätze aus den Jahren 1996 bis 2006. Edition Akzente, Hanser, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-446-23009-5.
- Die Stille. Roman. Hanser, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-446-23266-2.[14]
- Nichts von euch auf Erden. Hanser, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-446-24127-5.
- Oben das Feuer, unten der Berg. Hanser, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-446-25052-9.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung – Mitglieder – Reinhard Jirgl – Selbstvorstellung". Akademie (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Reinhard Jirgl". dtv (in German). 30 June 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ a b "Jirgl". Akademie der Künste, Berlin (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Urkundentext" (PDF). Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung. Retrieved 2 June 2012.
- ^ "Meyer und Jirgl für Buchpreis nominiert". Die Zeit (in German). 11 September 2013. Retrieved 11 November 2017.
- ^ a b c d "Reinhard Jirgl – Autoren". Hanser Literaturverlage (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Alfred Döblin Prize". Akademie der Künste, Berlin. 8 May 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Joseph Breitbach Prize : Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur". Mainz. 9 May 1980. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Reinhard Jirgl erhält Lion-Feuchtwanger-Preis". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 26 October 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Grimmelshausen-Preis geht an Reinhard Jirgl". Augsburger Allgemeine (in German). 26 October 2019. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ "Awards – Georg-Büchner-Preis – Reinhard Jirgl". Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Reinhard Jirgl - Autorenlexikon". literaturport.de (in German). Retrieved 1 July 2021.
- ^ Thomas Rothschild: Gesamtdeutscher Steinbruch. In: Freitag, Nr. 46/2006.
- ^ Gunther Nickel: Deutsche Lebensläufe, polyphon erzählt. In: Die Welt, 28 February 2009.
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