Jan Wagner | |
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Notable works | Regentonnenvariationen |
Notable awards |
Georg Büchner Prize Leipzig Book Fair Prize |
Jan Wagner (born 18 October 1971) is a German poet, essayist and translator, recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize and Leipzig Book Fair Prize.
Wagner was born in Hamburg, [1] and grew up north of it, in the small town of Ahrensburg in Schleswig-Holstein. [2] He studied English (Anglistics) in Hamburg, Dublin and Berlin, and graduated from Hamburg University, and at Trinity College, Dublin. [2] In 2008, he was Max Kade German Writer in Residence at Oberlin College. [3] In 2001, his first volume of poetry "Probebohrung im Himmel" was published. [4] Wagner's poems have been translated into thirty languages. [2] Wagner has been translator of English-language poetry ( Charles Simic, James Tate, Simon Armitage, Matthew Sweeney and others), freelance reviewer ( Frankfurter Rundschau and others) and until 2003 co-editor of the international literature box "The Outside of the Element". [5]
Since 1995 he lives in Berlin. [1]
Jan Wagner | |
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Notable works | Regentonnenvariationen |
Notable awards |
Georg Büchner Prize Leipzig Book Fair Prize |
Jan Wagner (born 18 October 1971) is a German poet, essayist and translator, recipient of the Georg Büchner Prize and Leipzig Book Fair Prize.
Wagner was born in Hamburg, [1] and grew up north of it, in the small town of Ahrensburg in Schleswig-Holstein. [2] He studied English (Anglistics) in Hamburg, Dublin and Berlin, and graduated from Hamburg University, and at Trinity College, Dublin. [2] In 2008, he was Max Kade German Writer in Residence at Oberlin College. [3] In 2001, his first volume of poetry "Probebohrung im Himmel" was published. [4] Wagner's poems have been translated into thirty languages. [2] Wagner has been translator of English-language poetry ( Charles Simic, James Tate, Simon Armitage, Matthew Sweeney and others), freelance reviewer ( Frankfurter Rundschau and others) and until 2003 co-editor of the international literature box "The Outside of the Element". [5]
Since 1995 he lives in Berlin. [1]