Michael Lentz | |
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Born | 1964 Düren |
Occupation | Author, musician, and performer |
Nationality | German |
Genre | Poems, plays, radio plays, short stories, novels |
Notable works | 2001 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for Muttersterben |
Michael Lentz (born 1964) is a German author, musician, and performer of experimental texts and sound poetry. [1]
Lentz was born in Düren. [2] His father Hubert Lentz (1927–2014) was city manager (Oberstadtdirektor) of Düren. [3] Lentz completed his Abitur at the Stiftisches Gymnasium Düren in 1983 and studied German studies, history and philosophy in Aachen and Munich. [4] He completed his PhD in 1999; the thesis was titled Lautpoesie, -musik nach 1945. [4] Lentz was student of Josef Anton Riedl and saxophonist in Riedl's Ensemble. [1] He was the winner of the 2001 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for his book Muttersterben . [5] In May 2006, he was appointed professor for literary writing at the German Literature Institute, University of Leipzig. [6] [4] The genres of his work are poems, plays, radio plays, short stories and novels. [7]
Lentz lives in Munich. [8]
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Michael Lentz | |
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Born | 1964 Düren |
Occupation | Author, musician, and performer |
Nationality | German |
Genre | Poems, plays, radio plays, short stories, novels |
Notable works | 2001 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for Muttersterben |
Michael Lentz (born 1964) is a German author, musician, and performer of experimental texts and sound poetry. [1]
Lentz was born in Düren. [2] His father Hubert Lentz (1927–2014) was city manager (Oberstadtdirektor) of Düren. [3] Lentz completed his Abitur at the Stiftisches Gymnasium Düren in 1983 and studied German studies, history and philosophy in Aachen and Munich. [4] He completed his PhD in 1999; the thesis was titled Lautpoesie, -musik nach 1945. [4] Lentz was student of Josef Anton Riedl and saxophonist in Riedl's Ensemble. [1] He was the winner of the 2001 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for his book Muttersterben . [5] In May 2006, he was appointed professor for literary writing at the German Literature Institute, University of Leipzig. [6] [4] The genres of his work are poems, plays, radio plays, short stories and novels. [7]
Lentz lives in Munich. [8]
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