Michael Lentz

Michael Lentz
Michael Lentz
	Michael Lentz in 2018
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]

Life

Lentz was born in Düren.^[2] His father Hubert Lentz [de] (1927–2014) was city manager (Oberstadtdirektor) of Düren.^[3] Lentz completed his Abitur at the Stiftisches Gymnasium Düren [de] 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] (Sound Poetry, Music After 1945). 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 [de].^[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]

Awards

2001 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for Muttersterben^[4]
2005 Preis der Literaturhäuser^[4]
2012 Walter-Hasenclever-Literaturpreis [de]^[4]

Memberships

2014 Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, Darmstadt^[7]

Works

Lentz, Michael (2002). Muttersterben : Prosa (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer. ISBN 3-10-044810-3. OCLC 49197516.
—— (2003). Liebeserklärung : Roman (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer. ISBN 3-10-043923-6. OCLC 53098619.
—— (2007). Pazifik Exil : Roman (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer. ISBN 978-3-10-043925-3. OCLC 166334124.
—— (2018). Schattenfroh ein Requiem (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer Verlag GmbH. ISBN 978-3-10-043938-3. OCLC 1033644155.
—— (2020). Innehaben : Schattenfroh und die Bilder (in German). Frankfurt. ISBN 978-3-10-390006-4. OCLC 1226678308.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

Thesis

Lentz, Michael (2000). Lautpoesie, -musik nach 1945 Bd. 2 (in German). Wien. ISBN 978-3-10-043936-9. OCLC 313700605.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)