Michael Lentz | |
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![]() 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]
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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