Darmstadt, Germany (dpa) – The writer Marcel Beyer has received the prestigious Georg-Büchner-prize. The 50-year-old poet and novelist with 50 000 euros, the award was presented on Saturday in Darmstadt, Germany.
“language is everything,” said Beyer in his speech of thanks. The in Dresden living author controlling “the epic Panorama as well as the lyrical microscopy, and the time of the diagnostic Essay”, founded the German Academy for language and poetry in your Ceremony in the state theatre. The price is considered the most important literary award in Germany. He was 65. Awarded.
In the past year, the writer Rainald Goetz received the award. To the long line of Honored include well known authors such as Erich Kästner (1957), Günter Grass (1965), Heinrich Böll (1967), Friedrich Dürrenmatt (1986), Felicitas Hoppe (2012) and Sibylle Lewitscharoff (2013) and Jürgen Becker (2014).
Beyer had become an international Public in 1995 with his novel “flying dogs”. It’s about the instrumentalisation of language by the Propaganda on the example of the Second world war. The volumes of Poetry “the wrong food” (1997) and “geography” (2002), as well as the novels “spies” (2000) and “cold castle” (2008) followed. He also published stories and Essays such as “Nonfiction” (2003) and “Putin’s letter box. Eight Research” (2012).
The texts Beyers “are devoted to the mindfulness of the German past with the same precision and dedication, with the Sound of the now time-track”, certificated by the Academy of the author. “You operate a poetic geography, which is always exploring Language; bold and delicate, insightful and incorruptible, let the world at the same time, miraculously known and iridescent new.”
The namesake of the award, the Georg Büchner was a German revolutionary and playwright (“Danton’s death”, “Woyzeck”). He is considered the trailblazing author of the 19th century. Century. With only 23 years of age, he died on the 19. February 1837 in exile in Zurich of Typhus.
in addition to the Büchner prize been awarded two other awards, each with 20 000 euros in prize money. In lower Bavaria-born non-fiction book author Kathrin received Passig the Johann-Heinrich-Merck prize for literary criticism and Essay-2016. Today she lives in Berlin and author of many factual books.
The Sigmund-Freud-award for scientific prose in 2016, in the resin-born culture got theorists and Egyptologist Jan Assmann (78). He now lives in Konstanz, Germany.
“With your impressive work, stylistically outstanding texts are Jan Assmann, Kathrin Passig and Marcel Beyer leniency for the Power of words, the need for a democracy to Survive”, was the state Minister for Culture Monika Grütters (CDU) quotes in a message to the award ceremony.
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