Jens Sparschuh Explained

Jens Sparschuh (born 14 May 1955) is a German writer from Chemnitz.

Life

Sparschuh was born in Chemnitz (then Karl-Marx-Stadt) and grew up in East Berlin. After graduation in Halle (Saale) he studied philosophy and logic in Leningrad from 1973 until 1978.From 1978, he was assistant-scientist at the Humboldt University of Berlin and in 1983 he got his Ph.D. for the thesis „heuristischen Ausdrucksfähigkeit aussagenlogischer Beweisbegriffe“.

From then on, Sparschuh makes his living as a writer of novels, essays, poetry and audio books.[1]

After the German reunification he briefly was member of the New Forum.

In 2006 and 2019 he gave short courses in Grinnell-College on German literature.[2] He also gave lessons in the Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig.[3]

Awards

Works

Non fiction

Prose

French: Fontaine d'appartement, 1999

Italian: Il venditore di fontane, 2000

As editor

Radio play pieces

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lesung mit Jens Sparschuh . Stadt- und Landesbibliothek Potsdam . 15 January 2023.
  2. Web site: Writer-in-Residence Program . Grinnell College . 15 January 2023 . en.
  3. Web site: Intelmann . Peter . 80 Zentimeter über Normalnull . Lübecker Nachrichten . 15 January 2023 . de . 22 January 2019.
  4. Web site: Der alte Mann und das Meerschweinchen . Pro Senectute Schweiz . de-CH.
  5. Web site: Portrait: Jens Sparschuh . Gerstenberg Verlag . 15 January 2023 . de.