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
- Erkenntnistheoretisch-methodologische Untersuchungen zur heuristischen Ausdrucksfähigkeit aussagenlogischer Beweisbegriffe, Berlin 1983
Prose
- Waldwärts, Berlin 1985
- Der große Coup, Berlin 1987
- Kopfsprung, Berlin 1989
- Indwendig, Winsen/Luhe 1990
- Der Schneemensch, Köln 1993
- Parzival Pechvogel, Zürich (etc.) 1994
- Das Vertreterseminar, Köln 1995
- Der Zimmerspringbrunnen, Köln 1995
French: Fontaine d'appartement, 1999
Italian: Il venditore di fontane, 2000
- Spuren in der Weltwüste, Lichtenfels 1996
- Ich dachte, sie finden uns nicht, Köln 1997
- Die schöne Belinda und ihr Erfinder, Zürich 1997
- Lavaters Maske, Köln 1999
- Die Elbe, Leipzig 2000 (together with Jörn Vanhöfen and Walter Kempowski)
- Stinkstiefel, Zürich 2000
- Eins zu eins, Köln 2003
- Silberblick, Köln 2004
- Vom Tisch, Leipzig 2004
As editor
Radio play pieces
Notes and References
- Web site: Lesung mit Jens Sparschuh . Stadt- und Landesbibliothek Potsdam . 15 January 2023.
- Web site: Writer-in-Residence Program . Grinnell College . 15 January 2023 . en.
- Web site: Intelmann . Peter . 80 Zentimeter über Normalnull . Lübecker Nachrichten . 15 January 2023 . de . 22 January 2019.
- Web site: Der alte Mann und das Meerschweinchen . Pro Senectute Schweiz . de-CH.
- Web site: Portrait: Jens Sparschuh . Gerstenberg Verlag . 15 January 2023 . de.