Jens Sparschuh

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

The writer Jens Sparschuh at a reading at the Erlanger Poetenfest 2017.

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.[1] 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“.[2]

From then on, Sparschuh makes his living as a writer of novels, essays, poetry and audio books.[3]

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.[4] He also gave lessons in the Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig.[5]

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
  • Ein Nebulo bist du together with Manfred Steffen. Director: Norbert Schaeffer. Prod.: SR/SWF/SDR, 1989. ISBN 3-89813-068-1 (Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden)

References
  1. "Der alte Mann und das Meerschweinchen" (in Swiss High German). Pro Senectute Schweiz.
  2. "Portrait: Jens Sparschuh" (in German). Gerstenberg Verlag. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  3. "Lesung mit Jens Sparschuh". Stadt- und Landesbibliothek Potsdam. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  4. "Writer-in-Residence Program". Grinnell College. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
  5. Intelmann, Peter (22 January 2019). "80 Zentimeter über Normalnull" (in German). Lübecker Nachrichten. Retrieved 15 January 2023.
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