Jens Sparschuh
Jens Sparschuh is a German writer from Chemnitz.
Life
Sparschuh was born in Chemnitz 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.
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. He also gave lessons in the Deutsches Literaturinstitut Leipzig.
Awards
- 1988 Anna-Seghers-Preis
- 1990 Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden
- 1996 Förderpreis of the Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen
- 2018 Prix Chronos
- 2019 Günter-Grass-Preis
Works
Non fiction
Erkenntnistheoretisch-methodologische Untersuchungen zur heuristischen Ausdrucksfähigkeit aussagenlogischer Beweisbegriffe, Berlin 1983Prose
Waldwärts, Berlin 1985Der große Coup, Berlin 1987Kopfsprung, Berlin 1989Indwendig, Winsen/Luhe 1990Der Schneemensch, Köln 1993Parzival Pechvogel, Zürich 1994Das Vertreterseminar, Köln 1995Der Zimmerspringbrunnen, Köln 1995Spuren in der Weltwüste, Lichtenfels 1996Ich dachte, sie finden uns nicht, Köln 1997Die schöne Belinda und ihr Erfinder, Zürich 1997Lavaters Maske, Köln 1999Die Elbe, Leipzig 2000 Stinkstiefel, Zürich 2000Eins zu eins, Köln 2003Silberblick, Köln 2004Vom Tisch, Leipzig 2004As editor
- Friedrich von Schiller: Der Geisterseher, Berlin 1984
- Friedrich Hebbel: Läuse der Vernunft, Berlin 1987