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German poet (1957–2005)
Thomas Kling (June 5, 1957 – April 1, 2005) was a German
poet .
Life
Thomas Kling was born in
Bingen am Rhein , grew up in
Hilden and went to school in
Düsseldorf . He studied
philology in
Cologne , Düsseldorf and
Vienna and lived in
Finland for a certain period. Since 1983 he presented his poems on public performances – first in Vienna, than in the
Rhineland . Later he performed together with the jazz percussionist
Frank Köllges [
de ] .
Kling lived with his wife
Ute Langanky , a painter, on the museum area of
Hombroich (a former rocket station) near
Neuss . In 2005 he died in
Dormagen of lung cancer. He was buried in Neuss-Holzheim.
Poetry
Thomas Kling was an important poet in contemporary German literature. He was influenced by authors like
Friederike Mayröcker ,
Ernst Jandl ,
Paul Celan ,
Hans Carl Artmann and
Konrad Bayer . The structure and the layout of his poems were often dominated by the needs of his performances. He was member of the German
PEN -centre and of the
Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (German Academy for Language and Poetry).
Awards
1986:
Förderpreis für Literatur der Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf in
Northrhine-Westphalia
[1]
1989: Promotion Prize of Northrhine-Westphalia
1990: Rolf Dieter Brinkmann Grant of Cologne
1991: Promotion Prize of the arts circle in the Federal Association of German Industry
1993: Else Lasker Schüler Prize for Poetry
1997: Peter Huchel Prize
2001: Ernst Jandl Prize
2005: Poetry Prize of the Stadtsparkasse Düsseldorf
Works
der zustand vor dem untergang (the situation before the breakup), Düsseldorf 1977
erprobung herzstärkender mittel (testing of heart strengthening means), Düsseldorf 1986
geschmacksverstärker (flavour enhancer), Frankfurt am Main 1989
verkehrsfunk (traffic message channel), 1989
brennstabm (fuel rod / fuel rodz), Frankfurt am Main 1991
nacht.sicht.gerät (night.vision.device), Frankfurt am Main 1993
wände machn (making walls / makin walls), Münster 1994
morsch (decayed), Frankfurt am Main 1996
Itinerar (itinerary), Frankfurt am Main 1997
Wolkenstein. Mobilisierun' (claude stone. mobilisatio', Münster 1997
GELÄNDE camouflage (terrain camouflage), Münster 1997 (together with Ute Langanky)
Fernhandel (long distance trade), Köln 1999
Botenstoffe (messenger substrates), Köln 2001
Sondagen (sondages), Köln 2002
Auswertung der Flugdaten (analysis of flight data), Köln 2005
Gesammelte Gedichte (collected poems), Köln 2006
Das brennende Archiv - Brevier. (ed. Ute Langanky and Norbert Wehr). Suhrkamp, Berlin 2012 (= suhrkamp taschenbuch 4351),
ISBN
978-3-518-46351-2 .
Editor
Friederike Mayröcker : Benachbarte Metalle , Frankfurt am Main 1998
Sabine Scho : Thomas Kling entdeckt Sabine Scho , Hamburg [u.a.] 2001
Sprachspeicher. 200 Gedichte auf deutsch vom achten bis zum zwanzigsten Jahrhundert , Köln 2001
Translations
Literature
Heinz-Norbert Jocks : Thomas Kling. Bilderfindungen , Un entretien de Heinz-Norbert Jocks, revised in:
Schreibheft. Zeitschrift für Literatur , Edition 96, Essen 2021, p. 146-155.
Heinz-Norbert Jocks : Bilderfindungen, Ein Gespräch mit Thomas Kling , in:
Kunstforum International , Cologne 1998, No. 140, p. 238–253.
Heinz-Norbert Jocks: Wörter aus dem Vulkan , In:
General-Anzeiger , Bonn 1994,23./24. July 1994.
Heinz-Norbert Jocks: Das Genie , In: Überblick Magazin , Düsseldorf, 1986, Edition 11, November, p. 36–38.
Heinz-Norbert Jocks: Ein Wahlverwandter der Dadaisten , In: Düsseldorfer Hefte , Düsseldorf, 1986, 1. October 1986, Edition 11, p. 13-14.
References
Thomas Kling , München 2000.
Thomas Kling – Karl-Heinrich Müller , Köln 2004.
Thomas Kling ist tot. Notizen zu einem deutschen Dichter (In:
Theo Breuer , Aus dem Hinterland. Lyrik nach 2000 , Sistig/Eifel 2005, S. 101-114).
Hubert Winkels: Der Stimmen Ordnung. Über Thomas Kling , Köln 2005.
External links
International National Artists People Other
Added category tag for membership in the German Academy of Language and Literature