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Michael Hametner

Michael Hametner (2019)

Michael Hametner (born 1950 at Rostock) is a German–Austrian journalist, editor, writer and literary and theater critic

Life

Hametner, son of an Austrian citizen, studied journalism and literary studies at the University of Leipzig. Initially working as an actor and director he became leading the "Poetische Theater" at the University of Leipzig; where he played and directed Der Auftrag by Heiner Müller (as "Debuisson"), Kohlhaas, Stefan Schütz' [de] version of Kleists novel (as "Luther"), Stephan Hermlins Scardanelli (Premiere),[1] Edward Albees Die Zoogeschichte (first performance in East Germany),[2] Alexander Vampilovs Provinzanekdoten[3] and Samuel Beckett's Waiting for Godot (as Pozzo). As director, he also played in important role in the debut performance of Astoria by Austrian writer Jura Soyfer in East Germany (together with Bernhard Scheller).[4]

From the beginning of the 1990s Hametner had been working as a freelancer at Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR). In 1993 he was appointed jury member for "Hörspiel des Monats" ("Radio drama of the month"). Before he just headed the East German radio drama critics jury and later he became a member of the jury for Gellert Prize [de], Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden (radio drama prize of the blind war victims) and Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding (2007–2009).[5][6] Since 2007 Hametner is also member of the jury for the Uwe Johnson Prize. In 1994 he became editorial journalist and presenter for literature at Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, where he established the MDR-Literaturpreis (MDR literature prize) in 1995.

Hametner published several books containing one-on-one interviews with German painters and actors like Bernhard Heisig, Johannes Heisig, Sighard Gille[7] and Fred Delmare.

Hametner has also been working as a narrator for audio recordings since 2005. Until 2015 he had been editorial journalist for literature. Since 2008 he is member of Bührnheim's Literature Salon.[8]

Hametner lives in Leipzig.

Works (selection)

Author

  • Kleine Form des Theaters. Zentralhaus-Publikation, Leipzig 1986.
  • Neue und wiederentdeckte Gegenwarts-Dramatik aus der DDR. Zentralhaus-Publikation, Leipzig 1989, ISBN 978-3-7444-0142-5.
  • Kleine Leute. Das Leben des Schauspielers Fred Delmare. Schwarzkopf und Schwarzkopf, Berlin 1997, ISBN 978-3-89602-122-9.
  • Einkreisen. 15 Gespräche – ein Porträt des Malers Sighard Gille. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2014, ISBN 978-3-95462-226-9.
  • Auf der Bühne. 15 Gespräche – ein Porträt des Malers Matthias Weischer. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2016, ISBN 978-3-95462-643-4.
  • Übermalen. 15 Gespräche – ein Porträt des Malers Johannes Heisig. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2017, ISBN 978-3-95462-811-7.
  • Bernhard Heisig und Gudrun Brüne. Ein Künstlerpaar über fünfzig Jahre. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2018, ISBN 978-3-95462-993-0.
  • Gert Pötzschig – Valeurs. Sax, Beucha/Markkleeberg 2018, ISBN 978-3-86729-223-8.
  • Kopfkino. 15 Gespräche – ein Porträt des Malers Hans Aichinger. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle (Saale) 2019, ISBN 978-3-96311-218-8

Publisher

  • Zornesrot. Anthologie junger Autoren. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2007, ISBN 978-3-89812-440-9.
  • Zeit der Witze. Texte junger Autoren. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2009, ISBN 978-3-89812-601-4.
  • Wolfgang Heger: Lichtzeichen. Ein Porträt des Malers Rolf-Gunter Dienst im Dialog. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, Halle 2015, ISBN 978-3-95462-460-7.

Audiobook narrator

At Universal Music, Berlin:

At Universal Family Entertainment, Berlin:

References

  1. ^ Elisabeth Peuker, Mitteldeutsche Neueste Nachrichten, 5 July 1973[full citation needed]
  2. ^ Bettina Ahrenholz, Norddeutsche Zeitung, 8 November 1976[full citation needed]
  3. ^ Georg Antosch, Neue Zeit, 12 July 1977[full citation needed]
  4. ^ Theater mit Leidenschaft: Die Studentenbühne an der Leipziger Universität, Passage-Verlag Leipzig 2007
  5. ^ Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding
  6. ^ "Short biography". Archived from the original on 18 May 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  7. ^ Peter Gosse, literary supplement, Neues Deutschland, 13 March 2014[full citation needed]
  8. ^ Unser Team/our team Archived 27 January 2022 at the Wayback Machine at signiertebuecher.de

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