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 âÂÂheuristischen Ausdrucksfähigkeit aussagenlogischer BeweisbegriffeâÂÂ.
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
Works
Non fiction
- Erkenntnistheoretisch-methodologische Untersuchungen zur heuristischen Ausdrucksfähigkeit aussagenlogischer Beweisbegriffe, Berlin 1983
Prose
- Waldwärts, Berlin 1985
- Der groÃÂe 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
References
External links