Marcel Beyer

Marcel Beyer was a German writer, translator, poet, essayist, editor and novelist (born 1965). He was born at Tailfingen.

Marcel Beyer in brief

Born
1965
Known for
writer, translator, poet, essayist, editor, novelist and narrator
Place of birth
Tailfingen
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Career and activity

Marcel Beyer worked in creative and professional writing, poetry, essay and translation.

He was employed by European Graduate School. He belonged to Academy of Arts, Berlin and German Academy for Language and Literature. He worked at Dresden.

Recognition and collections

Marcel Beyer received Heinrich-Böll-Preis, Kleist Prize, Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen, Joseph-Breitbach-Preis, Uwe Johnson Prize and Georg Büchner Prize.

Catalogued works

45 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Art Institute of Chicago and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1783 to 2008.

The Karnau Tapes. Spies. Dresden as a narrative form: The backward-looking utopia. Klagenfurter Texte. Ingeborg-Bachmann-Wettbewerb 1991. Widmungsgedichte und Gedichte bei Gelegenheit. Flughunde. Auskünfte von und über Marcel Beyer. Geschichte in Landschaften =. Brauwolke. Schlachthof 5: Dresdens Zerstorung in Literarischen Zeugnissen. Eine Ausstellung Zum 13. Februar 1945 (Forum MHM) (German Edition). Zuerst bin ich immer Leser. Aurora. VOIX DE LA NUIT. Sie nannten es Sprache. Das blindgeweinte Jahrhundert. Marcel Beyer. Im Situation Room. Max Ernst und das Buch. Dämonenräumdienst. Spioner. Vergesst mich. Christian-Wagner-Preis. Putins Briefkasten. XX. Graphit. Falsches Futter, dated 1997. Ausreichend lichte Erklärung. William S. Burroughs. Erdkunde. Friederike Mayröcker, dated 1992. Kaltenburg, dated 2008. Nonfiction, dated 2003. Tecnico de Sonido, El, dated 1999. Walkmännin, dated 1990. Das Menschenfleisch, dated 1991. Karnau, dated 1998. Untitled, dated 1978–80, lithograph and etching on white wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1980.86. A corpulent man with a stick; representing a traveller. Etching by R. Brichet, 1784, after J. F. de Göz., dated [1784], held by Wellcome Collection. A clerk named Boniface bows and presents a financial document. Etching by R. Brichet, ca. 1783, after J. F. de Göz., dated [1783?], held by Wellcome Collection. A man wearing night-dress reading a play. Etching by R. Brichet, 1783, after J.F. de Göz., dated [1784?], held by Wellcome Collection. An affected man, making a gesture of humility. Etching by R. Brichet, 1784, after J.F. de Göz., dated [1784?], held by Wellcome Collection. A man whose height is being measured holds a proposal of marriage that he has received. Etching by R. Brichet, 1783, after J. F. de Göz., dated [1783], held by Wellcome Collection. A smirking man with his hands in a muff. Etching attributed to R. Brichet, 1783, after J. F. de Göz., dated [1783], held by Wellcome Collection. A young woman going for a walk in winter. Etching attributed to R. Brichet, ca. 1784, after J. F. de Göz., dated [1784?], held by Wellcome Collection. A fat man eating sausages with his hands from a bowl. Etching by R. Brichet, 1784, after J.F. de Göz., dated [1784?], held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 2 named public collections.

The Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 19 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

10 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.

Marcel Beyer liest. Gedicht und performativer Epitext, Kontemporär. Schriften zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur, 2018. Die Maximilianstraße queert den Canal Grande: Daisy und Mosi, Beyer und Meyer, Gedichte von Marcel Beyer, 2025. »Muskatplüts Hofton ist hier unbekannt.« Marcel Beyer, das Mittelalter und die Germanistik, Kontemporär. Schriften zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur, 2018. JSSE-Editorial-Template, Journal of Social Science Education, 2022. Körpersprachen der Unsagbarkeit, Cahiers d’Études Germaniques, 2020. Die Auflösung der Differenz, Recherches Germaniques, 2015. Die tonlosen Stimmen, Diegesis: Interdisziplinäres E-Journal für Erzählforschung, 2022. Wirtschaftsbezogene Aufgaben in allgemein- und berufsbildenden Schulbüchern, PraxisForschungLehrer*innenBildung, 2024. JSSE-Book Review-Template, Journal of Social Science Education, 2022. Sobre el testimonio del perpetrador en 'Flughunde' de Marcel Beyer. Desenmascarando sus dispositivos lingüísticos y discursivos, Revista de Filología Alemana, 2020.

Naming and authority record

This heading is established in Gemeinsame Normdatei (GND) (1161630511). Those registers additionally record the forms Tagung zum Werk Marcel Beyers (1. : 2015 : Wuppertal), Tagung Durch Worte in die Zeit Verzweigt - Perspektiven auf den Schriftsteller Marcel Beyer (2015 : Wuppertal), Wissenschaftliche Tagung zum Werk Marcel Beyers (1. : 2015 : Wuppertal) and Wissenschaftliche Tagung Durch Worte in die Zeit Verzweigt - Perspektiven auf den Schriftsteller Marcel Beyer (2015 : Wuppertal).

Digitised editions and texts

1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.

Das Menschenfleisch: Roman (1991) — Internet Archive.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 17 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 7 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 7 means 7 genuinely separate publishers of record. 11 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Marcel Beyer studied at University of Siegen. the recorded working language is German and English.

The field of work recorded is creative and professional writing, poetry and essay. Friederike Mayröcker is recorded as an influence.

Places of work recorded in the authority are Dresden. Employment is recorded with European Graduate School. Membership is recorded of Academy of Arts, Berlin and German Academy for Language and Literature.

Distinctions recorded are Heinrich-Böll-Preis, Kleist Prize, Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen and Joseph-Breitbach-Preis.

Chronology

  1. 1965Marcel Beyer born at Tailfingen.
  2. 1991Das Menschenfleisch: Roman digitised by Internet Archive.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    »Muskatplüts Hofton ist hier unbekannt.« Marcel Beyer, das Mittelalter und die Germanistik, Kontemporär. Schriften zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Die Maximilianstraße queert den Canal Grande: Daisy und Mosi, Beyer und Meyer, Gedichte von Marcel Beyer, 2025

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Marcel Beyer liest. Gedicht und performativer Epitext, Kontemporär. Schriften zur deutschsprachigen Gegenwartsliteratur, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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    Open Library author record for Marcel Beyer (Internet Archive), 38 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 7 articles naming Marcel Beyer.

    open access index · Unverified

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    Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Marcel Beyer as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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    The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Marcel Beyer.

    museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago

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    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 19 works naming Marcel Beyer.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  9. 9.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q76211: Marcel Beyer

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  10. 10.

    “Marcel Beyer”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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