Bert Papenfuß * 1956 in Reuterstadt Stavenhagen. Electrician, sound and lighting technician. Has devoted himself to his writing since 1980, collaborating with painters and musicians. Since 1994 co-publisher of the cultural-political journal SKLAVEN (renamed SKLAVEN Aufstand 1998 and GEGNER in 1999). Since 2004 co-editor of the magazine Zonic. Since 2005 editor of the magazine TorTour. Lives in Berlin. Since 1999 co-operator of Tanzwirtschaft KAFFEE BURGER. 1988 N. C. Kaser Prize, Lana, South Tyrol. 1991 F. C. Weiskopf Prize, Berlin. 1998 Erich Fried Preis, Vienna. (2006)
Publications (most recent)
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Haarbogensturz: Versuche über Staat und Welt, BasisDruck Verlag, Berlin, 2001. (With illustrations by Tom Platt.)
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ASTRACHAN: Alexander Krohn und Bert Papenfuß in Plauderton und Lokalismus telegraphsurrogate # 3, Berlin, 2003.
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RUMBALOTTE CONTINUA, 1st Series. Verlag Peter Engstler, Ostheim/Rhön, 2004. Jacket and illustrations: Silka Papenfuß.
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RUMBALOTTE CONTINUA, 2nd Series. Karin Kramer Verlag, Berlin, 2005. Jacket and illustrations: Silka Teichert.
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RUMBALOTTE Poems 1998 – 2002. Urs Engeler Editor, Basel/Weil am Rhein and Vienna, 2005. With illustrations by Ronald Lippok.
Bert Papenfuß in English
Winter 2008 (Issue 03), grassgravesentiments
Winter 2006 (Issue 01), With All Your Might