Fitzgerald Kusz, dramatist and poet, was born in Nuremberg in 1944, where he lives today with his wife and three children. He studied English and German literature and is a member of the Deutsche Akademie der Darstellenden Künste, PEN and VS. (2008)
Poems in magazines/anthologies (selection) Akzente, Tintenfisch, Jahrbuch der Lyrik literature prizes
- Including the Gerhart-Hauptmann-Stipendium der Freien Volksbühne, Berlin 1977
- Kulturpreis der Stadt Nürnberg, 1988.
- Friedrich Baur-Preis der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste, 1998
Books
- 11 poetry collections in Franconian dialect, most recently Wouhii. Ein Lesebuch, Cadolzburg 2002.
- muggn, gedichte, ars-vivendi, Cadolzburg 2007.
Plays (selection)
20 plays, including:
- Schweig, Bub!, Nuremberg 1976.
- Burning Love, Constance 1984;
- Letzter Wille, Munich 1996;
- Witwendramen, Singen 2005.
- Schlammschlacht, Hamburg 2006.
Screenplays: film/TV (selection)
- Himmelsheim, Feature film, 1989. Directed by Manfred Stelzer.
- Gudrun, Feature film, 1992. Directed by Hans W. Geißendörfer.
- Florian III, TV series, directed by Bernd Fischerauer, BR 1994.
Radio plays (selection)
- Die Bestellung, 1979; Die Vögel, radio play for children, 1980; Burning Love, 1985.
- Hermann, 1989; Die Nibelungen. 1992.
Winter 2010 (Issue 05), carluke
Winter 2008 (Issue 03), liebe xii