Michael Lentz

Michael Lentz (born 1964) is a German author, musician, and performer of experimental texts and sound poetry.

Life
Lentz was born in Düren. His father Hubert Lentz (1927–2014) was city manager (Oberstadtdirektor) of Düren. Lentz completed his Abitur at the Stiftisches Gymnasium Düren in 1983 and studied German studies, history and philosophy in Aachen and Munich. He completed his PhD in 1999; the thesis was titled Lautpoesie, -musik nach 1945. Lentz was student of Josef Anton Riedl and saxophonist in Riedl's Ensemble. He was the winner of the 2001 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for his book Muttersterben. In May 2006, he was appointed professor for literary writing at the German Literature Institute, University of Leipzig. The genres of his work are poems, plays, radio plays, short stories and novels.

Lentz lives in Munich.

Awards

 * 2001 Ingeborg Bachmann Prize for Muttersterben
 * 2005 Preis der Literaturhäuser
 * 2012 Walter-Hasenclever-Literaturpreis

Memberships

 * 2014 Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung, Darmstadt