Michael Wüstefeld

Michael Wüstefeld (born 12 September 1951) is a German writer.

Life Born in Dresden, Wüstefeld studied agricultural engineering at the TU Dresden from 1970 to 1974 and graduated with a diploma in engineering after passing the Abitur and the certificate for mechanical engineering. From 1974 to 1991 he worked as a technologist in an engineering office in Dresden. After unemployment in 1992 and a job as an office assistant, he has lived and worked as a freelance author and critic in Dresden since 1993.

He publishes lyric poetry and prose. In keeping with the other media-involving approach of his earliest publications in connection with prints, his work also includes a libretto. Wüstefeld's work has been and continues to be honored by numerous prizes and scholarships.

From 1989 to 2009 he was a co-founder and member of the . Since 1996 Wüstefeld has been a member of the PEN Centre Germany.

Work Kinogeschichten. Dresden 2016 Fünfkirchen fünf vor zwölf. Ein Pécs-Tagebuch. Dresden 2016 Märchen von einem, den es als Schloßschreiber aufs Land zog. Rheinsberg 2014 Paris geschenkt. Dresden, 2008 Das AnAlphabet. Göttingen, 2007 Schlüsseloper : ein burleskes Spiel, libretto for an opera by Wilfried Krätzschmar, world premiere 2 December 2006 in Dresden Blaues Wunder. Dresdens wunderlichste Brücke. Berlin, 2002 Wegzehrung : Gedichte. Munich, 2001 Schobers Zimmer : Erzählung. Dresden, 1998 Deutsche Anatomie, Dülmen-Hiddingsel, 1996 Amsterdamer Gedichte. Dresden, 1994 Grenzstreifen. Warmbronn, 1993 Nackt hinter der Schutzmaske : Erinnerungen. Aufbau-Verlag, 1990 Stadtplan, Aufbau-Verlag, 1990 Heimsuchung : Gedichte. Aufbau-Verlag, 1987 grafiklyrik 2. 6 Gedichte mit 7 Holzschnitten von Peter Herrmann, , 1979

Awards 1990: 1993: Scholarship 1997: Scholarship Villa Waldberta 1999: Scholarship 2007: Scholarship 2010: Scholarship of the 2012: Residence scholarship in Pécs 2014: Stadtschreiber zu Rheinsberg