Klaus Servene (*1949 in Marburg, Hesse) is a German writer who lives in Mannheim.
He studied German philology and other subjects at the Johannes Gutenberg University in Mainz and at the Philipps University in Marburg. After working in Hamburg, Westerland and Stendal, he began to write literature in 1995. After he had initiated the Andiamo Verlag in 2000, he worked from 2001 as host of literary events, as co-organizer of various literary competitions and as a publisher. In 2008 he and the city of Mannheim, as well as Sudabeh Mohafez - Lisboa and Berlin, and Dimitré Dinev - Vienna, published the anthology "Crossing Borders." As a result of the "International Short Story Competition 2007 of the city of Mannheim" - Topic: Migration and Europe.
Publications
The Lord of the Lemmings (novel), 1997
Cures (novel), 1998
Hothead (novel), Mannheim 1999, 6., new edition 2007, ISBN 978-3-936625-12-7
Schatilah (novel), Mannheim 2000, ISBN 3-8311-0756-4
Sometimes I'm dreaming of Marrakesh (Biographical novel - with the silent monk Canis Dei), Mannheim 2000, ISBN 3-8311-0790-4
Deutschland-Tango (poetry and short texts), Mannheim 2001, ISBN 978-3-831-12177-9
The tragic end of August von Kotzebue (scenes, directed by Sascha Koal), 2002
They came (Selected Prose 1995-2007), Mannheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-936625-10-3
A short novel of fur (novel), Mannheim 2007, ISBN 978-3-936625-13-4
Mannheim, Germany (Stories), Achter-Publishers 2010, ISBN 978-3-9812372-4-5
Contributions - Choice
Eyesores (story), C .Bertelsmann-Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-570-00808-8
A house in Bulgaria, (story, in: Wild Birds fly, Achter-Verlag, Acht, 2009), ISBN 978-3-9812372-2-1
What I know (novel, in:. Lifelines, Stockstädter story competition 2009-2010 winning entries, H & T, Stockstadt am Rhein 2010)
Editions - Choice
Hello Taxi (short stories), Norderstedt 2001, ISBN 3-8311-2605-4
Taxiaudiobook with music (compact disc, with Peter Tröster), Mannheim 2005, ISBN 3-936625-07-7
Grenzen.überschreiten. (short stories, with Dimitré Dinev and Sudabeh Mohafez), Mannheim 2008, ISBN 978-3-936625-11-0
2000: The shortlist for the NDL-price for new German-language novels
2008: 3rd prize German Wings Story Award "Tales of Flying"
2009: 2nd prize Achter-Verlag, writing contest about freedom
2009: 1st Prize Erika Mitterer - poetry competition, Vienna, slogan: "Those who think suspect, those who feel know"
2010: 2nd prize literary contest of the community Stockstadt am Rhein
2010: Poetry Prize of the City of Hildesheim
