Name Thomas Kling | Role Poet | |
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Died April 1, 2005, Dormagen, Germany | ||
Floria nica steward souppaya performance auf thomas kling catull 64 bacchen
Thomas Kling (June 5, 1957 – April 1, 2005) was a German poet.
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- Floria nica steward souppaya performance auf thomas kling catull 64 bacchen
- Thomas kling sprachinstallateur liest ratinger hof zettbeh 3 1989
- Life
- Poetry
- Awards
- Works
- Editor
- Translations
- References
Thomas kling sprachinstallateur liest ratinger hof zettbeh 3 1989
Life
Thomas Kling was born in Bingen am Rhein, grew up in Hilden and went to school in Düsseldorf. He studied philology in Cologne, Düsseldorf and Vienna and lived in Finland for a certain period. Since 1983 he presented his poems on public performances – first in Vienna, than in the Rhineland. Later he performed together with the jazz percussionist Frank Köllges.
Kling lived with his wife Ute Langanky, a painter, on the museum area of Hombroich (a former rocket station) near Neuss. In 2005 he died in Dormagen of lung cancer. He was buried in Neuss-Holzheim.
Poetry
Thomas Kling was an important poet in contemporary German literature. He was influenced by authors like Friederike Mayröcker, Ernst Jandl, Paul Celan, Hans Carl Artmann and Konrad Bayer. The structure and the layout of his poems were often dominated by the needs of his performances. He was member of the German PEN-centre and of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (German Academy for Language and Poetry).