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Guy Helminger was born in 1963 in Esch / Alzette (Luxemburg) and studied German Literature and Philosophie in Luxemburg, Heidelberg and Cologne.
Since 1985 he has been living in Cologne and working as a writer.
2012 poetics lecturship at the University of Duisburg-Essen.
Together with his colleague Navid Kermani Guy Helminger presents since 12 years the „Literary Salon International“ in Cologne. From 2010-2012 he presented a cultural show on Luxemburg TV and from 2012-2017 a show called DNA.
2002 he received the Förderpreis für Jugend-Theater des Landes Baden-Württemberg, the same year the Prix Servais for his book „Rost“ and in 2004 the 3sat-Preis. His hometown honored him in 2006 with the Prix du mérite culturel de la ville d’Esch. In 2015 he got the postpoetry prize and 2016 the Dresdner Lyrikpreis for his poetry.
Prose:
Die Allee der Zähne. Aufzeichnungen und Fotos aus Iran. (Notes from Iran) capybarabooks 2018
Die Gegenwartsspringer. Verlag am Schluechthaus 1986
Radioplays:
45 Umdrehungen. Kurzhörspielserie. WDR 2016/2017
Fischsuppe. WDR 2011
Frau Gantner. WDR 2010
Rekonstruktion Kresch. WDR 2005
Fluggeräte. WDR 2003
Nachbarn. HR 2002
Wasser. WDR 2002
Morgen ist Regen. WDR 2001
5 Sekunden Leben. WDR 2001
Habicht. SR 1999
Theater:
Guten Morgen, Ihr Völker. Premiere at the Kasemattentheater 2017
Performance. Premiere at the Théatre du Centaure 2016
Venezuela. 3 Plays. Capybara Books 2015
Das Leben hält bis zuletzt Überraschungen bereit. Premiere at the Grand Théatre de Luxembourg 2011 (2012 staging in Vienna)
Venezuela. Premiere in London 2003 (Oberon Books, London 2003; German Original: Editions Phi 2004; France: Editions Théâtrales 2008)
(Staging in Luxemburg (2004), Vienna (2004) und New York (2005)…)
Screenplays:
7 Screenplays for the Luxemburg Sitcom „Weemseesdet“ Luxemburg 2011
Poetics:
Guy Helminger. Ein Sprachanatom bei der Arbeit. Hrsg. v. Rolf Parr, Thomas Ernst und Claude D. Conter. Synchron Verlag, Heidelberg 2014
Editor:
Hällewull. Anthologie of Luxemburg Literature. Publishing House of the Slovenien Writers Association. Edited together with Vesna Kondrič-Horvat. Ljubljana 2014