Background
Kleinert was born in Leipzig in 1960 with family roots in Silesia and Danzig.
Kleinert was born in Leipzig in 1960 with family roots in Silesia and Danzig.
He did theological and celtic studies in East and West Berlin, Edinburgh and Dublin. His main areas of interest are poetry, short stories and translation from classical languages. He lives and works in Kreuzberg in Berlin since 1986.
Grant by Otto Benecke Stiftung Bonn (1986/1987)
Scholarship by Studienwerk Villigst (1987–1993)
Working Grant by NGDK Berlin (1997, 1998, 2005, 2006)
Travelling Grant (Ireland) by Berliner Senat (1998)
Travelling Grant (Shetland-Isles) by LBV Vienna, (2002)
Fellow of the “Verband deutscher Schriftsteller” (VS Berlin) 2003
"Writer in Residence" at Baltic Centre for Writers and Translators in Visby/Gotland/Sweden (2006)
Travelling Grant (Sweden/Finland) by LBV Vienna (2007)
Alfred-Müller-Felsenburg-Prize 2009 (together with Sándor Tatár, Budapest/Törökbálint)
"Writer in Residence" at Künstlerhaus Salzwedel (2010, 2011 and 2015)
"Writer in Residence" at Ventspils House for Writers and Translators in Ventspils/Latvia (2014)
Travelling Grant (Sweden) by JTHBV Vienna (2015).