Education
After studying History and Medicine in Munich and earning a degree (Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Medicine) in each, he soon concentrated on his writing.
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After studying History and Medicine in Munich and earning a degree (Doctor of Philosophy and Doctor of Medicine) in each, he soon concentrated on his writing.
With his first works, especially his novel "Irre" ("Crazy" or "Mad"), published in 1983, he became a cult author for the intellectual left. To the delight of his fans and the dismay of some critics he mixed neo-expressionist writing with social realism in the vein of Alfred Döblin and the fast pace of British popular writers like Julie Burchill. During a televised literary tournament in 1983, Goetz slit his own forehead with a razor blade and let the blood run down his face until he finished reading.
Goetz made his name as an enthusiastic observer of media and popular culture.
He embraced avant-garde philosophers like Foucault and Luhmann as well as the DJs of the techno movement, especially Sven Väth. He kept a written a daily diary, or blog, on the web in 1998-1999 called Abfall für alle ("trash for everybody"), which eventually was published as a book
1983 Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis.
1983 Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis 1988 Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis 1991 Heinrich-Böll-Preis 1993 Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis 1999 Else-Lasker-Schüler-Dramatikerpreis 2000 Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize 2000 Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis 2012 Berliner Literaturpreis 2013 Schiller-Gedächtnispreis 2013 Marieluise-Fleißer-Preis 2015 Georg Büchner Prize.
