Andreas Kirchgäßner

Andreas Kirchgäßner (* 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau ) is a German author for children and young people .

Career

Kirchgäßner completed after his Abitur first a agricultural teaching , and later retrained for a machinist . After extensive trips to Africa , he decided to make a living from and for writing. In 1999 he received a script funding of Media and Film Society Baden-Wuerttemberg for the feature film job sharing . In 2001 his first children's book, Das alten Haus, appeared in the ArsEdition , Munich. This was followed by four more children's books from the series Kangaroo: illustrated stories for learning to read and numerous radio reports about the trance music of the Gnawa , about Sufism and life in Africa. These were broadcast on Deutschlandradio , Hessischer Rundfunk , Saarländischer Rundfunk and SWR , among others . In 2002 his African novel Lost Time was published by demand.verlag literaturbuero, and since then he has worked as a freelance writer and lecturer . Andreas Kirchgäßner is a member of the Association of German Writers (VS). He attends schools in Germany , Switzerland , France and Luxembourg and reads from his works there.

The old house. Ars Edition, Munich 2001, ISBN 978-3-7607-3845-1 .
A rabbit creates chaos. Ars Edition, Munich 2002, ISBN 978-3-7607-3893-2 . (Together with Christine Kleicke)
Thunderstorm, Vikings! Ars Edition, Munich 2003, ISBN 978-3-7607-3934-2 . (Together with Laurence Sartin)
Soccer friends. Ars Edition, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-7607-3996-0 . (Together with Irmgard Paule)
The secret witch festival. Ars Edition, Munich 2006. ISBN 978-3-7607-4017-1 .

personal data
SURNAME	Kirchgäßner, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German author of books for children and young people
DATE OF BIRTH	1957
PLACE OF BIRTH	Freiburg in Breisgau