Andreas Schulze (writer)

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Andreas Schulze (* 1972 in Finsterwalde ) is a German author whose literary debut Preben Kaas: Herr Ostertag Makes Geräusche was awarded the Golden Pick in 2012.

life and work

Andreas Schulze was a foil fencer as a competitive athlete until he was twenty and was a youth champion in foil fencing in the GDR. Today he works as a bartender at the Schauburg cinema in Dresden , is a songwriter and guitarist for the Dresden band Shortcuts and writes short stories. His manuscript Preben Kaas: Herr Ostertag makes noises , his first long text ever, was awarded the Golden Pick 2012 and will be published by the German publisher Chicken House in autumn 2013. In 2013 he was a member of the jury for the award The extraordinary book of the international children's and youth program Literature festivals Berlin . Andreas Schulze lives in Dresden.

Quotes from Schulze

“Without feeling for rhythm, one should rethink making music and writing. It's all about mood, interesting structures and an arc of tension. Sixteen bars of verse, twelve bars of intermediate section and eight bars of refrain are not enough. Like the music, my stories want to be unpredictable. "

- Andreas Schulze : Autumn / Winter Preview 2013/2013 from Chicken House (PDF; 5.7 MB), p. 17

Press review

“Among the texts that were available, Mr. Ostertag macht Geräusche convinced the five-member jury, which included the author Andreas Steinhöfel , with its sophisticated structure, the confident language and, last but not least, the original idea. In addition, Julian's time travels are not portrayed from the boy's inner perspective, but rather that with Preben Kaas a distanced narrator is established who leads through the text enigmatically and thus asks the reader to form his own picture of the plot - sometimes even past the narrator. So Mr. Ostertag makes noises in its structure a demanding book and precisely by fascinating reading for young readers aged about fourteen years. "

- Tilman Spreckelsen : Andreas Schulze wins with “Herr Ostertag makes noises” , in: FAZ from 07.12.2012

bibliography

  • 2013: Preben Kaas: Mr. Ostertag makes noises , Chicken House, Hamburg (to be released in October)

Discography

  • 2013: Thanks, I feel fine with his band Shortcuts (Tracks: 1. Goldmine, 2. 1st Man On Mars, 3. No More Daydreams, 4. Flying Jive, 5. And Than The World Got Sounds, 6. We're Close To Sleep, 7th light song, 8th spaceship song, 9th Holy Sand, 10th chair piece, 11th Ulrich, the Made)

Participation in festivals and fairs

Prices

  • 2012: Golden Pick for Preben Kaas - Mr. Ostertag makes noises in October

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ weareshortcuts.tumblr.com
  2. ↑ http://www.carlsen.de/urheber/preben-kaas/46614#Info
  3. ↑ http://www.carlsen.de/sites/default/files/sonstiges/CHICKENHOUSE_Vorschau_HeWi.pdf
  4. ↑ faz.net
personal data
SURNAME Schulze, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Finsterwalde