Chaim Noll
Chaim Noll (* 13. July 1954 as Hans Noll in Berlin ) is a German - Israeli journalist and writer . He writes essays , poems , short stories and novels .
Life
Noll grew up as the son of the GDR-based writer Dieter Noll in the GDR's nomenklatura . He studied art and art history in East Berlin before he evaded being drafted into the NVA in November 1980 by being admitted to a mental hospital and then retired. On May 8, 1984 he moved to West Berlin and worked there as a journalist.
From 1992 to 1995 he lived in Rome and then went to Israel with his wife, the painter Sabine Kahane (Binah Kahana) . First they lived in Midreshet Sde Boker in the Negev desert , then in Be'er Scheva and in Meitar . In 1998 he received Israeli citizenship . In addition to his literary work, Noll teaches at the University of Be'er Scheva and regularly travels to Germany for lectures and readings.
Activity as a freelance author
Since moving to West Berlin, Noll has worked as an author for a variety of German media.
He published u. a. in the following media:
He was a member of the editorial team and author of the monthly magazine Mut, which was discontinued with issue 591 (July / August 2017) .
Noll's books are published by Verbrecher Verlag .
reception
In April 2019, a planned reading by Noll in Leipzig was canceled at short notice by the organizing SPD- affiliated Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung . After the author initially received no justification, the head of the responsible country office, Matthias Eisel, spoke to the press and justified the rejection with Noll's “criticism of Germany's pro-Islamic regime policies”. He is also bothered by Noll's work on the blog The Axis of the Good , which he rated as “at least right-wing populist”. The director of the Jerusalem location of the Simon Wiesenthal Center , Efraim Zuroff , spoke of a sad day for German democracy, as the SPD “blacklists someone who does not agree with their foreign policy”. The Friedrich Ebert Foundation then regretted the media debate in a statement and underlined its solidarity-based attitude towards Israel.
Works
- The good bye. Journal of my departure from the GDR . Verlag Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1985 ISBN 978-3-455-08247-0
- Russia, summer, Loreley: a German in the Soviet Union . Verlag Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1986 ISBN 978-3-455-08647-8
- Pegasus' nosedive . In: Kontinent 12 (1986), H. 3, pp. 77-84 ISSN 0176-4179
- Berlin charade . Roman, Verlag Hoffmann and Campe, Hamburg 1987 ISBN 978-3-455-01883-7
- The golden spoon . Roman, Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1989 ISBN 3-421-06506-3
- Night thoughts about Germany . Essays, Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1992 ISBN 978-3-499-13120-2
- Dove and star. Roma Hebraica - A search for traces . Hünstelden-Gnadenthal: Presence 1994 ISBN 3-87630-459-8
- Life without Germany . Essays, Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek 1995 ISBN 978-3-499-13619-1
- The desert smiles . Verlag Landpresse, 2001 ISBN 978-3-930137-92-3
- My language lives elsewhere. Thoughts on Germany and Israel (with Lea Fleischmann ), Verlag Scherz, Frankfurt am Main 2006 ISBN 978-3-502-15023-7
- The kithara player . Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin, 2008. ISBN 978-3-940426-11-6
- Fire . Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin September 2010, ISBN 978-3-940426-64-2 .
- The metaphor of the desert. Literature as an approach to a landscape . In: Sinn und Form 3/2010, pp. 309-325.
- Kolya. Stories from Israel . Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-943167-12-2 .
- The synagogue. Novel . Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-943167-77-1 .
- Smuggling across the time limit - memories , Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-95732-085-8 .
- Hummingbird and fighter plane poems , with 22 drypoint etchings by Sabine Kahane, Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2015, ISBN 978-3-95732-084-1 .
- Sleepless in Tel Aviv , Verbrecher Verlag, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-95732-167-1 .
- The desert. Literary history of a primeval landscape of man. Evangelische Verlagsanstalt GmbH, Leipzig 2020, ISBN 978-3-37406-357-4 .
literature
- Siegmar Faust : Noll, Chaim (formerly Hans) . In: Who was who in the GDR? 5th edition. Volume 2. Ch. Links, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-86153-561-4 .
- Mark Gelber : Noll, Chaim. In: Andreas B. Kilcher (Ed.): Metzler Lexicon of German-Jewish Literature. Jewish authors in the German language from the Enlightenment to the present. 2nd, updated and expanded edition. Metzler, Stuttgart / Weimar 2012, ISBN 978-3-476-02457-2 , p. 391f.
Web links
- Chaim Noll's website
- Literature by and about Chaim Noll in the catalog of the German National Library
- Writer Chaim Noll: "Religion is not an old-fashioned thing in Israel" , Chaim Noll in conversation with Andreas Main, Deutschlandfunk , April 13, 2018
- Religion in the Israeli election campaign: “I can live with all the election winners” , Chaim Noll in conversation with Andreas Main, Deutschlandfunk , March 19, 2019
Individual evidence
- ↑ German-speaking summer university . hagalil.com
- ^ Writer Chaim Noll: "Religion is not an old-fashioned thing in Israel" www.deutschlandfunk.de, April 13, 2018
- ↑ Chaim Noll: Jewish views on the Koran . In: Zeitschrift für Geschichtswwissenschaft 55 (2007), pp. 1020-1036 ISSN 0044-2828
- ↑ Benjamin Weinthal: German NGO disinvites Israeli writer for slamming Berlin policies pro-Iran. In: The Jerusalem Post. May 1, 2019, accessed May 6, 2019 .
- ^ Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung: Statement in response to the media debate about the position of the FES on Chaim Noll. In: fes.de. May 2, 2019, accessed May 6, 2019 .
- ↑ Review in Deutschlandradio
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Noll, Chaim |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Noll, Hans (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-Israeli writer and essayist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 13, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | East Berlin |