Detlef Bernd Blettenberg

DB Blettenberg, 2003

Detlef Bernd Blettenberg (born October 13, 1949 in Wirges ) is a German-speaking writer .

Blettenberg worked as a development worker overseas for more than two decades. He lived in Ecuador , Thailand , Nicaragua and Ghana and toured Latin America, Asia, Africa and Arabia. Blettenberg has lived and worked in Berlin since 1978, if not overseas . He has been working as a freelance writer since 1994.

honors and awards

• 1981 Edgar Wallace Prize for Don't Weep for Me in Quito
• 1989 German Crime Prize - National 1st place for Farang
• 1995 German Crime Prize - National 1st place for blue rum
• 2004 German Crime Prize - National 1st place for Berlin Fijitown
• 2011 German Crime Prize - National 3rd place for Murnau's legacy

Works (selection)

Novels

• Don't cry for me in Quito . Goldmann, Munich 1981, ISBN 3-442-05611-X (NA, Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1990, ISBN 3-548-22001-0 )
• Agaves die lonely . Goldmann, Munich 1982, ISBN 3-442-05631-4
• Barbach's pictures . Ullstein, Frankfurt / a. M., Berlin, Vienna 1984, ISBN 3-548-10280-8 (NA, Schweizer Verlagshaus, Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-7263-6707-1 )
• Siamese dogs . Ullstein, Frankfurt / a. M., Berlin, Vienna 1987, ISBN 3-550-06138-2 (NA, Pendragon-Verlag, Bielefeld 2003, ISBN 3-934872-50-6 )
• Farang . Ullstein, Frankfurt / a. M., Berlin, Vienna 1988, ISBN 3-550-06417-9 (NA, Pendragon-Verlag, Bielefeld 2004, ISBN 3-934872-94-8 )
• Blue rum . Schweizer Verlagshaus, Zurich 1994, ISBN 3-7263-6676-8 (NA, Maro-Verlag, Augsburg 2002, ISBN 3-87512-702-1 )
• Hard cuts . Schweizer Verlagshaus, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-7263-6694-6 (NA, Pendragon-Verlag, Bielefeld 2005, ISBN 3-86532-009-0 )
• Zero o'clock Managua . Volk und Welt, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-353-01106-4 (NA, Pendragon-Verlag, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 3-86532-030-9 )
• Berlin Fijitown . Pendragon-Verlag, Bielefeld 2003, ISBN 3-934872-56-5 .
• Land of good hope . Pendragon-Verlag, Bielefeld 2006, ISBN 978-3-86532-042-1 .
• Murnau's legacy. Novel . DuMont, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-8321-9537-3 .
• Victoria Falls. dp Digital Publishers, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-96087-043-2 .
• See you late in the morning. dp Digital Publishers, Stuttgart 2016, ISBN 978-3-96087-045-6 .
• Hunt falcons . Pendragon, Bielefeld 2018, ISBN 978-3-86532-620-1 .

Chain novels

• A nasty surprise. Chain novel . Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998 (together with Gisbert Haefs , Frank Göhre , Janwillem van de Wetering and others).
• Hotel Terminus. Chain novel . Aufbau-Verlag, Berlin 2005 (together with Horst Eckert , Jürgen Alberts and others).

Anthologies

• Blood for bolívar . Pendragon-Verlag, Bielefeld 2005, ISBN 3-86532-024-4 (includes the titles “Weep not for me in Quito” and “Agaves die lonely”).

Reports and stories

• Inca grudges and Buddha smiles. Reports . Ullstein, Frankfurt / M. 1988, ISBN 3-548-36564-7 .
• Victoria Falls. Narration . Schweizer Verlagshaus, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-7263-6685-7 .
• See you late in the morning. Stories . Swiss publishing house, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-7263-6677-6 .

Scripts

• Detlev Buck (director): The elephant never forgets . 1996.
• Peter Keglevic (Director): Vicky's Nightmare . 1998 (together with Georg Geiger).
• Wolfgang Henschel (director): Whiteface (based on Edgar Wallace ).
• Werner Masten (director): The streets of Berlin - black pudding and white wine . 1999.
• Peter Keglevic (Director): Falling Rocks . 2000 (together with Ron Peer and Timothy Tremper).

Film adaptations

• Bangkok Story (alternative title Killing Drugs ), 1989, directed by Rolf von Sydow (based on Blettenberg's novel Siamese Dogs ).

Web links

• Literature by and about Detlef Bernd Blettenberg in the catalog of the German National Library
• Detlef Bernd Blettenberg in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Official website of the author
• Short biography and reviews of works by Detlef Bernd Blettenberg at perlentaucher.de