Detlef Färber
Detlef Färber (born January 19, 1958 in Gera ) is a German journalist and writer .
Life
Detlef Färber grew up in Gera, Thuringia, as the son of a local small manufacturer who was expropriated from him in the spring of 1972 as part of the socialist expropriation. Färber first completed training as a typesetter before, as an active Christian in the church district, he refused military service with a weapon and was drafted into the NVA as a construction soldier . After his military service, Färber hired himself as an assistant nurse and studied theology at the Friedrich Schiller University in Jena until 1986 . He then made his way as a construction assistant, counter worker and night porter. During the change he found journalism and worked as a freelancer for Eulenspiegel . In addition, he published time-critical reports in the short-lived Gera weekly magazine Format , edited by Steffen Schönfeld, and in the Berlin magazine dasblatt , in which Otto Graf Lambsdorff published, among others . In 1993 Färber moved to Halle , where he has been working for the culture department of the Mitteldeutsche Zeitung ever since . He also emerged as an author of satirical texts.
Act
Due to his many years of activity as a culture editor, Färber maintains numerous connections to the Central German cultural scene far beyond Saxony-Anhalt . He is particularly closely connected to the representatives of the Leipzig Literature Institute and has partly contributed to their popularity. As a columnist and critic, he primarily deals with contemporary regional authors, such as the work of Wilhelm Bartsch and André Schinkel .
Publications (selection)
- My philosophical hairdresser. 111 satires, cut short. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 2015. ISBN 978-3-95462-537-6
- Sinner man gives reasons. Incorrect poems. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 2016. ISBN 978-3-95462-775-2
- Märchenstraße 4 lives the family we. Stories with poems. Mitteldeutscher Verlag, 2018. ISBN 978-3-95462-996-1
Web links
- Works by and about Detlef Färber in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ [2]
- ^ Otto Graf Lambsdorff: No danger for GDR savings accounts. In: the sheet. Independent national weekly newspaper. No. 1, February 20, 1990.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Färber, Detlef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 19, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gera |