Eoin Colfer

Eoin Colfer 2008

Eoin Colfer (pronunciation: [ ˈoʊ.ən ], "Owen") (born May 14, 1965 in Wexford ) is an Irish teacher, writer and author of books for children and young people .

Life

Eoin Colfer was born the second of five brothers on the south east coast of Ireland, where he attended Christian Brothers Primary School. His father was a teacher and historian , and his mother taught drama . As a child he wrote and illustrated his own stories. After finishing school, he studied teaching at "Carysfort College" (1977 to 1988) at the University of Dublin . From there he returned to Wexford in 1986, where he taught at the local elementary school, engaged in theater, and wrote stories in the nights. In 1991 Colfer married his childhood sweetheart Jackie. He spent the years 1992 to 1996 abroad with her, teaching at schools in Saudi Arabia , Tunisia and Italy . Many of his stories have been inspired by his experiences on these trips. He then took a job at Coolcotts National School, an elementary school for children with learning disabilities, where he taught English, math, history and performing games. Colfer lives in Wexford with his wife and two children.

Colfer's first novel Benny and Omar (1998) was already a success, which was quickly followed by a sequel. He established his fame with Artemis Fowl (2001) and switched to full-time writing. The series has sold over 20 million copies worldwide to date. His previous books have topped the bestseller lists in Ireland, Great Britain and the USA . He is one of the most successful contemporary authors of books for children and young people in Europe .

Colfer's motto is: “I will keep writing until people stop reading or I run out of ideas. Hopefully neither of these will happen anytime soon. "(" I will keep writing until people stop reading or run out of ideas. Hopefully neither will happen too soon. ")

Work and meaning

Colfer became internationally famous with his series about Artemis Fowl , so that the first volume was already implemented as a comic (illustrated by Giovanni Rigano ) and filmed . With his mixture of fantasy and science fiction , he seemed worthy enough to the widow of Douglas Adams to write a sequel to The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy , which, by the way, is called ... and was released in 2009.

Colfer writes crime novels , detective stories , science fiction and fantasy for adults, children and young people. Artemis Fowl has often been compared to Harry Potter , but apart from the fact that both series are fantastic literature , they have little in common. In addition, he writes books that are set in reality. But they, too, always point beyond the purely visible or everyday, in that figures are depicted overdrawn or objects and situations are given a mysterious meaning.

Colfer's heroes are never "smooth" or mostly good as in many other children's and young people's books. On the contrary, they are often portrayed as rascal, sly or even criminal like (the at the same time highly intelligent) Artemis Fowl . As a result, Colfer also shows the negative sides of people and creates multifaceted and versatile characters.

Works (selection)

Artemis Fowl

Translated by Claudia Feldmann

• Artemis Fowl. List, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-548-60320-3 . (abridged reading with Rufus Beck )
• Artemis Fowl. Audiobook Hamburg 2019, ISBN 978-3-8449-2230-1 (unabridged reading by Robert Frank )
• Artemis Fowl - The Conspiracy. (Original title: Artemis Fowl - The Arctic Incident. ) List, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-548-60387-4 .
• Artemis Fowl - The Secret Code. (Original title: Artemis Fowl - The Eternity Code. ) List, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-548-60485-4 .
• Artemis Fowl - The Revenge. (Original title: Artemis Fowl - The Opal Deception. ) List, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-551-35815-X .
• Artemis Fowl - The Lost Colony. (Original title: Artemis Fowl - The Lost Colony. ) List, Berlin 2007, ISBN 978-3-551-35816-5 .
• Artemis Fowl - The time paradox. (Original title: Artemis Fowl - The Time Paradox. ) List, Berlin 2009, ISBN 978-3-471-30012-1 .
• Artemis Fowl - The Atlantis Complex. (Original title: Artemis Fowl - The Atlantis Complex. ) List, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-471-35061-4 .
• Artemis Fowl - The Magic Gate. (Original title: Artemis Fowl - The Last Guardian. ) List, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-471-35096-6 .
• The Fowl Twins and the Mysterious Hunter. (Original title: The Fowl Twins. ) List, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-471-36008-8 .

Additional books:

• Caroline Draeger: Artemis Fowl. The encyclopedia. List, Munich 2002.
• Artemis Fowl - The Nudes. (Original title: Artemis Fowl - The Artemis Fowl Files. Translated by Claudia Feldmann) List, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-548-60780-2 .

Comic series:

• with Andrew Donkin: Artemis Fowl (comic, original title: Artemis Fowl - The Graphic Novel. translated by Michael Nagula) Carlsen, Hamburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-551-77660-0 .
• with Andrew Donkin: Artemis Fowl - The Arctic Incident - The Graphic Novel. Hyperion Books for Children, 2009, ISBN 978-1-4231-1402-4 . (English)

Benny Shaw

• Benny and Omar. (Original title: Benny and Omar , translated by Ute Mihr), Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim / Basel 2004, ISBN 3-407-78614-X .
• Benny and Babe. (Original title: Benny and Babe , translated by Ute Mihr), Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim / Basel 2004, ISBN 3-407-78615-8 .

Cosmo Hill

• Cosmo Hill - The Supernaturalist. (Original title: The Supernaturalist. Translated by Karl-Heinz Ebnet) Ullstein, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-471-77281-2 .

Comic series:

• with Andrew Donkin: The Supernaturalist - The Graphic Novel. Hyperion Books for Children, 2012, ISBN 978-0-7868-4880-5 . (English)

The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

• And by the way something else ... ( And Another Thing ... , translated by Gunnar Kwisinski, part 6). Heyne, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-453-40795-4 .

Will and Marty series

Translated by Brigitte Jakobeit

• Tim and the Secret of Tuber Murphy. (Original title: The Legend of Spud Murphy ) Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim / Basel 2005, ISBN 3-407-79898-9 .
• Tim and the secret of Captain Crow. (Original title: The Legend of Captain Crow's Teeth ) Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim / Basel 2006, ISBN 3-407-79916-0 .
• Tim and the most terrible brother in the world. (Original title: The Legend of the Worst Boy in the World ) Beltz and Gelberg, Weinheim / Basel 2007, ISBN 978-3-407-79924-1 .

Dan McEvoy series

• Death is permanent damage. (Original title: Plugged. Translated by Conny Lösch) List, Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-471-35073-7 .
• Afterwards you 're always dead. (Original title: Srewed. Translated by Conny Lösch) List, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-471-35103-1 .

WARP trilogy

• WARP - Der Quantenzauberer (Original title: WARP The Reluctant Assassin translated by Claudia Feldmann) Loewe, Bindlach 2014, ISBN 978-3-7855-7909-1 .
• WARP - Der Klunkerfischer (Original title: WARP The Hangman's Revolution translated by Claudia Feldmann) Loewe, Bindlach 2015, ISBN 978-3-7855-7948-0 .
• WARP - Die Katzenhexe (Original title: WARP The Forever Man translated by Claudia Feldmann) Loewe, Bindlach 2016, ISBN 978-3-7855-8261-9 .

Other books

• Meg Finn and the list of four wishes. (Original title: The Wish List. Translated by Claudia Feldmann) List, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-548-60473-0 .
• Fletcher Moon - private investigator. (Original title: Half Moon Investigations, translated by Catrin Frischer) Carlsen, Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-551-55491-8 .
• Linda Sue Park: Click! - Ten authors tell a novel. Chapter 3 (Original title: Click: One novel ten authors ) Hanser, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-446-23308-9 .
• With Andrew Donkin, illustrated by Giovanni Rigano: Illegal - The story of an escape. (Original title: Illegal: A Graphic Novel Telling One Boy's Epic Journey to Europe, translated by Ulrich Pröfrock) Rowohlt Verlag, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-499-21806-4 .

Radio plays

• Artemis Fowl (in 5.1 multi-channel technology; SWR 2004, director: Leonhard Koppelmann )

Audiobooks (selection)

• The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy - Part 6: And something else by the way… . Read by Stefan Kaminski . 10 CDs, approx. 700 min., Wilhelm Heyne Verlag , Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-8371-0217-8 .
• Artemis Fowl . Read by Rufus Beck . 3 CDs, 230 min., Audio book Hamburg , Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-89903-372-4 .
• Artemis Fowl - The Conspiracy . Read by Rufus Beck . 4 CDs, 286 min., Audio book Hamburg , Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-89903-585-8 .
• Artemis Fowl - The Secret Code . Read by Rufus Beck . 3 CDs, 230 min., Audio book Hamburg , Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-89903-586-5 .
• Artemis Fowl - The Revenge . Read by Rufus Beck . 5 CDs, 374 min., Audio book Hamburg , Hamburg 2005, ISBN 978-3-89903-305-2 .
• Artemis Fowl - The Nudes . Read by Rufus Beck . 3 CDs, 222 min., Audio book Hamburg , Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-89903-320-5 .
• Artemis Fowl - The Lost Colony . Read by Rufus Beck . 6 CDs, 450 min., Audio book Hamburg , Hamburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-89903-321-2 .
• Artemis Fowl - The time paradox . Read by Rufus Beck . 6 CDs, 476 min., Audio book Hamburg , Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-86742-833-0 .
• Artemis Fowl - The Atlantis Complex . Read by Rufus Beck . 6 CDs, 462 min., Audio book Hamburg , Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-89903-322-9 .
• Artemis Fowl - The Magic Gate . Read by Rufus Beck . 5 CDs, 387 min., Audio book Hamburg , Hamburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-86909-156-3 .
• Death is permanent damage . Read by Peter Lohmeyer . 4 CDs, 374 min., Audio book Hamburg , Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-89903-351-9 .
• You're always dead afterwards . Read by Peter Lohmeyer . 5 CDs, 375 min., Audio book Hamburg , Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-89903-326-7 .
• WARP - The Quantum Wizard . Read by Rainer Strecker . 5 CDs, 391 min., Silberfisch , Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-86742-711-1 .
• WARP - The Klunkerfischer . Read by Rainer Strecker . 5 CDs, 364 min., Silberfisch , Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-86742-731-9 .

Film adaptations (selection)

Colfer and cast member on Half Moon Investigations

• 2009: Half Moon Investigations (TV series, 10 episodes, original book)
• On July 29, 2013, Walt Disney Pictures announced that the filming of the first two episodes of the Artemis Fowl novel series was planned with Harvey Weinstein and the Weinstein Company . Michael Goldenberg will be the scriptwriter, Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal will be there as producers.

Awards (selection)

• 2001: "British Book Awards" in the category "Children's Book of the Year" and " Whitbread Children's Book Award " ... for the Artemis-Fowl series.
• 2004: German Book Prize ... for Artemis Fowl - The Secret Code.
• 2010: Independent Booksellers Book Price… for Artemis Fowl - The Atlantis Complex.
• 2012: Irish Book Award … for Artemis Fowl - The Last Guardian
• 2015: Irish Book Award - Children's Book of the Year (Junior) ... for Imaginary Fred (with Oliver Jeffers)

Web links

• Literature by and about Eoin Colfer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Eoin Colfer in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Eoin Colfer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Short biography and reviews of works by Eoin Colfer at perlentaucher.de
• Short biography and list of works on the website of the British Council (English)
• Eoin Colfer in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
• Works by and about Eoin Colfer at Open Library
• Website by Eoin Colfer (English)
• Detailed interview with Eoin Colfer on plagafolium.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Eoin Colfer - Irish writer; Author of books for children and young people. In: munzinger.de , accessed on August 21, 2013.
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Eoin Colfer - Author of Artemis Fowl, Plugged, The Supernaturalist, And Another Thing and more. In: eoincolfer.com , accessed August 20, 2013.
3. ↑ ^{a b c d} Eoin Colfer. on Rossipotti Literature Lexicon for Children. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
4. ↑ Eoin Colfer. on Phantastik-Couch.de. Retrieved August 20, 2013.
5. ^ Disney, Harvey Weinstein Team for Artemis Fowl Movie Adaptation. In: ign.com , accessed August 21, 2013.
6. ↑ Disney brings "Artemis Fowl". ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. In: movie-magazin.de , accessed on August 21, 2013.  
7. ↑ ^{a b c} Awards. In: literature.britishcouncil.org , accessed August 21, 2013.