Finn-Ole Heinrich

Finn-Ole Heinrich at the Erlanger Poetenfest 2013

Finn-Ole Heinrich (born September 13, 1982 in Henstedt-Ulzburg , Schleswig-Holstein) is a German writer and filmmaker. For his book Frerk, you dwarf! In 2012 he was awarded the German Youth Literature Prize. Heinrich lives in Hamburg .

life and work

Heinrich grew up in Cuxhaven . In 2002 he graduated from the Amandus-Abendroth-Gymnasium and received a scholarship from the Wolfenbüttel Literature Laboratory . After doing community service, he began studying film directing in Hanover , which he graduated with a diploma in 2008 . In addition, he held the city clerk's scholarship in Erfurt for four months from April to August 2008 . Today he lives in Hamburg .

As a reading stage performer , Heinrich was a representative for Hamburg in 2003 and for Oldenburg in 2004 at the German-language poetry slam championships .

In 2005, Hamburg's mairisch Verlag published his volume of short stories, the pockets full of water . In autumn 2007 the novel Robber Hands came out. The first novel describes the friendship between two boys: one from an intact and one from a crisis-ridden home. Shortly after graduating from high school, they set off together on their way to Istanbul in an act of departure . Atmospheres and emotional levels in the different milieus are depicted in three parallel storylines . Heinrich's texts were often referred to as "cinematic" in reviews, for example in a review by the taz . The book was a compulsory Abitur topic at all Hamburg schools in 2013 and 2014. In 2009 Heinrich presented two publications: the volume of stories Yesterday was already a day as well as the audio book Auf Meinekap . In both of them he deals in depth with characters who are on the fringes of society or who have to deal with strokes of fate. In 2010 a joint tour and CD release followed ( You turn your head, I turn your head ) with the musician Spaceman Spiff . In 2011 Heinrich's first children's book, Frerk, du Zwerg! , which won the German Youth Literature Prize in the children's book category in 2012 . An operatic version of the book premiered in September 2012 at the international literature festival berlin . There he was also a member of the jury for The Extraordinary Book award . Frerk, you dwarf! has now also been published in Korean translation.

Heinrich's second children's book, the first part of a trilogy, appears in 2013 with The Amazing Adventures of Maulina Schmitt - My Broken Kingdom . With The Amazing Adventures of Maulina Schmitt - Waiting for Miracles (Spring 2014) and The Amazing Adventures of Maulina Schmitt - End of the Universe (Autumn 2014), parts two and three of the trilogy about Maulina Schmitt have already been published by Hanser Verlag. In 2017 the children's book Trecker comes with was published in collaboration with the author Dita Zipfel and the illustrator Halina Kirschner. On August 16, 2013, the premiere of Räuberhände took place under the direction of Anne Lenk in the Thalia Theater "Gaußstraße" Hamburg. It was a hit with the public. Also in 2013, Heinrich's short story Helm appeared in the short story collection Y entonces? And now? .

Heinrich is also active as a filmmaker and screenwriter. His debut on 16 mm, the order of things , was awarded the German Youth Video Prize 2005. The two-minute video clip Flummi was shown at many short film festivals in German-speaking countries. It won the Passau Short Film Festival, won a prize at the Magdeburg International Short Film Festival, Halbbilder and made it into the final for the short film of the year . His 16-minute documentary not at a table was made as a seminar work and is about a long-divorced couple from the 1968 generation, Heinrich's parents. The jury at the Federal Video Festival 2007 Rencontres internationales Paris / Berlin / Madrid awarded him the main prize in 2007, endowed with 1000 euros. The short film flies with Sandra Hüller in the leading role, for which Heinrich wrote the script, won various international awards and was shown at the Berlinale 2009 .

Heinrich not only performs alone, but also in combination with various other artists, such as the Unsorted Orchester Oldenburg or Spaceman Spiff .

Works

Books

2005: the pockets full of water . mairisch Verlag , Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-938539-01-9 , short stories
2007: Robber hands . mairisch Verlag, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-938539-08-8 ; Also published in paperback by btb in 2010, novel
2009: Yesterday was already a day . mairisch Verlag, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-938539-14-9 ; Also published in paperback by btb in 2012, Stories
2011: Frerk, you dwarf! , Bloomsbury, Berlin, illustrations by Rán Flygenring, ISBN 978-3-8270-5476-0 , novel with illustrations
2013: The amazing adventures of Maulina Schmitt - My broken kingdom , Hanser , Munich, illustrations by Rán Flygenring, ISBN 978-3-446-24304-0 , novel with illustrations
2013: Helmet on , in: Finn-Ole Heinrich and Carlos Rodrigues Gesualdi: Y entonces? And now? , Amiguitos - Languages for Children (Hamburg / Mallorca), ISBN 978-3-943079-17-3 , short story.
2014: The amazing adventures of Maulina Schmitt - Waiting for miracles , Hanser, Munich, illustrations by Rán Flygenring, novel with illustrations.
2014: The amazing adventures of Maulina Schmitt - End of the Universe , Hanser, Munich, illustrations by Rán Flygenring, novel with illustrations.
2017: Trecker is coming with me , illustrated children's book, mairisch Verlag, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-938539-48-4 , co-author: Dita Zipfel, illustrations by Halina Kirschner.
2018: The journey to the center of the forest , illustrated novel for children and adults, mairisch Verlag, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-938539-51-4 , illustrations by Rán Flygenring.

Audio books

2009: On my cap , mairisch Verlag , Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-938539-13-2 , stories
2010: You turn your head, I turn your head , mairisch Verlag, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-938539-17-0 , stories, music: Spaceman Spiff
2011: Frerk, you dwarf! , Hörcompany, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-942587-14-3 .
2013: The amazing adventures of Maulina Schmitt - My broken kingdom , Hörcompany, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-942587-59-4 , recorded by Sandra Hüller
2013: Robbers hands , mairisch Verlag, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-938539-27-9 , novel
2014: The amazing adventures of Maulina Schmitt - Waiting for miracles , Hörcompany, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-942587-68-6 , spoken by Sandra Hüller
2015: The amazing adventures of Maulina Schmitt - End of the Universe , Hörcompany, Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-942587-80-8 , spoken by Sandra Hüller

Plays

2012: World premiere of the opera version by Frerk, du Zwerg! in the Neuköllner Oper as part of the 12th Berlin International Literature Festival
2013: World premiere of Räuberhände at the Thalia Theater in Hamburg on August 16, directed by Anne Lenk
2014: World premiere of the stage version of Frerk, du Zwerg! at Next Liberty in Graz on April 5th, directed by Michael Schilhan
2015: World premiere of the stage version of The Amazing Adventures of Maulina Schmitt in the Oldenburg State Theater on May 17, 2015, directed by Isabel Osthues
2015: World premiere of The Journey to the Center of the Forest , Württembergische Landesbühne Esslingen in coproduction with the Freiburg Theater on September 20, 2015, directed by Benedikt Grubel
2018: World premiere of When we dance, the world is humming , Monsun-Theater Hamburg on February 24, 2018, directed by Cora Sachs