Florian Werner (writer)

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Florian Werner (* 1971 in Berlin ) is a German writer .

biography

Florian Werner studied English , American and German and received his doctorate in 2007 with a thesis on rap and apocalypse . He writes narrative non-fiction and prose and works for the radio. His books have been translated into English, Spanish and Japanese and have received numerous awards. He lives with his wife, the philosopher and author Svenja Flaßpöhler , and two children they have in Berlin.

Works

  • We will talk later. dtv, Munich 2005.
  • Rapocalypse. The beginning of rap and the end of the world. transcript, Bielefeld 2007.
  • The cow. Life, work and effect. Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2009.
  • Dark matter. The story of the shit. Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2011.
  • Shy. Commitment to an underrated quality. Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2012.
  • Behavior at the end of the world (with pictures by Nikolaus Heidelbach ). Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2013.
  • Helium and fool's gold. 92 elementary stories. Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2014.
  • Snails. A portrait. Matthes & Seitz, Natural Customers Series , Berlin 2015.
  • The wisdom of the guillemot . What we can learn from animals. Blessing, Munich 2018.
  • The path of least resistance . Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2018.
  • Born. Parenthood as a philosophical adventure (with Svenja Flaßpöhler ). Blessing, Munich 2019.
  • On the move. A journey through nature and language . Duden, Berlin 2019.

As editor

  • When I grow up, I become a poet. Early texts by well-known authors. Arche, Zurich / Hamburg 2015.

With the Fön group

  • Klaus L. McCoy: My life as a hair dryer . Piper, Munich 2004.
  • We have time. CD, traumton, Berlin 2004.
  • A little suddenly. CD, traumton, Berlin 2007.

Awards

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personal data
SURNAME Werner, Florian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin