Frank Boehmert

Frank Böhmert (born March 30, 1962 in Berlin ) is a German writer .

Böhmert broke off his school career shortly before graduating from high school and subsequently took on various jobs. At the same time, he wrote around a hundred short stories in the 1980s . The story Harry wants to become a walrus was filmed by Damir Lukačević (winner of the Federal Film Prize ).

In the mid-1990s, Böhmert received the author's grant from the Prussian Sea Action Foundation .

In 2003, Böhmert wrote the novel Die Sternenhorcher for the Perry Rhodan book series Andromeda , which was nominated for the Kurd Laßwitz Prize . In 2004 he continued his work for the series with Die Traumkapseln in der Odyssey , which ended with the writing of volume 2341 of the main series. In March 2007 his novel Die PSI-Fabrik was published as the fifth volume in the Perry Rhodan series The Posbi War . In 2016, his short story Operation Gnadenakt was awarded the German Science Fiction Prize for "Best Short Story".

Böhmert also emerged as a translator. In addition to fantasy literature he transferred among other things, the novel The Graduate ( The Graduate ) by Charles Webb into German.

Works (selection)

• Lena snake tamer . Short story 2000
• Whether monster or mouse - we take care! Short story 2000
• The elephant on the roof . Roman 2001, ISBN 3-93528439-X
• The star listener . Roman 2003, ISBN 3-4538-6508-1
• The dream capsules . Roman 2004, ISBN 3-4538-7393-9
• The kidnapping of the Easter bunny . Short story 2005
• PERRY RHODAN Star Ocean Cycle . Radio play adaptations, 2006
• The PSI factory . Roman 2007, ISBN 978-3-453-53266-3
• An evening with the Chinese. Best stories. Collection of short stories 2009, ISBN 978-3-8391-0096-7
• A cool dog . Short Stories 2011, ISBN 978-3-942533-21-8
• Get out of here! Novel 2011. ISBN 978-3-942396-10-3

Translations (selection)

• David Benioff : 25 hours
• Niel Bushnell: Jack Morrow and the Tomb of Time
• Tracy Hickman : Songs from the Star Wind
• Raymond Khoury : Menetekel
• Richelle Mead : Dark Swan
• Cherie Priest : Boneshaker
• Alice Rawsthorn: Yves Saint Laurent . The biography
• James Tiptree junior : Quintana Roo (The Complete Stories, Volume 5)
• Charles Webb: The final exam
• Roxanne St. Claire: Nice Nice Dead

Web links

• Literature by and about Frank Böhmert in the catalog of the German National Library
• Frank Böhmert in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Works by and about Frank Böhmert at Open Library
• Frank Böhmert in Perrypedia
• Biography and bibliography with reviews on fictionfantasy