Frank Maria Reifenberg

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Frank Maria Reifenberg (* 1962 in Freudenberg (Siegerland) ) is a German author and speaker. He mainly writes books for children and young people as well as scripts for film and television.

Life

Frank Maria Reifenberg grew up in Friesenhagen . He attended the Hollenberg high school in Waldbröl , which he graduated with the Abitur . From 1982 to 1985 he trained as a bookseller . From 1985 to 1989 he worked for the press and public relations officer of Aids-Hilfe Bonn eV, from 1989 to 1998 as a concept designer, copywriter and co-owner of the Project PR Society for Public Relations in Bonn. There he oversaw campaigns for the Federal Center for Health Education (BZgA) on topics such as AIDS , sex education , addiction prevention and organ donation . From 2000 to 2001 he completed the training program for screenwriters at the International Film School Cologne (IFS).

The Bavarian State Opera commissioned Reifenberg with the libretto for the youth opera love. just love. which premiered at the 2007 Opera Festival under the baton of Kent Nagano . Since 2008 he has been committed to promoting reading for poorly literate boys. He gives seminars on this topic, gives lectures for parents and conducts workshops. As the initiator and artistic director, he is responsible for the “kicken & read Cologne” project for the promotion of reading by the SK Stiftung Kultur .

In 2013 the University of Cologne appointed him a lecturer at the Institute for Language and Literature II, where he taught “Reading animation for boys” in a practical seminar for prospective teachers. The Ministry of Education in Rhineland-Palatinate appointed him as a consultant for the implementation of "kick & read" in all-day schools.

Awards and grants

  • 2009 nomination for the Catholic Children's and Young People's Book Prize for the novel Landeplatz der Engel .
  • 2009 White Ravens shortlist of the International Youth Library for the novel Landeplatz der Engel
  • 2012 Struwwelpippi scholarship comes to the jumping procession of the Center national de littérature in Luxembourg.
  • 2014 nomination for the Franco-German Youth Literature Prize by Die Schattenbande begins .
  • 2014 Leipzig Reading Compass of the Reading Foundation and the Leipzig Book Fair for Die Schattenbande got going .
  • 2018 Authors' grant from the State of North Rhine-Westphalia and the Kunststiftung NRW for his novel Where freedom grows .
  • 2018 Leipzig reading compass for Ocean City - every second counts .
  • 2019 Funding from the Filmstiftung NRW for the elaboration of Where freedom grows as a radio play.
  • 2020 Cologne scholarship for children's and young people's literature for Am Orowango, death creeps around the house at dawn .

Novels and short stories

from 3 years:

  • Rooms are free at Knispelstraße 10. (With pictures by Katja Jäger) Südpol Verlag, Grevenbroich 2020

from 8 years:

  • Fight in the eternal ice. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • Race in the eternal ice. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • Lost in the eternal ice. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • Florus and the murderous chariot race. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • Warning, fire alarm. Thienemann, Stuttgart.

from 9 years:

  • The absolutely incredible and 113% true stories of Cornelius Delano Tuckerman. Illustrations by Helge Vogt. Ueberreuter, Berlin.
  • Lenny among ghosts. With illustrations by Thilo Krapp . dtv, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-423-76221-2 .
  • Never again Christmas. Publisher arsEdition 2016.

from 10 years:

  • with Jan Strathman: Albertine and the House of 1000 Wonders. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • Albertine and the keepers of dreams. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • Albertine and the star thief. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • With the heart of a prirate. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • Mister Lugosi and the creepy advent calendar. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • with Gina Mayer : The shadow gang starts! bloomoon, Munich 2014.
  • with Gina Mayer: The shadow gang chases the kidnapper! bloomoon, Munich 2014.
  • with Gina Mayer: The shadow gang in danger. Verlag arsEdition, Munich 2015.
  • with Gina Mayer: The shadow gang and the great conspiracy. Verlag arsEdition, Munich 2015.
  • with Gina Mayer: The shadow band takes off. Verlag arsEdition, Munich 2016.
  • House of Ghosts - The Darn Legacy . Verlag arsEdition, Munich 2017.
  • House of Ghosts - Who came from the cold . Verlag arsEdition, Munich 2017.
  • House of Ghosts. Verlag arsEdition, Munich 2018.

from 12 years:

  • Always stay relaxed. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • Always stay on the ball. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • Caught hot and cold. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • with Sabine Both : It's Showtime, Mick. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • with Sabine Both: It's Showtime, Nelli. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • Speedkidzz - Hard at the limit. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • Speedkidzz - On the hot track. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • Speedkidzz - In the last second. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • with Christian Tielmann : Ocean City - Every second counts. (Pseudonym RT Acron), dtv, Munich 2018
  • with Christian Tielmann: Ocean City - In the hiding place of the rebel. (Pseudonym RT Acron), dtv, Munich 2018
  • with Christian Tielmann: Ocean City - the moment of truth. (Pseudonym RT Acron), dtv, Munich 2019
  • with Christian Tielmann: Kronox. (Pseudonym RT Acron), dtv, Munich 2020

from 14 years:

  • Landing place of the angels. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • with Sabine Both: LiebesLied. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • Invisible looks. Rowohlt.
  • Sister lie. Rowohlt.
  • Where freedom grows. Epistle novel about the resistance of the edelweiss pirates. Verlag arsEdition, Munich 2019

Narratives in anthologies:

  • Kristin Weigand (Ed.): 101 reading stories. Thienemann, Stuttgart.
  • Sarah Haag (ed.): The reading book for little strong girls. Planet Girl, Stuttgart.
  • Antonia Wehrhahn (ed.): Football tension. Arena.
  • Antonia Wehrhahn (Ed.): Dinomania total !. Arena.
  • Jürgen Hees (Ed.): And shot! And gate. Gulliver.
  • The day I became world champion. Tree house.
  • Silke Kramer (ed.): Holidays, stress and love happiness. rororo red fox.

Non-fiction:

  • with Andreas Barnieske: kick & read: Because boys read different! Reading promotion with ball and book in school and open youth work. Auer Verlag, Donauwörth, 2015

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. VRM GmbH & Co KG: Where words are more important than goals - Allgemeine Zeitung. Retrieved April 17, 2019 .
  2. struwwelpippi.literaturarchiv.lu
  3. Shortlist 2014 ( Memento of the original from January 28, 2016 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. The Franco-German Youth Literature Prize on buchmesse-saarbruecken.eu, accessed December 3, 2013  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.buchmesse-saarbruecken.eu
  4. http://www.stiftunglesen.de/download.php?type=documentpdf&id=1204
  5. Film- und Medienstiftung NRW funds seven radio play projects. In: Film and Media Foundation NRW. Retrieved April 17, 2019 .
  6. Cologne Scholarships for Children's and Youth Literature 2020. Accessed on July 8, 2020 .