Franz Bartelt

Franz Bartelt (* 7. October 1949 in the Eure , France) is a French writer and feature - a journalist .

biography

The Bartelt family, who came from Pomerania in what is now Poland, settled in the Eure department in France, where Franz Bartelt was born in 1949. At the age of four the family moved to the Ardennes , first to Boulzicourt and later to Charleville-Mézières . The area, which is literarily shaped by Arthur Rimbaud , inspired the boy, who learned to read with crime fiction literature and, as his mother reported, virtually “devoured” the crime fiction. He wrote his first literary texts at the age of 13, a year later he left school and kept himself above water with casual work. At the age of 19 he started to work in a paper mill in Givet .

In 1980 he settled in Nouzonville and devoted himself increasingly to writing. He worked in shift work for over five years and wrote two works per year at the same time, which he did not publish.

He has been writing for a living since 1985. He works as a poet , novelist , dramaturge and columnist and has since written eight radio plays for the radio ( France Culture ).

In 1995 he was certain of his destiny as a writer and published novels that were critically acclaimed and nominated for literary prizes. For Les Bottes Rouges ( Gallimard ) he was awarded the Grand Prix de l'humour noir in 2000, for Le Bar des habitudes (Gallimard) he received the Prix ​​Goncourt de la nouvelle in 2006 . In 2011 one of his books ( Je ne sais pas parler ) was translated into German by Hainer Kober for the first time : I cannot speak . In 2018 the Roman Hôtel du Grand Cerf was awarded the Prix ​​Mystère de la critique .

Works

Novels and short stories

(Selection)

• I can not speak . austernbank, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-9814617-0-1 .
• La Fée Benninkova . Le Dilettante, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-84263-658-6 .
• Je ne sais pas parler . Finitude, Bordeaux 2010, ISBN 978-2-912667-73-1 .
• La mort d'Edgar . Gallimard, Paris 2010, ISBN 978-2-07-012859-4 .
• Petit Éloge de la vie de tous les jours . Gallimard, Paris 2009, ISBN 978-2-07-039603-0 .
• Pleut-il? Gallimard, Paris 2007, ISBN 978-2-07-078578-0 .
• Chaos de famille . Gallimard Série Noire, Paris 2006, ISBN 2-07-078099-6 .
• Le bar des habitudes . Gallimard, Paris 2005, ISBN 2-07-034780-X (Award: prix Goncourt de la nouvelle).
• Teddy, avec Blutch . Frontignan, 2005, ISBN 2-910431-76-2 .
• Le Jardin du Bossu . Gallimard, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-07-031327-1 (Award: Folio policier, 2006).
• Charges comprises . Gallimard, 2003, ISBN 2-07-071815-8 .
• Rimbaud terrine . Estuaire, Paris 2004, ISBN 2-87443-001-3 .
• Le Grand Bercail . Gallimard, Paris 2002, ISBN 2-07-076533-4 .
• Nulle part, mais en Irlande . Le Temps qu'il fait, Cognac 2002, ISBN 2-86853-364-7 .
• Les Bottes rouges . Ed. France loisirs, Paris 2001, ISBN 2-7441-4194-1 (Award: Grand Prix de l'humour noir).
• Simple . le Grand livre du mois, Paris 1999, ISBN 2-7028-3921-5 .
• Suite à Verlaine . Finn, Castanet-Tolosan 1999, ISBN 2-913536-01-8 .
• Les Marcheurs . Finn, Castanet-Tolosan 1998, ISBN 2-913536-00-X .
• Le Costume . Gallimard, Paris 1998, ISBN 2-07-075397-2 .
• La chasse au grand sing . Gallimard, Paris 1996, ISBN 2-07-074639-9 .
• Les Fiancés du paradis . Gallimard, Paris 1995, ISBN 2-07-074173-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Franz Bartelt in the SUDOC catalog (Association of French University Libraries)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb130238765/PUBLIC French National Library