Franz Dobler
Franz Dobler (* 1959 in Schongau , Bavaria ) is a German writer , journalist and DJ .
life and work
In addition to novels and collections of short stories , Dobler has also published non-fiction books since 1988 and is the editor of various music compilations . In his work he deals with cultural (focus on pop culture / subculture ) and political issues. The focus is often criticism of conservative forces in their native Bavaria, but also the affection for progressive figures and sympathetic, weird characters there.
His love for country music, which he developed in the late 1980s, increasingly became a topic of his writing. He published a country column in 1999 under the title Auf des toten Mannes Kiste , which he wrote for the daily newspaper Junge Welt and which he has published regularly to this day (2019) . In 2002 he published the 70th birthday of the musician, the Johnny Cash - Biography The Beast in Me . Since then he has been one of the most renowned country experts in Germany. He has been on stage regularly with Hubl Greiner since 2004 . As The DJ Hoerspiel Ensemble , they combine DJing with sound carriers that contain different forms of language or text, with political speech, borderline pornographic statements, abstract and concrete radio play sounds and electronic music .
Dobler has lived in Augsburg with his wife and daughter since 1991 .
Awards
In 2015 Dobler was awarded the German Crime Prize for A Bull on the Train for the best crime story published in 2014. With his successor, a slap in the face , he achieved third place in the national category in 2017 . Both novels landed in 5th place in the annual ranking of the crime thriller list .
Publications (selection)
Books
- Cardsharps. Nautilus / Nemo Press, Hamburg 1988, ISBN 3-922513-44-1 .
- Rabies. Edition Nautilus , Hamburg 1991, ISBN 3-89401-190-4 .
- Jesse James and other western poems. Bommas, Augsburg 1991, ISBN 3-928452-00-2 .
- Good Johnny the bastard. Play and materials. Bommas, Augsburg 1992, ISBN 3-928452-01-0 (Ed. Peter Bommas).
- Beer heart. Fluent prose. Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 1994, ISBN 3-89401-226-9 .
- Down in Louisiana. Bommas, Augsburg 1995, ISBN 3-928452-04-5 (as editor).
- Jump out of the clouds. Dancehall stories. Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-89401-256-0 .
- A reporter's afternoon. Short Stories Album. Belleville, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-923646-76-3 .
- On the dead man's chest. Get Country & Rhythm! Edition Nautilus, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-89401-337-0 (with guest contributions by Eugene Chadbourne , Wiglaf Droste , Jonathan Fischer and Ed Ward ).
- The Beast In Me. Johnny Cash and the weird and beautiful world of country music. Verlag Antje Kunstmann , Munich 2002, ISBN 3-88897-302-3 .
- Stars and streets. Edition Tiamat , Berlin 2004 (collection of articles and stories).
- To clean up. Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-88897-507-3 .
- Bastard. Stories & Poetry. Alexander Verlag, Berlin 2008 (as editor with texts by Friedrich Ani , Martin Compart , Jörg Fauser , Hans Holzhaider , Jean-Pierre Melville , Heiner Müller , Andreas Niedermann , Leonard Schrader , Jamal Tuschick and Anne Zielke and a photo by Martina Geccelli ).
- Last stories. 26 stories for the rest of life. Blumenbar , Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-936738-67-4 .
- A cop on the train . Tropen ( Klett-Cotta Verlag ), Stuttgart 2014. ISBN 978-3-608-50125-4 (print); ISBN 978-3-608-10722-7 (eBook)
- A slap in the face . Tropen, Stuttgart 2016. ISBN 978-3-608-50216-9
- A shot in the blue , detective novel, Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2019, ISBN 978-3-608-50346-3 .
CDs (as editor)
- Pearls of German-Language Pop Music I-IV ( Trikont , 1995–1998)
- In GUZ we trust / anthology 1984–1995 ( L'age d'or , 1997)
- A Boy Named Sue - Johnny Cash Revisited (Trikont, 2002)
Radio plays
- ARD Radio Tatort : Murderers and Ghosts , original broadcast on BR2 on October 16, 2019, 53 min, available in the ARD Audiothek
Audio books
- Franz Dobler reads “Cut City Blues” and other poems from “Trotsky, Goethe and happiness” / Jörg Fauser. Alexander Verlag, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89581-142-4 .
- The day I wished everyone luck Western poems. Verlag Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-88897-317-1 (audio book with Hubl Greiner).
exhibition
- 2010/2011: caricatura museum frankfurt - Museum of Comical Art : The History of Popular Music , With pictures by Guido Sieber and texts by Franz Dobler.
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Dobler in the catalog of the German National Library
- http://www.franzdobler.de
- Short biography and reviews of works by Franz Dobler at perlentaucher.de
- http://www.djhe.de The DJ Hoerspiel Ensemble
- http://www.hubl.com Hubl Greiner
- Franz Dobler at Alexander Verlag ( Memento from June 7, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ See for example: Taxi und Glück in: Junge Welt, May 4, 2019.
- ↑ Perlentaucher : Brief portrait
- ↑ Dobler, Bottini and Annas are excellent. At: boersenblatt.net.
- ^ ARD Radio Tatort in the ARD Audiothek
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dobler, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schongau , Bavaria |