Fritz Gesing

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Fritz Gesing (born August 16, 1945 in Bad Hersfeld ) is a German writer .

Life

After studying German, political science , sociology, philosophy and education in Marburg and Göttingen and passing the 2nd state examination, Fritz Gesing taught for six years as a teacher at a private school. After extended stays in Cambridge, England, and Aix-en-Provence, he received his doctorate between 1985 and 1988 at the University of Freiburg about the novel Stiller by Max Frisch and worked scholarly and journalistic, nonfiction and novels wrote. Today he lives as a freelance writer in Schondorf am Ammersee . He sits on the advisory board of the Hamburg School of Writing and was a member of the historical novel Quo Vadis , which disbanded in 2014.

Works

Fritz Gesing began with poetry (first published in anthologies in 1965) and wrote short stories for the radio and a play in the 1970s (premiered in 1980). Since the 1980s he has published essays, among others for the SZ am weekend , book reviews for the SZ , Die Zeit and Die Woche as well as scientific articles on contemporary literature and literary psychology in compilations. In addition, his dissertation and several non-fiction books have been published, including much-cited longsellers on creative writing . His first historical novel was published under the pseudonym Frederik Berger in 1999 , which has been followed by eight more to this day. They play in the south of France, Italy and Germany during the Renaissance and the Middle Ages. The time-critical novel The Provençal Heaven , set in Provence in 1986 , was also published under Frederik Berger .

In book form appeared under the name Frederik Berger:

• The provençalin. Novel. Structure, Berlin 1999, ISBN 3-7466-1599-2 .
• The Pope's mistress. Novel. Structure, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-7466-2010-4 .
• The Madonna of Forlì. Novel. Rütten & Loening, Berlin 2002, ISBN 3-352-00590-7 . Published in paperback under the title La Tigressa. Structure, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-7466-2030-9 .
• The Provençal sky. Novel. Rütten & Loening, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-352-00596-6 .
• Canossa. From the secret annals of Lampert von Hersfeld. Novel. Rütten & Loening, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-352-00713-6 ; Structure, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-7466-2221-2 .
• The secret Popess. Novel. Rütten & Loening, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-352-00740-3 .
• The Pope's daughter. Novel. Rütten & Loening, Berlin 2008, ISBN 978-3-352-00760-6 .
• The sisters of Venus. Novel. Rütten & Loening, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-352-00794-1 .
• Canossa's dream. Penance and reconciliation of Mathilde of Tuszien. Narrative, in: The 13th Hour , Structure Paperback, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-7466-2622-2 .
• The ring of the falcon. Novel. Kindler (Rowohlt) Verlag, Reinbek near Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-463-40587-2 .

Under the name Fritz Gesing:

• The psychoanalysis of the literary form: “Stiller” by Max Frisch. Monograph. Königshausen & Neumann, Würzburg 1989, ISBN 3-88479-428-0 .
• Theater practice. A guide for game leaders and theater groups. Non-fiction. Meyer & Meyer, Aachen 1992, ISBN 3-89124-170-4 .
• Bad school grades - what to do? Learning and working techniques. Help for troubled parents and students. Non-fiction. Kösel, Munich 1994, ISBN 3-466-30358-3 .
• Write creatively. Crafts and techniques of storytelling. Non-fiction. DuMont, Cologne 1994, ISBN 3-8321-3375-5 .
• Writing creatively for advanced learners. Secrets of success. Non-fiction. DuMont, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-8321-7930-5 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Fritz Gesing in the catalog of the German National Library
• Fritz Gesing's website