Hartmut El Kurdi

Hartmut El Kurdi (2012)

Hartmut El Kurdi (*  1964 in Amman , Jordan ) is a German writer .

Life

Hartmut El Kurdi's mother is German , his father is an Arab , and his grandfather is a Kurd . He grew up in London and Kassel , studied cultural studies and aesthetic practice at the University of Hildesheim and has lived in Hanover since 2009 .

He writes satirical columns for the Berlin taz and various city magazines. He writes plays, radio plays and prose. He is also active as an actor and theater director. Among other things, he staged at the Braunschweig State Theater , Dortmund Children's and Youth Theater, Rostock Volkstheater , Schauspiel Essen and Hildesheim City Theater. Since the 2015/2016 season he has worked as a dramaturge at the State Theater in Hanover .

Since 2006 El Kurdi has been guitarist with the band The Twang under the pseudonym Reverend Al Twang .

In April 2007, the action taken by the mayor of Braunschweig, Gert Hoffmann, was discussed by the CDU against El Kurdi across the country . Hoffmann felt insulted and personally attacked by El Kurdi because of his satirical texts and a reference to Hoffmann's former NPD membership and thereupon instructed employees of the Braunschweig city administration not to appear together with El Kurdi on official occasions, which de facto resulted in El Kurdi being banned from appearing came the same at city and city-funded cultural events. Hoffmann was reprimanded for his actions by the German Cultural Council . Hoffmann did not take back the controversial instruction despite considerable criticism. As a result, El Kurdi moved to Hanover.

From 2010 to 2015 Hartmut El Kurdi was a member of the jury for the children's and youth book prize “Luchs” awarded by the weekly newspaper Die Zeit in cooperation with Radio Bremen . In addition, El Kurdi writes in the time regular meetings of newly released children's books.

Awards

• 2003: German children 's radio play award for the children's radio play Angstmän (produced by DeutschlandRadio Berlin )

Works

• Boomtown Braunschweig: an office ballad in 3 files and 2 files. Appelhans, Braunschweig 1999, ISBN 3-930292-26-2
• The grandma patrol. Verlag Michael Kröger, Braunschweig 2000, ISBN 3-9802446-3-6
• Black and red pop pearls. The Essence of Rock, Volume 2. Wehrhahn, Laatzen 2001, ISBN 3-932324-82-X
• My life as a part-time flaneur. Edition Tiamat, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89320-047-9
• Barefoot in the bus lane. Verlag Michael Kröger, Braunschweig 2004, ISBN 3-9802446-5-2
• The Viktualien Arab. Edition Tiamat, Berlin 2007, ISBN 3-89320-106-8
• Gunslingers on a school trip . Edition Tiamat, Berlin, ISBN 978-3-89320-186-0

Children's books:

• Angstmän - A panic heroic story. Sauerländer, Düsseldorf 2004, ISBN 3-7941-6019-3
• Angstmän - A panic heroic story. Carlsen (paperback), Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3-551-37444-9
• Johnny Huebner intervenes. Sauerländer, Düsseldorf 2008, ISBN 978-3-7941-6128-7
• Ritter, Räuber Spökenkieker Sauerländer, Mannheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-7941-8100-1
• BEDMAN cannot sleep. Carlsen (hardcover), Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-551-51866-8
• Understand adults. Carlsen, Hamburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-551-25197-8

CDs:

• Scared men A panic intimate play. Radio play CD. Patmos, Düsseldorf. ISBN 978-3-491-24078-0
• The readers. Vol.4. On a book tour. Audio book (with K. Bittermann , H. Rowohlt , F. Tietz , J. Jochimsen ). Part of speech, Cologne 2004.
• Smoke On The Water. Hartmut El Kurdi & The Twang . Countryfied, Braunschweig 2005
• Johnny Huebner intervenes . Children's radio play CD. Patmos, Düsseldorf 2007. ISBN 978-3-491-24148-0
• What's that supposed to be ?! Children's radio play CD. Sauerländer-Audio, Mannheim 2012. ISBN 978-3-411-81003-1

Radio plays on the radio:

• Scared men A panic intimate play. Children's radio play. Deutschlandradio Berlin 2002
• Johnny Huebner intervenes. Children's radio play. Deutschlandradio Kultur 2006
• The best legends from the Ruhr area. 12 mini radio plays for children WDR 2010/2011
• A thing called Pawlak . Children's radio play WDR 2014
• Move Dwarves or The Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow . (together with Wolfram Hänel) Deutschlandradio Kultur 2014

Plays (selection):

• The snack war or call me Ömer. Puppet play. WP Puppet Theater Fadenschein, Braunschweig 1997
• Boomtown Braunschweig. An office ballad in 3 files and 2 files. Premiere at the Braunschweig State Theater in 1998
• Scared men A panic intimate play. UA State Theater Braunschweig 2000
• Johnny Huebner intervenes. Classroom piece. UA Volkstheater Rostock 2005
• Move Dwarves or The Pot of Gold at the End of the Rainbow . (together with Wolfram Hänel) UA Theater Dortmund (KJT) 2014
• Home. Run. A family saga that crosses borders. State Theater Hanover

With Frank Schäfer , Gerald Fricke and guest authors (with partially unpublished texts by the guest authors, published as programs for the reading show "Lemmy and the Schmöker", but also available in bookshops):

• Schmökalarm Lemmy and the Schmöker, Volume 1. Wehrhahn, Laatzen. ISBN 3-932324-03-X
• Dance of the Lemmys Lemmy and the Schmöker, Volume 2. Wehrhahn, Laatzen. ISBN 3-932324-07-2
• Kick out the Lems Lemmy and the Schmöker, Volume 3. Wehrhahn, Laatzen. ISBN 3-932324-09-9
• The Silence of the Lemmys Lemmy and the Schmöker, Volume 4. Wehrhahn, Laatzen. ISBN 3-932324-44-7
• Schmök on the water Lemmy and the Schmöker, Volume 5. Wehrhahn, Laatzen. ISBN 3-932324-45-5
• Bitter Lemmy Lemmy and the Schmöker, Volume 6. Wehrhahn, Laatzen. ISBN 3-932324-46-3
• Caution Lemmy! Lemmy and the Schmöker, Volume 7. Verlag Michael Kröger.
• Lemmy The Red Nosed Bookworm Lemmy published by Andreas Reifer Volume Eins. ISBN 3-934896-40-5
• Karamba, Karacho, a lemmy! Lemmy published by Andreas Reifer, Volume Two. ISBN 3-934896-41-3
• Lemmy Kravitz Lemmy published by Andreas Reifer, Volume Three. ISBN 3-934896-42-1
• Lemmy Be Your Lover Lemmy published by Andreas Reifer, Volume Four. ISBN 3-934896-43-X
• Höker, Schmöker, Bauernfänger Lemmy published by Andreas Reifer, Volume Five. ISBN 3-934896-44-8
• Santa Lemmy Is Coming To Town Lemmy published by Andreas Reifer Volume Six. ISBN 3-934896-46-4
• Lemmy Entertain You! Lemmy published by Andreas Reifer, Volume Seven. ISBN 3-934896-47-2
• Ernest Lemmingway Lemmy published by Andreas Reifer, Volume Eight. ISBN 3-934896-48-0

literature

• Stefan Gohlisch: A children's fatwah in Kassel / Great theater monologue: Hartmut El Kurdi tells the story of his family in "Home.Run" , in: Neue Presse from October 30, 2017, p. 14

Web links

Commons : Hartmut El Kurdi  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Hartmut El Kurdi in the catalog of the German National Library
• Hartmut El Kurdi - Homepage
• Short biography and reviews of works by Hartmut El Kurdi at perlentaucher.de
• Ruhr area legend retold by H. El Kurdi

swell

1. ^ ^{A b} Jan Sedelies: Exile author: Satirist Hartmut El Kurdi has moved to Hanover , Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung , January 2, 2010
2. ^ Hartmut El Kurdi , Lower Saxony State Theater Hanover
3. ^ City of Braunschweig declares artists to be persona non grata , Neue Musikzeitung , April 17, 2007
4. ^ Lara Fritzsche: Freedom of the press: In disgrace . In: The time . No. 18/2007 ( online ).
5. ↑ HOME.RUN. A family saga that crosses borders by and with Hartmut El Kurdi , Schauspiel Hannover , October 2017