Jürgen Breest
Jürgen Breest (born July 1, 1936 in Karlsruhe ) is a German writer .
Life
Jürgen Breest studied German language and literature and history from 1956 to 1961 at the Universities of Hamburg and Marburg . He then settled in Bremen as a freelance writer . From 1963 to 1969 he worked as an editor and dramaturge in the television department of Radio Bremen . From 1969 to 1999 he was in charge of the "Television Game and Entertainment" department of the same station and, among other things, supervised numerous productions with Loriot .
Jürgen Breest is the author of radio and television plays ; in addition, he wrote socially critical novels and short stories. Since the 1980s, the focus of his work has been on the detective novel . In 1991 he received the Friedrich Glauser Prize from the “authors' group of German-language crime literature” - The Syndicate for his crime novel It's a shame that you're a bitch . In individual cases, Jürgen Breest himself appeared in Radio Bremen productions, for example he was seen as an art teacher in two episodes of the series Not from Bad Parents .
Works
- Family album , Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe 1970
- The paralyzed , Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe 1970
- The innocent , Kassel-Wilhelmshöhe 1970
- Dünnhäuter , Frankfurt am Main 1979
- Changeling , Munich 1980
- Rabies , Reinbek near Hamburg 1981
- Schönfisch's Night Program , 1982
- Password Pinguin , Reinbek near Hamburg 1987
- The girl who couldn't say no , Reinbek near Hamburg 1987
- The sparrow killer , Reinbek near Hamburg 1987
- Bad Blood , Reinbek near Hamburg 1988
- The dirt stain , Reinbek near Hamburg, 1988
- In memoriam Vincent , Reinbek near Hamburg 1989
- It's a shame you're a bitch , Reinbek near Hamburg 1990
- Double life - double death , Reinbek near Hamburg 1991
- Falling stairs , Reinbek near Hamburg 1992
- An open account , Reinbek near Hamburg 1993
- Grand finale , Reinbek near Hamburg 1994
- Birthmark , Oldenburg 2003
- Family property , Oldenburg 2005
- Death on the Wümme , Bremen 2006
Web links
- Literature by and about Jürgen Breest in the catalog of the German National Library
- Jürgen Breest in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Jürgen Breest in the crime lexicon
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Breest, Jürgen |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1936 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |