Jan Turovski

Jan Turovski

Jan Turovski (* in Bielefeld ) is a German writer who lives in Bonn .

Life

After attending the natural science grammar school, there followed a commercial training, singing training (opera) and study visits to Cambridge, London and Paris. Cambridge University Certificate of Proficiency in English. Cambridge Diploma in English Language. Student trainee at Selfridges Ltd. London. Sorbonne Diplôme de langue et civilization françaises.

The author stayed several times for extended periods in the United States of America. He has published poetry, short stories and novels, some in English and French, the latter mainly from 2013 edited by Klaus Servene .

In 1988 Turovski had his highly acclaimed debut novel with The Sundays of Mr. Kopanski at Benziger / Zurich. For three of his short stories, he received the Granta Prize from the Cambridge University literature magazine three times . The Prix Littéraire Européen Arthur Rimbaud in 2000 , the author was given for the as yet unpublished, German-language novel manuscript Sophie fatal ... .

Collaboration on die horen , The London Magazine , on various poetry anthologies, as well as on Rowohlt's Don Juan anthology Stories between Love and Death . Articles in newspapers, magazines, reviews, etc.

Works

• The Sundays of Mr. Kopanski , (Roman), Zurich: Benziger, 1988 ISBN 3545364607 ; New edition, Hamburg: edition andiamo, 2018 ISBN 9783746043074
• The back of the father , (novel), Sankt Augustin: Avlos, 1995; New edition, Mannheim: Andiamo Verlag, 2013 ISBN 9783936625769
• Before (w) places of love , (poems), Sankt Augustin: Avlos, 1997
• Sweet Home , (short stories), Sofia: Izd. Atelie AB, 2002
• Berni, Bastian and Therese , (Novelle), Bonn: Bouvier, 2012 ISBN 9783416033558
• Sophie fatale ... , (novel), Mannheim: Andiamo Verlag , 2014 ISBN 9783936625752
• The proverbial life , (novel), Mannheim: Andiamo Verlag, 2014 ISBN 9783936625776
• The long arm , (novel), Mannheim: Andiamo Verlag, 2015 ISBN 9783936625646
• Almuts Affären , (Roman), Mannheim: Andiamo Verlag, 2015 ISBN 9783936625783
• Millinger's Bart , (Roman), Mannheim: Andiamo Verlag, 2016 ISBN 9783936625790
• Polish Villages , (Roman), Mannheim: Andiamo Verlag, 2016 ISBN 9783936625806
• The case of Odile Féret , (novel), Mannheim: Andiamo Verlag, 2017 ISBN 9783936625851
• Kopanski returns (novel), Hamburg: edition andiamo, 2018 ISBN 9783746080741
• Madame Bourgin (Roman), Hamburg: edition andiamo, 2018 ISBN 9783748112464
• Nowhere Point (Roman), edition andiamo, 2020 ISBN 9783750458116
• The trace of Louise B. , edition andiamo, 2020 ISBN 9783751974080

Awards

• 3 × Granta Prize for the Short Stories Purgatory , The Witness and Blue Glass .
• Prix ​​Littéraire Européen Arthur Rimbaud 2000 for the unpublished manuscripts SOPHIE FATALE ... (novel) and THE BLUE PROVINCE (POEMS).

Web links

• Literature by and about Jan Turovski in the catalog of the German National Library
• The author in edition andiamo, Klaus Servene (ed.), Hamburg
• Bouvier Publishing House
• Review "The back of the father" Mannheimer Morgen
• THE TIME to "The Sundays of Mr. Kopanski"
• Review "Sophie fatale" Bonner Generalanzeiger March 20, 2014
• Review "Sophie fatale" Mannheimer Morgen, April 26, 2014
• Review "The proverbial life" Mannheimer Morgen November 5th, 2014
• Review "The proverbial life" Bonner Generalanzeiger October 7, 2014
• Review "Sophie fatale ..." Junge Welt January 15, 2015
• Review "The Long Arm" Mannheimer Morgen, May 9th, 2015: »(...) The way Turovski boldly builds tension, linguistically and compositionally, and leads into the neuroses of a hypnotist who seeks relief for his damaged soul through sex and violence is simply masterful . (...) « 
• "The long arm" - Bonn Generalanzeiger
• Review "The Long Arm", Junge Welt August 27, 2015: "Jan Turovski has succeeded in creating a highly literary thriller."
• Discussion of "Almut's affairs" in the Bonner Generalanzeiger September 24, 2015
• Discussion "Almuts Affären" in Mannheimer Morgen, January 15, 2015
• Discussion of "Millinger's Beard" (7th published Roman Turovskis) in the Bonner Generalanzeiger April 20, 2016
• Review of "Millinger's Beard" in Mannheimer Morgen on June 13, 2016
• Note on "Polish Villages" in the Bonner Generalanzeiger August 12, 2016
• Review of "Polish Villages" in Mannheimer Morgen, September 8, 2016
• In search of the childhood love - discussion of "The Odile Féret case" in the Bonner Generalanzeiger July 19, 2017
• Discussion "The Odile Féret Case" in Mannheimer Morgen, August 11, 2017
• Meeting "Kopanski returns" in Mannheimer Morgen 23./24. May 2018
• Discussion of "Madame Bourgin" in the Bonner Generalanzeiger December 2018
• Review "Madame Bourgin" in Mannheimer Morgen December 2018
• Review "Nowhere Point" in Mannheimer Morgen June 2020
• Discussion of "Nowhere Point" in the Bonner Generalanzeiger July 2020