Jando

Writer Jando

Jens Koch (born July 16, 1970 in Oldenburg (Oldb) ) is a German scriptwriter and writer in the field of fiction, who became known under the pseudonym Jando .

Life

Jens Koch learned in gastronomy. He made up his Abitur through a second educational path and studied German, sports and history for teaching at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg . During this time he wrote his first essays, poems and short stories, which were published in anthologies .

In 1998, he went to Cologne, where he at the subsidiary of RTL Television , CREATV TV Produktions GmbH, a traineeship as a manager made. Two years later he completed a traineeship as an editor at RTL .

In 2002 Koch published his first book "Windträume" under his real name at a printing subsidy publisher . Due to bad experiences with the service provider, he terminated the contract. From 2002 to 2008 he worked as creative director at the full-service agency 4 magic events in Bremen.

In 2010 Jando's first book and audio book “Windträume ... a miraculous journey to oneself” was published by a regular publisher. In the 2011 Christmas edition on Christmas Eve , his short story “Star Rider” was published in the Nordwest-Zeitung . From the short story, the modern fairy tale "Star Rider - Little Stars Shine Forever" was created, which was published in 2012 as a hardback .

In 2013 the South Korean publisher Penguin Cafe Publishing secured the rights to the book “Star Rider”. In 2016 the title was published on the South Korean book market. During the Christmas season 2014, the Nordwest-Zeitung published Jando's short story “The Little Christmas Bakery” on the full page. The BILD newspaper published the eponymous audio book of the story in 2017. In their print edition they pointed out that the Christmas story can be heard as a podcast on their website.

Jando is socially committed to the children's aid organization Ein Herz für Kinder and to the animal rights organization PeTA . Jando lives in Bad Zwischenahn . His mother is the author Hilka Koch .

Awards

2014 inspiration for other people with the "Star Rider", nominated for the Orbanism Award

Works

Wind dreams. A modern fairy tale, My Book OhG, 2002, ISBN 978-3-936128-60-4
Wind dreams ... a wondrous journey to yourself, Telescope Verlag, 2010, ISBN 978-3-941139-85-5
Star rider: Little stars shine forever, KoRos Nord GmbH, 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814863-1-5
Messages from the heart for the year, aphorisms and essays, KoRos Nord GmbH, 2012, ISBN 978-3-9814863-0-8
Dream flyer: Lena writes letters to God, KoRos Nord GmbH, 2015, ISBN 978-3-9814863-2-2
The Chronicles of Wind Dreams: The saga of a wondrous journey to oneself, KoRos Nord GmbH, 2016, ISBN 978-3-945908-07-5
There is a train station in heaven, KoRos Nord GmbH, 2019, ISBN 978-3-945908-15-0
Odo, as co-author of Dayan Kodua , Gratitude Verlag, 2019, ISBN 978-3-9820768-0-5
The wisdom of the rainbow: Guide to the heart, KoRos Nord GmbH, 2020, ISBN 978-3-945908-21-1

Audio books

2010: Wind dreams ... a wondrous journey to oneself, Telescope Verlag, read by Radost Bokel , ISBN 978-3-941139-90-9
2012: Star rider: Little stars shine forever, KoRos Nord GmbH, read by Jando, ISBN 978-3-9814863-4-6
2015: Traumflieger: Lena writes letters to God, KoRos Nord GmbH, read by Christopher Groß, ISBN 978-3-945908-02-0
2018: The Chronicles of Wind Dreams: The saga of a wondrous journey to oneself, KoRos Nord GmbH, read by Engelbert von Nordhausen and Christopher Groß

Premiere party of the audio book "The Chronicles of Wind Dreams"
2019: There is a train station in heaven, KoRos Nord GmbH, read by Ines Nieri and Christopher Groß, ISBN 978-3-945908-18-1

Web links

Literature by and about Jando in the catalog of the German National Library
Official website
Jens Jando Koch on Crew United
Jens Koch on Drehbuchautoren.de

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Jando
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Koch, Jens (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer
DATE OF BIRTH	July 16, 1970
PLACE OF BIRTH	Oldenburg (Oldb)

[1] Anthologies "Pick the Stars, Sultanim", 1996, Heike Wenig-Verlag

[2] "Kamingeflüster", 1998, Heike Wenig-Verlag

[3] Title song for the audio book "WIndträume" wanted, 2010, Börsenblatt

[4] Short story becomes book, December 24, 2011, Nordwest-Zeitung

[5] Specimen copy DNB 1166409244 at the German National Library .

[6] Sweet Treats Save Christmas Eve, 2014, Nordwest-Zeitung

[7] “The Little Christmas Bakery” as an audio book, December 17, 2017, BILD newspaper

[8] Bidding for a living room reading with Jando , 2016, Ein Herz für Kinder

[9] Experience Wind Dreams , 2011, PeTA