John Green (writer)

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John Green at VidCon at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim on June 30, 2009

John Michael Green (born August 24, 1977 in Indianapolis , Indiana ) is an American writer , video blogger , film producer and podcaster . His best-known books include Looking for Alaska (2005, German: Eine wie Alaska , 2007), Paper Towns (2008, German: Margos Jungs , 2010, 2015 also filmed ) and Turtles All The Way Down (2017, German: Schlaft gut, her nasty thoughts ) and The Fault in Our Stars (2012, German: The fate is a lousy traitor , also filmed in 2014 ). In 2013 Green was awarded the German Youth Literature Prize for his book “Das Schicksal ist ein louser Verräter” .

Life

Green grew up in Orlando ( Florida ) and later attended the Indian Springs School near Birmingham ( Alabama ). Green then studied English literature and comparative religion at Kenyon College ( Ohio ) and initially wanted to be a pastor . However, he dropped out of training while working as a chaplain in a children's hospital. He later began writing reviews for Booklist magazine .

His first novel Eine wie Alaska (2005), which he wrote parallel to his work at Booklist , received several international awards; Green received the Michael L. Printz Award for special services to young people's literature. In its German translation, the book was nominated twice for the German Youth Literature Award in 2008. Green's fourth novel, Fate is a lousy traitor , was published in German translation in July 2012. In June 2014, the film of the same name was released in cinemas. Be published in 2008 novel Paper Towns (German Paper Towns ) came out in a film version, 2015.

Together with his brother Hank Green , John Green runs a successful video blog on the YouTube platform . The Vlogbrothers project began in 2007 under the title Brotherhood 2.0 , where both brothers communicated exclusively via daily video messages for a year. Over time, the number of viewers grew so they continued their project. In the meantime, her videos regularly receive around 250,000 views, and her channel is one of the 100 most-viewed on YouTube. The fan base, which calls itself Nerdfighteria , runs its own website and takes part in charitable campaigns.

After being involved in the filming of Margo's footsteps as executive producer , Green signed a contract with the production company Fox 2000 in 2015 . John Green lives in Indianapolis with his wife Sarah and two children .

reception

John Green's books often received euphoric reviews. Tobias Rüther, for example, made the comparison in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung in 2011 : “The American writer John Green writes great books for young people. It is for teens what Philip Roth for men and John Updike is for married couples -. He reads the world from them from " Hartmut El Kurdi takes Green in the time against accusations in protecting his" stories are too contrived, with a lot of calculus books with gaudy topics would be written here for a specific target group. "Green's success is not only due to his craftsmanship:" If you didn't feel a great love for your youthful heroes and deep compassion for them in every scene, in every dialogue, then he would not be able to make us laugh, cry and think alternately. And that's exactly what he does. What more can one ask of a novel? ”Despite the importance of Green's work in popular reception, it has received little attention in academic studies:“ Neither literary studies nor literary didactics in German or English-speaking countries has dealt with him intensively to date . ” The Fault in Our Stars is an exception , as Inger Lison points out:“ In the context of research on disease narratives and the motivation of diseases in the field of children's and young people's literature, numerous current articles and publications on Green's novel can be found. ”

Works

Novels

Short prose

Nominations and Awards

Festival participation

Web links

Commons : John Green  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Biographical Questions. (No longer available online.) In: johngreenbooks.com. Archived from the original on February 13, 2015 ; accessed on November 17, 2012 (English).
  2. ^ John Green: Advice on First Kisses, Stalkers, College Majors, and More Videoblog - Post May 14, 2010.
  3. ↑ Looking for Alaska. In: johngreenbooks.com. Retrieved November 17, 2012 .
  4. ^ A b German Youth Literature Prize - Nominations 2008 - Youth Book
  5. ^ A b German Youth Literature Prize - Nominations 2008 - Prize of the Youth Jury
  6. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/user/vlogbrothers
  7. ↑ Mike Fleming Jr: Author John Green Seals First-Look Deal With Fox 2000. In: Deadline. Retrieved April 6, 2016 (American English).
  8. ↑ Tobias Rüther: The way we were . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung of May 24, 2011.
  9. ↑ Hartmut El Kurdi : Cancer and the book . In: The time of October 8, 2012.
  10. ↑ Inger Lison John Green. In: KinderundJugendmedien.de 2017.
  11. ↑ Inger Lison John Green. In: KinderundJugendmedien.de 2017.
  12. ↑ Natalie Jarvey: John Green's 'Looking for Alaska' TV Series From Josh Schwartz Set at Hulu. In: The Hollywood Reporter . May 9, 2018, accessed May 11, 2018 .
  13. ↑ hr-online.de hr2-kultur  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed November 22, 2012@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.hr-online.de  
  14. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.buxtehuder-bulle.de
  15. ↑ https://www.theguardian.com/books/2013/aug/11/guardian-childrens-fiction-prize-2013-shortlist
  16. ↑ http://www.ijb.de/files/whiteravens/wr13/usa.htm
Works by John Green


Novels

One like Alaska  (2005) • The first love [after 19 unsuccessful attempts]  (2006) • Margos traces  (2008) • Fate is a lousy traitor  (2012) • Sleep well, you mean thoughts  (2017)

Community works

Days Like This  (2008; with Maureen Johnson , Lauren Myracle ) • Will & Will  (2010; with David Levithan )

Film adaptations

Fate Is A Lousy Traitor (2014) • Margo's Footsteps (2015) • One Like Alaska (2019)

personal data
SURNAME Green, John
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Green, John Michael (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American writer, video blogger, film producer, and podcaster
DATE OF BIRTH August 24, 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Indianapolis , Indiana