Klaus Möckel

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Klaus Möckel (born August 4, 1934 in Kirchberg in Saxony ) is a German writer , editor and translator .

Life

He first learned the trade of tool fitter. He later studied Romance studies in Leipzig and then worked as an assistant at the University of Jena . He wrote his dissertation on Antoine de Saint-Exupéry ( The role of civil society in the formation of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's worldview , Leipzig 1963).

Möckel then worked as a lecturer for Romance literature in Berlin . When publishing house people and world , he soon made a name as an editor, translator and Nachdichter especially modern French poets .

Möckel has been working as a freelance writer since 1969 . Of his more than 30 published works of different genres ( novels , short stories , satirical poems and aphorisms ) was among others hope for Dan (1983), disclosed a report of a disabled child. He has also published successful crime novels ( Three Bottles of Tokaier ), which were translated into Czech and Slovak and also made into films (see below), as well as books for children and young people .

Möckel often worked with his wife Aljonna Möckel , especially on translations, and together with her, under the pseudonym Nikolai Bachnow, wrote several volumes on the fairy tale novels by Alexander Volkov . He lives in Berlin.

Works

Detective novels

published mainly in

  • The forged signatures , (Blaulicht Nr. 100), 1969
  • Wanted: person with umbrella , (blue light no.136), 1972
  • Three bottles of Tokaier , (THE series No. 301), (1980 as rororo 2520), 1976.
  • Hass , (THE series No. 479), 1981
  • The Girl , (Blue Light No. 218), 1982
  • Variant Tramper / Die Damengang , (THE series), 1984
  • The current cell process , (Blue Light No. 252), 1986
  • The ungrateful Herr Kerbel , (Stories) Das Neue Berlin, 1987.
  • A Fat Lady , (THE series No. 139), 1991.
  • Benny's Bluff or: Ein Eheimlichen Fall , (children's crime) (red fox 20611), 1991
  • Order for one night , (DIE series No. 156), 1992.
  • Cracking the cash register , (youth thriller) ( rotfuchs 673), 1993
  • Stay cool, Franzi , (rotfuchs 791), 1995
  • Ghost Chess , (THE series No. 177), 1995.
  • Trug-Schuß , Verlag Neues Leben, 2000, (crime fiction stories)
  • An annoying corpse , Verlag Bild und Heimat, Berlin 2015

Other works

  • Under the banner of the white stag (Historisch-fantastischer Roman), Verlag Kultur und Progress , 1966.
  • Without a license from the king (historical novel), Verlag Neues Leben , 1973.
  • The invitation (Fantastic Story), New Life Publishing House, Berlin / GDR, 1976.
  • The Glass City (Fantastic Story), New Life Publishing House, Berlin / GDR, 1980.
  • Tischlein deck dich (fairy tale satires), Tribüne publishing house , Berlin / GDR, 1980.
  • The naked Ursula (satirical poems), Eulenspiegel , Berlin / GDR, 1980
  • Head stand of colors (satirical poems), Eulenspiegel, Berlin / GDR, 1982
  • Hope for Dan (novel), New Life Publishing House, Berlin / GDR, 1983.
  • Lenny Frick's strange metamorphosis , Das Neue Berlin, 1985.
  • Sitting on his tree is Meisteräpfel , (children's book), Altberliner Verlag , 1986
  • Das Märchen von den Porinden , (children's book), Altberliner Verlag, 1988
  • History of a gnarled life , New Life Publishing House, Berlin / GDR, 1989.
  • Hippos arrived , (Stories), Reiher Verlag , Berlin, 1991
  • Steffis Party , Elefanten Press, Bertelsmann, 1997.
  • The son of Puss in Boots , LeiV, 2000
  • Adventure Magic Lion / The Lion from the Egg , Verlag Gladenbach, Ritschel 2000.
  • Adventure Magic Lion / The Lion and the Island Gang , Verlag Gladenbach, Ritschel 2000.
  • A dog named Dracula. Horror horror stories , Edition DB , Erfurt, 2003.
  • In the clutches of the sea monster (pseudonym: Nikolai Bachnow, together with Aljonna Möckel, illustrated by Hans-Eberhard Ernst) , LeiV, 1996.
  • The snake with the amber eyes (pseudonym: Nikolai Bachnow, together with Aljonna Möckel, illustrated by Hans-Eberhard Ernst) , LeiV, 1997.
  • The treasure of the emerald bees (pseudonym: Nikolai Bachnow, together with Aljonna Möckel, illustrated by Hans-Eberhard Ernst) , LeiV, 1998.
  • The Curse of the Dragon King (pseudonym: Nikolai Bachnow, together with Aljonna Möckel, illustrated by Hans-Eberhard Ernst) , LeiV, 1999.
  • The false fairy (pseudonym: Nikolai Bachnow, together with Aljonna Möckel, illustrated by Hans-Eberhard Ernst) , LeiV, 2000.
  • The invisible princes (pseudonym: Nikolai Bachnow, together with Aljonna Möckel, illustrated by Hans-Eberhard Ernst) , LeiV, 2001.
  • The Witcher from the Copper Forest (pseudonym: Nikolai Bachnow, together with Aljonna Möckel, illustrated by Hans-Eberhard Ernst) , LeiV, 2002
  • The stolen animal kingdom (pseudonym: Nikolai Bachnow, together with Aljonna Möckel, illustrated by Hans-Eberhard Ernst) , LeiV, 2003
  • The playmates of the king. France's most famous mistresses , Das Neue Berlin, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-360-01984-4 , EDITION digital, Pinnow 2020, ISBN 978-3-96521-211-4 .
  • Three drops of light. A double diary , Edition DB, Erfurt, 2012 (together with Aljonna Möckel), ISBN 978-3-936662-50-4 .
  • Bakery bread and rock crystal. Based on the notes of Gisela Pekrul , Edition digital, Godern, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86394-804-7 .
  • Kneli, the terrible Christmas monster, digital edition, Pinnow, 2013, ISBN 978-3-86394-776-7 .
  • Revenge for Opi , digital edition, Pinnow, 2014, ISBN 978-3-86394-644-9 .
  • Lela Hundertschön, crocodile child and the clunky magician Prax , digital edition, Pinnow, 2014, ISBN 978-3-95655-199-4 .
  • Hope the second. Dan and his pictures (together with Aljonna Möckel), Edition digital, Pinnow, 2015, ISBN 978-3-95655-485-8 .
  • Gold and galleys. An unusual life story from medieval France , digital edition, Pinnow, 2018, ISBN 978-3-95655-906-8 .
  • Rebel knowledge. Diderot's battle for the Great French Encyclopedia , digital edition, Pinnow, 2020, ISBN 978-3-96521-207-7 .

Translations

  • Goodwin the Terrible , Sergej Sukhinov, Aljonna Möckel (co-translator), Leiv Book Trade and Publishing Company, 2002
  • Catalog of amazing things , Carelman, transl. V. Werner Belmont, People and World, 1987
  • From the mole and his friends , Zdenek Miler (illustrator), Karl-Heinz Jahn (co-translator), Leiv book trade and publishing house, 1998
  • The carriage as a love nest and other frivolities , Alphonse Allais, Klaus Möckel (editor and translator), Edition digital, Pinnow 2019, ISBN 978-3-95655-984-6 .

Others

Möckel is the editor of anthologies and edited volumes by individual authors such as Jean Cocteau , René Char and others.

  • French explorations (anthology)
  • French storytellers from seven decades ( anthology )

Film adaptations

literature

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Möckel, Klaus
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Nikolai Bachnow (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author, translator and editor
DATE OF BIRTH 4th August 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirchberg (Saxony)