Klaus Wanninger
Klaus Wanninger , formerly also Klaus Christian Wanninger (* March 1, 1953 in Karlsruhe , Baden-Württemberg as Ernst Wenninger ), is the pseudonym of a Swabian writer who is best known for his crime novels with strong regional references. He lives near Stuttgart.
Life
Wanninger studied Protestant theology and geography at the University of Heidelberg , is a teacher and works as a religion teacher at a grammar school in Backnang . Since about 1972 he has been traveling about 100,000 km per year on rails across Europe.
He writes novels, non-fiction books, travel guides and journalistic works. According to his own statements, he uses his pseudonym because he is of the opinion that today's young people should rather be encouraged to deal with the negative world of his books. For this reason, it is important that his real name is not known in this context.
Wanninger is one of the crime writers with novels with regional references such as Jacques Berndorf or Hannes Nygaard .
Its regular readership lives in Baden-Württemberg.
Awards
- 1985 Book of the Month, German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature (The Inter-Rail Travel Book)
Works (selection)
Wanninger's most successful publications are his Swabian crime novels with the two protagonists Katrin Neundorf and Steffen Braig from LKA Stuttgart .
Swabian series:
- Swabian revenge . KBV, Hamm 2000, ISBN 3-934638-49-X
- Swabian Fair . KBV, Hamm 2001, ISBN 3-934638-52-X
- Swabian hatred . KBV, Hamm 2001, ISBN 3-934638-97-X
- Swabian rage . KBV, Hamm 2002, ISBN 3-934638-87-2
- Swabian fear . KBV, Hamm 2002, ISBN 3-934638-87-2
- Swabian anger . KBV, Hamm 2003, ISBN 3-937001-31-X
- Swabian madness . KBV, Hamm 2004, ISBN 3-937001-40-9
- Swabian greed . KBV, Hamm 2005, ISBN 3-937001-60-3
- Swabian Swamp . KBV, Hamm 2006, ISBN 3-937001-83-2
- Swabian autumn . KBV, Hamm 2007, ISBN 3-940077-20-8
- Swabian angel . KBV, Hamm 2008, ISBN 3-940077-39-9
- Swabian honor . KBV, Hillesheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-940077-70-7
- Swabian summer . KBV, Hillesheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-940077-92-9
- Swabian felt . KBV, Hillesheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-942446-31-0
- Swabian love . KBV, Hillesheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-942446-71-6
- Swabian friends . KBV, Hillesheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-942446-98-3
- Swabian darkness . KBV, Hillesheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-954411-85-6
- Swabian dreams . KBV, Hillesheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-95441-31-02
- Swabian Festival . KBV, Hillesheim 2017, ISBN 978-3-95441-38-12
other novels and stories:
- Ottilie and Hermine: a cheerful Swabian novel . Salzer, Heilbronn 1986, ISBN 3-898082-55-5
- Berta and her bike . 1987, ISBN 3-7936-0587-6
- Help, I'm looking for a woman . 1991, ISBN 3-7936-0304-0
Non-fiction books:
- Sermon for Ronald Reagan . 1984, ISBN 3-88458-074-4
- How it used to be . 1986, ISBN 3-7936-0281-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Klaus Wanninger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Klaus Christian Wanninger in the "Directory of Authors" of the Karlsruhe Literary Society
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wanninger, Klaus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wanninger, Klaus Christian (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and religion teacher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 1, 1953 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlsruhe |