Lars Brandt
Lars Brandt (born June 3, 1951 in West Berlin ) is a German writer and filmmaker.
Life
Lars Brandt is the second of three sons of the former German Chancellor , SPD Chairman and Governing Mayor of Berlin Willy Brandt and his second wife Rut Brandt . His brothers are Peter Brandt and Matthias Brandt .
Lars Brandt studied political science , sociology , philosophy and, for a short time, Japanese studies . He has been working as a freelance artist since the mid-1970s, working at the “interface between image and word”, making films, texts and images.
In his documentary Moments des Glücks - HC Artmann (2000 WDR / ARTE ) and his book HC Artmann - a conversation (published 2001 by Residenz Verlag in Salzburg) Brandt dealt with the poet and Georg Büchner Prize winner H. C. Artmann . He used it as a memorial to Artmann, who died shortly after working on this project.
Brandt experienced his father's rise up close and wrote the literary book Andenken (published in 2006 by Hanser Verlag in Munich) about his relationship with his father, who died in 1992 . The work, which has received much critical acclaim, reached number 1 on the bestseller list of the news magazine Spiegel immediately after it was published .
“In terms of its genre, 'Memories' by Lars Brandt is short prose, in its essence a letter to the father. It is a letter in which the son does not separate from the late father Willy, but on the contrary uses stylistic and intellectual heightening to overcome what separates him. "
In his first novel Gold und Silber (published by Hanser Verlag in 2008), Brandt tells an encrypted story of love . The novel depicts a group of artists who spend their days at the table in a shared flat like at a re-created " Arthurian table ". The focus is on a "tired Lancelot " who loses what he admires to a competitor.
Brandt lives and works in Bonn .
Works
- HC Artmann. A conversation . Residenz-Verl., Salzburg a. a. 2001, ISBN 3-7017-1265-4 . (Media combination, with CD-ROM)
- Keepsake . First edition: Hanser Verl., Munich a. a. 2006; 2nd edition, Hanser Verl., Munich a. a. 2006, ISBN 3-446-20710-4 ; Paperback edition: Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verl., Reinbek bei Hamburg 2007 (= Rororo, 24453), ISBN 978-3-499-24453-7 .
- Gold and Silver , Roman. Hanser Verlag, Munich a. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-446-23032-3 .
- Alles Zirkus Roman, Hanser Verlag, Munich 2012.
Movies
- Katz und Maus , directed by Hansjürgen Pohland, FRG 1967
- Moments of happiness - HC Artmann , WDR / ARTE 2000
actor
In the film " Katz und Maus " (1966), Lars Brandt plays the role of the young Joachim Mahlke. His brother Peter Brandt played the role of the older Joachim Mahlke.
literature
- Torsten Körner : The Willy Brandt family . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2013, ISBN 978-3-10-040407-7
Web links
- Literature by and about Lars Brandt in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Lars Brandt at perlentaucher.de
- Lars Brandt in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ “Letter to the Father. 'Souvenir' by Lars Brandt ” , contribution by Ursula März , Deutschlandfunk , March 22, 2006
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Brandt, Lars |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and filmmaker |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin, Germany |