Lutz Dettmann

Lutz Dettmann in summer 2016

Lutz Dettmann (born March 1961 in Crivitz ) is a German writer.

Dettmann comes from Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and lived in Schwerin until 1997. He lives in Rugensee and works as a surveying technician . He is also a member of the board of the Hans Fallada Society and the board of the Friends of the Alter Friedhof Schwerin . Dettmann is married and has two children.

Dettmann became known through his first novel "Who Doesn't Know the Beatles", which describes the youth and the growing up of the male main character in the GDR in the 1970s . His second novel "Tiefenkontrolle" continues the story; it is set during military service in the National People's Army . Both novels are set in Schwerin , Crivitz and the surrounding area. "Summer Days in Estonia" is a travel diary that he kept during a 2000 trip through Estonia . His novel “Anu. A love in Estonia ”describes the love of a Baltic German and an Estonian against the dramatic backdrop of the Second World War in Estonia. The locations are the Estonian island of Hiiumaa (Dagö), Tallinn and parts of eastern and southern Estonia. The novel was published in the Estonian translation by Tallinn publisher Sinisukk in April 2013.

Numerous publications (stories and articles on history, literature and Mecklenburg) in daily newspapers and magazines.

In 2016, “The Journey to Jerusalem - An Israeli Diary” was published, in which he describes his journey through Israel , which happened at the invitation of the Israeli daughter-in-law. In the same publisher, EDITIONdigital, his books “Who Doesn't Know the Beatles”, “Tiefenkontrolle” and “Sommertage in Estonia” were published as e-books. In November 2017, his volume of short stories “Who believes in Santa Claus?” Was published, which brings together 14 Christmas stories from the years 2003 to 2016.

In November 2018, "Ja meie kohal vaid sinine taevas", the continuation of the novel "Anu. A love in Estonia", was published by the Estonian publisher Sinisukk. He continues the story of the Baltic German Christoph and the Estonian Anu. The German edition of the novel was published in January 2019 by Verlag Lehmanns under the title "Und über uns der wide Himmel". At the same time, the first part "Anu. A love in Estonia" was reissued by the same publisher.

With Till Endemann he wrote the screenplay for “Merry Christmas” based on a short story by him. The short film was produced by Filoufilm Dresden and had its premiere during the Shanghai Film Festival in summer 2009. The DVD premiere followed in January 2010, the TV premiere in December 2010 at mdr , then at ARDfestival.

Awards

• Weiland - Crime Prize Winners 2005 and 2007. The stories are contained in the volumes "Der Mord am Schwarzen Busch" and "Der Petermännchenmörder" (Weiland 2005 and 2007).

• City of Schwerin 2007 winner of the scene award for the best book (“Tiefenkontrolle”).

• 2019 winner of the literary competition “Freedom is there. Literature competition for the 30th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall "of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Literature Council and the Risse - magazine for literature in Mecklenburg and Vorpommern.

Works

• Summer days in Estonia . Records of a trip . Munich 2002, ISBN 3-932370-72-4 .
• Who doesn't know the Beatles . Flailing years in the workers 'and peasants' state. Novel . Langen-Müller, Munich 2004, 2018 ISBN 3-7844-2944-0 . Piper, Munich, 2005, ISB N-13: 978-3-492-24362-9 .
• Depth control. An NVA novel . Weiland-Verlag, Lübeck 2006, ISBN 978-3-87890-140-2 .
• Anu - a love in Estonia. Universitas, Vienna, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-8004-1509-0 . Lehmanns, Berlin 2019 (new edition), ISBN 978-3-86541-990-3 .
• Trip to Jerusalem. An Israel diary . EDITION digital, Pinnow 2016, ISBN 978-3-95655-699-9 .
• Who believes in Santa Claus? EDITION digital, Pinnow 2017, ISBN 978-3-95655-848-1 , with the short film "Merry Christmas" on DVD.
• Above us the wide sky . Lehmanns. Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-86541-995-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Lutz Dettmann in the catalog of the German National Library
• Works by Lutz Dettmann in the state bibliography MV
• Homepage of Lutz Dettmann