Mahesh Motiramani

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Mahesh Motiramani (born  February 19, 1954 in Bombay , †  April 17, 2008 in Munich ) was a German writer and literary scholar of Indian descent.

Motiramani came to Hamburg in 1959. After graduating from high school, he first studied Slavic studies there and received his doctorate in 1982 on the function of literary quotations and allusions in Aleksandr Solzenicyn's prose .

His literary role models were Daniil Charms and Nikolai Wassiljewitsch Gogol . He achieved fame with his short prose volume Die Blumenbombe , published in 2004 . His last place of work was the Goethe Institute in Munich.

He died of cancer on April 17, 2008.

Works

  • The function of literary quotations and allusions in Aleksandr Solženicyn's prose. Peter Lang., Frankfurt am Main [ua] 1983. (= European university publications; series 16, Slavic languages ​​and literatures, volume 25) ISBN 3-8204-7812-4 , also: Hamburg, University, dissertation, 1982
  • How the moon disappeared and other strange stories . Express-Edition, Berlin 1987, ISBN 3-88548-412-9
  • Trip to Watschenland . Fouqué Literaturverlag, Egelsbach [u. a.] 1998, ISBN 3-8267-4288-5
  • Just an affair . Ed. Alhulia, Salobreña (Granada) 1999, ISBN 84-95136-27-9
  • Soul escape . Allitera-Verlag, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-86520-007-9
  • The flower bomb . Allitera-Verlag, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-86520-060-5
  • Anna's search . Allitera-Verlag, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-86520-162-8
  • Since then, ink has flowed from all ten fingers . Rosemie Motiramani, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-00-034997-3

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personal data
SURNAME Motiramani, Mahesh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer and literary scholar of Indian descent
DATE OF BIRTH 19th February 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Bombay
DATE OF DEATH April 17, 2008
Place of death Munich