Manfred Loimeier
Manfred Loimeier (born 1960 in Passau ) is a German journalist and Africanist.
Life
Manfred Loimeier attended the Leopoldinum grammar school in Passau and studied German, art history and philosophy in Tübingen, Vienna, Basel and at the Free University of Berlin. He works as an editor for the newspaper Mannheimer Morgen in Mannheim. In 2005 he received his doctorate in comparative literature from the University of Bayreuth . Since then he has also worked as a lecturer for African literatures at the University of Heidelberg and the University of Mannheim. In 2010 he completed his habilitation in Heidelberg and was appointed adjunct professor there in 2018.
Fonts (selection)
- Passages . Passau: Rothe, 1988
- For example Ken Saro-Wiwa . Göttingen: Lamuv, 1996 ISBN 3-88977-453-9
- (Ed.): Exchange of words. Conversations with African authors . Bad Honnef: Horlemann, 2002 ISBN 9783895021510
- The power of the word . Bayreuth: Breitinger, 2006
- JM Coetzee . Munich: Ed. Text + review, 2008
- Africando . Frankfurt am Main: Brandes & Apsel, 2010
- (Ed.): Eleven. Football stories from South Africa . Translation from English by Thomas Brückner. Wuppertal: Peter Hammer, 2010 ISBN 9783779502838
- Africa scene . Frankfurt am Main: Brandes & Apsel, 2012
- The art of flying . Munich: Ed. Text + review, 2013
- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o . edition text + kritik, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-86916-742-8
Web links
- Literature by and about Manfred Loimeier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Literature by and about Manfred Loimeier in the bibliographic database WorldCat
- Short biography and reviews of works by Manfred Loimeier at perlentaucher.de
- Manfred Loimeier , website
- Manfred Loimeier , at Literaturkritik.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loimeier, Manfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Loimeier, Manfred Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and Africanist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1960 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Passau |