Manfred Römbell

Manfred Römbell (born December 3, 1941 in Bildstock , † June 21, 2010 in Saarbrücken ) was a German writer .

Life

Manfred Römbell completed an apprenticeship as a legal clerk after high school . After a brief visit to the Saarbrücken State Art School , one of the predecessor institutions of today's Saar College of Fine Arts , and a job as a bookseller , he returned to his original profession, which he practiced in Saarland and Berlin . In the 1970s he began publishing literary texts. Manfred Römbell was a member of the Association of German Writers and lived as a freelance writer in Saarbrücken. The author suffered from a serious illness for many years; he was found dead in his home on June 21, 2010.

Römbell was the author of novels, short stories, poems, radio plays and television scripts. His main work is the Rotstrasse trilogy , in which the story of a Saarland family after 1945 is told.

honors and awards

1969 Kurt Magnus Prize of the ARD
1975 travel grant from the Foreign Office
1986 Art Prize of the City of Saarbrücken
2002 Otto-Weil-Kulturpreis der Stadt Friedrichsthal
2004 Scholarship from the Künstlerhaus Schloss Wiepersdorf
2015 street name "Manfred-Römbell-Weg" in his hometown Friedrichsthal

Works

1971: Kaltluft , Pforzheim
Short processes. 17 texts. Wolfgang Fietkau Verlag, Berlin 1973 (steps 23), ISBN 3-87352-023-0 .
1976: It really comes to life in the autumn cemetery in Munich
1977: Burning with light , Cologne
1980: The next festival should be even bigger , Dillingen
1981: Stadt und Land , Dillingen (together with Jürgen Proföhr and Udo Wolter)
1982: The country is transparent , Rastatt
1984: Vosges flood , Saarbrücken
1989: Rotstrasse time , Landau / Palatinate
1993: Rotstrasse dreams , Landau / Palatinate
1995: Crossing the border , Saarbrücken
1996: Rotstrasse end , Blieskastel
2001: FernsehSpott , Frankfurt am Main
2007: What remained of all the looks , Blieskastel
2009: double life . Gollenstein-Verl., Merzig 2009, 357 pages, ISBN 978-3-938823-49-1 .

Individual evidence

↑ Schreiner, Christoph: Life pictures from wayside shrine. On the death of the Saarland author Manfred Römbell. In. Saarbrücker Zeitung (culture) v. June 22, 2010, p. B4
↑ The street is named after the author Römbell . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung of December 8, 2015, p. B3

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personal data
SURNAME	Römbell, Manfred
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German writer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 3, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wayside shrine
DATE OF DEATH	June 21, 2010
Place of death	Saarbrücken

[1] Schreiner, Christoph: Life pictures from wayside shrine. On the death of the Saarland author Manfred Römbell. In. Saarbrücker Zeitung (culture) v. June 22, 2010, p. B4

[2] The street is named after the author Römbell . In: Saarbrücker Zeitung of December 8, 2015, p. B3