Michael Ebmeyer

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Michael Ebmeyer in the Urania (Berlin, 2017)

Michael Ebmeyer (born January 10, 1973 in Bonn ) is a German writer , journalist and translator.

He grew up in Bielefeld , studied in Tübingen and Barcelona and currently lives in Berlin . After completing his studies, he first worked as a research assistant at the University of Tübingen , before setting up as a freelance writer . In 2001 he made his debut with the short story book Henry Silber goes to an end . Since then, he has written the novels Plüsch , Achter Achter , Der Neuling und Landungen , but also non-fiction books such as the Instructions for Use for Catalonia .

Michael Ebmeyer is also a member of the literary-musical group “Fön”, together with the authors Tilman Rammstedt and Florian Werner and the musician Bruno Franceschini. From 2005 to 2008 Ebmeyer wrote columns for Neon magazine . His novel Der Neuling is the model for the comedy Siberia , of all places, for which Ebmeyer wrote the script together with Minu Barati .

Since 2015 Michael Ebmeyer has been publishing shorter essays at "Freitext" on ZEIT Online at irregular intervals. His main topics are laughter, the propaganda strategies of the so-called "new right", the state of the German left, the Catalan independence movement and current political developments in Latin America, especially in Bolivia.

He is the co-author of Heiko Maas ' book Stand Up Instead of Ducking Away. A strategy against the law (2017) and by Stephan A. Jansens The Liberation of Education (2018).

As a moderator and interpreter, he designed bilingual readings and discussion events with, among others, Jordi Puntí , Pep Guardiola and Lluís Llach .

Ebmeyer translates from English, Spanish and Catalan for various publishers, media and museums.

Works

With hair dryer

  • KL McCoy: My life as a hair dryer. Adventure novel written collectively. Piper, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-492-27079-4 .
  • We have time. Audio CD. Dream Tone (Indigo), 2004.
  • A little suddenly. Audio CD. Dream Tone (Indigo), 2007.

script

As a co-author

  • Heiko Maas with the assistance of Michael Ebmeyer: Get up instead of ducking away. A strategy against the right. Piper, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-492-05841-4 .
  • Stephan A. Jansen with Michael Ebmeyer: The Liberation of Education. Nicolai, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-96476-001-2 .

As translator

  • JH Fraser, M. Vishniac-Kohn, A. Pomerance (eds.): Roman Vishniacs Berlin. Translated from the English by Michael Ebmeyer. Nicolai, Berlin 2005, ISBN 3-89479-256-6 .
  • Jordi Puntí: The crazy journeys of Gabriel Delacruz. Novel. Translated from the Catalan by Michael Ebmeyer. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2013, ISBN 978-3-462-04523-9 .
  • Néstor Mendoza: warhead. Poems. From the Venezuelan Spanish by Michael Ebmeyer. hochroth, Heidelberg 2020, ISBN 978-3-903182-52-3 .
  • Jordi Puntí: Messi . A style lore. Translated from the Catalan by Michael Ebmeyer. Kunstmann, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-95614-361-8 .
  • Rery Maldonado Galarza: Chaos Research . Poems. From the Bolivian Spanish by Michael Ebmeyer. hochroth, Heidelberg 2020, ISBN 978-3-903182-66-0 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Michael Ebmeyer - writer. In: The time . Retrieved on February 29, 2020 (essays by Michael Ebner in Die Zeit ).
  2. ^ Conversation by Christoph Bock (parapluie) with the author about his book debut
  3. ^ People on the move Michael Ebmeyer: "Landungen" , review by Olga Hochweis at Deutschlandradio Kultur from November 25, 2010.
personal data
SURNAME Ebmeyer, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, copywriter and translator
DATE OF BIRTH January 10, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn