Edgar Rai

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Edgar Rai , pseudonyms Moritz Matthies, Leon Morell, (* 1967 in Hessen ) is a German writer and translator. He lives in Berlin , where he has been co-owner of the bookstore "Uslar & Rai" since 2012.

Edgar Rai read on 23 August 2016 in the Düsseldorf City Library from his novel “Something always stays”.

He studied musicology and English in Marburg and Berlin. From 2003 to 2008 he taught as a lecturer for creative writing at the Free University of Berlin .

Awards

Works

Edgar Rais works appear in the Aufbau publishing group and in Berlin Verlag ( Die Gottespartitur ).

  • Ramazotti. Novel. 2001.
  • Elective affinities. Anthology. 2002.
  • Looping. Novel. 2002.
  • Homer for those in a hurry. Non-fiction. 2002.
  • At the end of the world. Short story. 2003.
  • Gateway to heaven. Novel to film. 2003.
  • The golden years are over. Novel based on the film by Hans Weingartner . 2004.
  • Tilla Durieux . Biography. 2005.
  • Fatherly love. Novel. 2008.
  • Backward somersault. Novel. 2009.
  • Next summer. Novel. 2010.
  • 88 things. Non-fiction. 2011.
  • Solstice. Novel. 2011.
  • If not, now. Novel. 2012.
  • The divine score. Novel. 2014.
  • Something always stays. Novel. 2016.
  • Together with Hans Rath : Bull Brothers. Detective novel . Wunderlich, Reinbek 2017, ISBN 978-3-8052-5104-4 .
  • Light heavyweight . Novel. Piper, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-492-05885-8 .

Translations

As Moritz Matthies

  • Eaten up
  • Full speed
  • Gone stupid
  • Thick fur
  • Last round
  • Good morning, Miss Happy

As Leon Morell

  • The Sistine Heaven . Novel. 2013.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The author in conversation. In: lovelybooks.de. Retrieved June 16, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Edgar Rai on his brand new crime novel “Light Heavyweight” , buchmarkt.de, April 13, 2018, accessed on April 14, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Rai, Edgar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer, translator and bookseller
DATE OF BIRTH 1967
PLACE OF BIRTH Hesse