Nils Frenzel
Nils Frenzel (born February 28, 1991 in Bonn ) is a German author and journalist .
Life
After graduating from the Helmholtz-Gymnasium in Bonn in 2010 , he began studying German and philosophy in the same city. This was followed by a degree in media studies (Bachelor) in Bayreuth and finally a Master’s degree in Bonn. Since then he has worked as a copywriter, author and journalist. For several years now, Frenzel has been appearing at poetry slams with his mostly humorous short stories . A collection of these texts appeared under the title Why I would rather lie in the bathtub with a construction worker than with a law student at the Periplaneta publishing house in Berlin . Together with musician David Mayonga (known as Roger Rekless), he wrote the book A Negro Must Not Sit Next to Me , which deals with Mayonga's experiences with everyday racism and discrimination. The work was published in early 2019.
As a freelance journalist, Frenzel writes for Zeit Campus , Die Welt , Welt am Sonntag , VICE and Musikexpress, among others .
Frenzel lives and works in his native Bonn .
Publications
- Why I would rather lie in the bathtub with a construction worker than with a law student . Periplaneta, 2015, ISBN 978-3-943876-86-4 .
- Why I would STILL rather lie in the bathtub with a construction worker than with a law student . Periplaneta, 2017, ISBN 978-3-95996-037-3 .
- David Mayonga with Nils Frenzel: A Negro is not allowed to sit next to me: A German story . Complete Media GmbH, 2019, ISBN 978-3-8312-0485-4 .
Text contribution in
- Lesebühne Vision & Wahn (ed.): The loneliness of the whore child . Periplaneta, 2017, ISBN 978-3-95996-075-5 .
Web links
- Homepage of Nils Frenzel
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart Germany: Poetry slam in the basement club in Stuttgart: Big words, little thinkers. Retrieved March 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Lisa-Maria Bosch: Krefelder comes second: annual finale of the poetry slamers. Retrieved March 19, 2020 .
- ↑ Ronja Lotz From the Mucbook executive floor there is art and culture, But understandable !: "A negro may not sit next to me": About the first book by Roger Rekless. In: MUCBOOK. March 6, 2019, accessed on March 19, 2020 (German).
- ↑ Article. In: Nils Frenzel. January 21, 2020, accessed on March 19, 2020 (German).
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SURNAME | Frenzel, Nils |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German author and journalist |
DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1991 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bonn |