Nils Frenzel

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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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stuttgarter Nachrichten, Stuttgart Germany: Poetry slam in the basement club in Stuttgart: Big words, little thinkers. Retrieved March 19, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Lisa-Maria Bosch: Krefelder comes second: annual finale of the poetry slamers. Retrieved March 19, 2020 .
  3. ↑ 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).
  4. ↑ Article. In: Nils Frenzel. January 21, 2020, accessed on March 19, 2020 (German).
personal data
SURNAME Frenzel, Nils
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German author and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH February 28, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Bonn