Norbert Goettler

Norbert Göttler, 2020

Norbert Göttler (born August 9, 1959 in Dachau ) is a German publicist , writer , television director , member of the German PEN center and district home nurse of Upper Bavaria .

Live and act

Norbert Göttler grew up in Gut Walpertshofen north of Dachau, studied philosophy , theology (Dipl.) And history in Munich and received his doctorate in 1988. phil. in economic and social history. He works as a freelance journalist for the Süddeutsche Zeitung , as a writer for various publishers (Rowohlt, dtv, Ehrenwirth, Lübbe) and as a television director for the broadcasters BR , ARD , 3sat and arte .

From 2000 to 2012, Göttler was a lecturer in science journalism at the University of Philosophy in Munich . In 2013 he took on a visiting professorship at Tulane University, New Orleans (USA). Since 2012 he has been a full-time district home nurse for the district of Upper Bavaria . Göttler is a member of the German and German-Swiss PEN Club, the European Academy of Sciences and Arts (Salzburg), the Munich Press Club and the literary association “ Münchner Turmschreiber ”, of which he was co-president from 2000 to 2011. Göttler has been an editorial member of the journal Literatur in Bayern since 2012 .

Honors

Norbert Göttler, Bayerischer Poetentaler, 2008

2001 the symbol of friendship of the Catholic Academy Bavaria
In 2004 the Federal Cross of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany on ribbon
2008 the Bavarian Poet Thaler
2020 the medal of merit of the district of Dachau

Publications (selection)

Non-fiction:

2008: The Blue Rider . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-499-50607-9 .
2010: Mother Teresa . Rowohlt, Reinbek near Hamburg, ISBN 978-3-499-50705-2 .
2011: Artist colonies in Upper Bavaria. Bayerland, Dachau, ISBN 978-3-89251-416-9 .
2011: together with Heinz Puknus: Rolf Hochhuth . Troublemakers in silence. The provocateur and his action literature. Herbert Utz, Munich, ISBN 978-3-8316-4080-5 .
2014: Upper Bavaria - Diversity between the Danube and the Alps - Images and texts beyond clichés . Volk, Munich, ISBN 978-3-86222-151-6 .
2014: with Norbert Kiening: Dachauer Elegien - home in a globalized world . Volk, Munich, ISBN 978-3-86222-160-8 .
2016: Bavarian fates on stage. Five plays on Ludwig Thoma , Ignatius Taschner , Amelie Hohenester , the Haushofer family and Father Leonhard Roth . Allitera, Munich, ISBN 978-3-86906-926-5
2020: Dachau, Moabit and back. An encounter with Albrecht Haushofer. Allitera, Munich, ISBN 978-3-96233-193-1 .

Fiction:

1992: The bungler. The adventurous life of Amalie Hohenester . Ehrenwirth, Munich, ISBN 978-3-89251-293-6 .
1993: Dragon freedom. Poems. Ehrenwirth, Munich, ISBN 978-3-431-03303-8 .
1995: The old woman's silence. Eleven fantastic stories. Arcos, Ergolding, ISBN 978-3-9803285-8-6 .
1997: Putsch in the Vatican. (2007 translations into Czech and Albanian), Ehrenwirth, Munich, ISBN 978-3-86906-039-2 .
1998: Pan's noon hour. Erotic miniatures from Greek mythology. Ed. Visel, Memmingen, ISBN 978-3-922406-84-6 .
2002: Sisyphus' attempts. Poems. Turmschreiber, Pfaffenhofen, ISBN 978-3-930156-76-4 .
2004: Red Spring. Roman of the Soviet Republic. St. Michaelsbund, Munich, ISBN 978-3-920821-42-9 .
2011: Living with the Shadow. St. Michaelsbund, Munich, ISBN 978-3-939905-96-7 .
2013: Night pieces. Stories. Turmschreiber-Verlag, Husum, ISBN 978-3-938575-31-4 .
2018: Herbstwindwischpara, Bavarian poems. Allitera, Munich, ISBN 978-3-96233-046-0 .

Directorial work (selection)

1996: Don't worry, just believe. The theologian and philosopher Eugen Biser
2000–2008: picture book
2002: Michael Faulhaber . The cardinal of contradictions
2004: The Pacelli Files

2009: A day in the life of Nikolaus Gerhard

2010: Thomas Mann . A Munich liaison

2012: A day in the life of Dieter Hildebrandt

Articles in compilations (selection)

Departure into the modern age. The Dachau region in the 19th century. in: Bergkirchen municipality (ed.), Brigitta Unger-Richter (editor): Bergkirchen. A village with history. With the districts of Bibereck, Facha and Kinaden. (on the occasion of the 1200 year celebration), Bergkirchen 2014, ISBN 978-3-00-047466-8 , pp. 51–60.

Web links

Commons : Norbert Göttler - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Homepage
The Bayern specialist . In: Bayerische Staatszeitung , May 15, 2020
Literature by and about Norbert Göttler in the catalog of the German National Library
Norbert Göttler in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

↑ sign of friend. In: Catholic Academy in Bavaria. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014 ; accessed on August 21, 2014 .
↑ Cross of Merit for Göttler. In: merkur-online.de. Retrieved August 21, 2014 .
↑ Bavarian poet thaler for district home nurses. District of Dachau, November 24, 2008, archived from the original on August 21, 2014 ; accessed on August 21, 2014 .

personal data
SURNAME	Göttler, Norbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German publicist, writer and television director
DATE OF BIRTH	August 9, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH	Dachau

[1] sign of friend. In: Catholic Academy in Bavaria. Archived from the original on August 21, 2014 ; accessed on August 21, 2014 .

[2] Cross of Merit for Göttler. In: merkur-online.de. Retrieved August 21, 2014 .

[3] Bavarian poet thaler for district home nurses. District of Dachau, November 24, 2008, archived from the original on August 21, 2014 ; accessed on August 21, 2014 .