Rainer Moritz

Rainer Moritz (born April 26, 1958 in Heilbronn ) is a German Germanist , literary critic , translator and author.

Life

After graduating from the Robert-Mayer-Gymnasium Heilbronn in 1977, he studied German , philosophy and Romance studies at the University of Tübingen . In 1988 he received his doctorate with a literary thesis on Hermann Lenz . From 1989 to 2005 he worked for several publishing houses, first until 1991 as a lecturer at Francke Verlag in Tübingen, from 1991 to 1995 as head of the philological department at Erich Schmidt Verlag in Berlin , then as chief editor at Verlag Reclam Leipzig and from 1998 to 2004 as program manager at Hoffmann and Campe publishing house .

Since 2005 he has headed the Literaturhaus Hamburg . He is Vice President of the Marcel Proust Society, a member of the PEN Center Germany and the German Academy for Football Culture . He is a literary critic for several daily newspapers and radio stations and the author of numerous books. The radio station Bremen Two of Radio Bremen Moritz is once a week on Friday morning as a columnist, under the title The World Moritz heard. In conversation with the moderator, he humorously analyzes curious reports from the news world or philosophizes about current affairs.

Works

My father, things and death. Antje Kunstmann, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-95614-257-4 .
(as ed.) France à la carte. Culinary stories. Ebersbach & Simon, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-86915-154-0 .
Heroes of the Southwest. What we love: Lurchi, Löw and Laugenbrezel. Silberburg-Verlag, Tübingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-8425-2001-1
Who has the worst sex? A literary job search. Deutsche Verlagsanstalt, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-421-04644-4
Heilbronn and the surrounding area. 66 favorite spots and 11 personalities. With pictures by Roland Schweizer. Gmeiner, Meßkirch 2012, ISBN 978-3-8392-1258-5
The fatal belief in happiness: Richard Yates - his life, his work . Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, 2012, ISBN 978-3-421-04452-5
Madame Cottard and the fear of happiness. Novel. Piper, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-492-05425-6
The big dream. ... or how the teacher Konrad Koch brought football to Germany. Novel. Based on a script by Philipp Roth and Johanna Stuttmann and an idea by Sebastian Grobler and Raoul Reinert . Rowohlt TB, Reinbek 2011, ISBN 978-3-499-25692-9
Madame Cottard and a hint of love. Novel. Piper, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-492-05358-7 ; again 2010 ISBN 978-3-492-25964-4
with Reto Guntli and Agi Simões: The most beautiful bookshops in Europe. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-8369-2613-3
Offside. The final secret of football. Kunstmann, Munich 2010, 2nd, through. and exp. Ed., ISBN 978-3-88897-650-6
with Matthias Brandt u. a. NDR Info, Director and Editor Ulrike Toma: Wir Wirtschaftswunderkinder. 60 years of the Federal Republic of Germany. Feature [sound carrier]. Deutscher Audioverlag DAV, [Berlin] 2009, ISBN 978-3-89813-882-6
I am Wirtschaftswunderkind. My famous life with Peggy March , Petar Radenković and processed cheese corners. Piper, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-492-04765-4 ; again 2010 ISBN 978-3-492-25748-0
with Ole Könnecke : The little long-distance relationship advisor. Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek 2008, ISBN 978-3-499-24543-5
The survival library. Books for all situations. Piper, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-492-25055-9 ; again 2006 ISBN 978-3-492-04764-7
with Ole Könnecke: The little sleep advisor. Rowohlt-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Reinbek 2006, ISBN 978-3-499-24276-2
Offside. The final secret of football. Kunstmann, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-88897-429-8
with Ole Könnecke: The little long-distance relationship advisor. Sanssouci, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-7254-1391-1
(as ed.) The gates fall in front. Football story (s) from Socrates to Jürgen Klinsmann . Selected and commented on ball safe by Rainer Moritz. Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 978-3-596-16742-5

As translator

Pierre Bost : Bankruptcy. (Faillite) epilogue of the trans. Dörlemann, Zurich 2015
Pierre Bost: A Sunday in the country. (Monsieur l'admiral va bientôt mourir) Afterword of the translator. Dörlemann, Zurich 2013
Françoise Sagan: Bonjour sadness . Ullstein, Berlin 2017 (new translation)
Georges Simenon : Maigret and the Providence haulier . Kampa, Zurich 2019 (new translation)

Awards

2010: Elbe Swan Order
2015: Honorary title "Professor", awarded by the Hamburg Senate

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b date and place of birth as well as career according to Heilbronn city archive , collection of contemporary history, s. Database HEUSS, call number ZS-16276
^ Rainer Moritz: Heilbronn and surroundings. 66 favorite spots and 11 personalities. Gmeiner, Meßkirch 2012, ISBN 978-3-8392-1258-5 , p. 45
↑ Dr. Rainer Moritz moved to the Literaturhaus Hamburg at the end of 2004 , buchmarkt.de, November 7, 2003
↑ Prof. Dr. Rainer Moritz. Retrieved on July 27, 2020 (German).
↑ Rainer Moritz , Deutscha Akedemie for football culture
^ Rainer Moritz: "The world with Moritz" on Bremen Zwei. In: Bremen Two. Bremen Zwei, accessed on January 15, 2019 (German).
↑ Dr. Rainer Moritz receives the "Elbe Swan Order" language award
↑ Rainer Moritz receives the honorary title "Professor"

personal data
SURNAME	Moritz, Rainer
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German philologist, literary critic and author
DATE OF BIRTH	April 26, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH	Heilbronn

[HEUSS-1] te and place of birth as well as career according to Heilbronn city archive , collection of contemporary history, s. Database HEUSS, call number ZS-16276

[2] Rainer Moritz: Heilbronn and surroundings. 66 favorite spots and 11 personalities. Gmeiner, Meßkirch 2012, ISBN 978-3-8392-1258-5 , p. 45

[3] Dr. Rainer Moritz moved to the Literaturhaus Hamburg at the end of 2004 , buchmarkt.de, November 7, 2003

[4] Prof. Dr. Rainer Moritz. Retrieved on July 27, 2020 (German).

[5] Rainer Moritz , Deutscha Akedemie for football culture

[6] Rainer Moritz: "The world with Moritz" on Bremen Zwei. In: Bremen Two. Bremen Zwei, accessed on January 15, 2019 (German).

[7] Dr. Rainer Moritz receives the "Elbe Swan Order" language award

[8] Rainer Moritz receives the honorary title "Professor"