Ralf Nestmeyer
Ralf Nestmeyer (born May 4, 1964 in Nuremberg ) is a German travel journalist, historian and author .
Life
Nestmeyer studied modern history , Bavarian and Franconian regional history and philosophy at the Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg . Ralf Nestmeyer lives as a freelance writer in Nuremberg. He is a member of the PEN Center Germany and has been its Vice President and Writers-in-Prison Representative since April 2018.
Since 1994 he has published more than two dozen travel guides and historical-literary non-fiction books (“Hotelwelten”), and he also writes for newspapers and magazines. His reports, reviews and articles have appeared among others. a. in ZEIT, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Nürnberger Zeitung and Spiegel online. As a travel writer, he mainly works for Michael Müller Verlag , the Merian series and for Emons Verlag . He is best known for his publications on France, England and Italy. His books have been translated into several languages (English, French, Italian, Dutch, Czech and Hungarian). Based on the Media Control data for 2015, Nestmeyer ranks second among the “market-leading travel guide authors” with a market share of 0.9% of all travel guides sold in Germany. Most recently he made his debut with a detective novel (“Red Lavender”), which also deals with the French Resistance. The follow-up volume "The Dead from Mont Ventoux" deals with the Tour de France and doping.
Publications (selection)
- Fiction
- Red lavender. Emons Verlag, Cologne 2015.
- The dead from Mont Ventoux. Emons Verlag, Cologne 2018.
- Non-fiction
- Sicily, literary travel companion. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2000
- Provence / Côte d'Azur. Literary travel companion. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2002
- Provence and Cote d'Azur. Literary travel pictures from the Midi. Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2005
- French poets and their homes. Insel Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2005
- Sicily - Literary Forays. Artemis & Winkler, Düsseldorf 2008
- All myth! 16 popular misconceptions about France. Theiss Verlag, Darmstadt 2014
- Hotel worlds. Luxury, lift boys and writers. Reclam, Stuttgart 2015
- Berlin. To linger. Reclam, Stuttgart 2020
- Vienna. To linger. Reclam, Stuttgart 2020
- travel Guide
- Nuremberg and Fürth. Michael Müller, Erlangen, 1994 (11th edition 2018)
- Francs. Michael-Müller-Verlag, Erlangen 1996 (8th edition 2019)
- Sicily. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 1996ff.
- Bavarian forest. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 1996ff.
- Normandy. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 1996
- Provence & Cote d'Azur. Michael-Müller-Verlag, Erlangen 1997 (11th edition 2018)
- Cinque Terre and Liguria. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 1997ff.
- French Riviera. Michael-Müller-Verlag, Erlangen 1999 (8th edition 2018)
- Paris. Michael-Müller-Verlag, Erlangen 2000 (12th edition 2020)
- London. Michael-Müller-Verlag, Erlangen 2000 (13th edition 2020)
- Southern england. Michael-Müller-Verlag, Erlangen 2001 (7th edition 2020)
- Languedoc-Roussillon. Michael-Müller-Verlag, Erlangen 2002 (8th edition 2018)
- England. Michael-Müller-Verlag, Erlangen 2002ff.
- South France. Michael-Müller-Verlag, Erlangen 2003 (8th edition 2018)
- Haute Provence. Michael-Müller-Verlag, Erlangen 2003 (6th edition 2018)
- Cornwall & Devon. Michael-Müller-Verlag, Erlangen 2005 (8th edition 2020)
- Nuremberg. Travel House Media, Munich 2009ff.
- Normandy. Michael-Müller-Verlag, Erlangen 2010 (4th edition 2019)
- 111 places in Provence that you have to see. Emons Verlag, Cologne 2013 (3rd edition 2019)
- Liguria. Travel House Media, Munich 2014
- Sicily. Travel House Media, Munich 2014
- Provence. Travel House Media, Munich 2015
- 111 places on the Côte d'Azur that you have to see. Emons Verlag, Cologne 2015 (2nd edition 2016)
- 111 places in Normandy that you have to see. Emons Verlag, Cologne 2016
- Marseille. Michael-Müller-Verlag, Erlangen 2018
Web links
- Literature by and about Ralf Nestmeyer in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ralf Nestmeyer website
- Ralf Nestmeyer at Emons Verlag
- Short biography and reviews of works by Ralf Nestmeyer at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Book Report Special 2016, Reise & Touristik, p. 26
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nestmeyer, Ralf |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German historian, travel journalist and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 4th 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Nuremberg |