Renate Schoof

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Renate Schoof (born February 5, 1950 in Bremen ) is a German writer .

Professional background

After finishing school in Bremen, she completed an apprenticeship in the book trade . She then worked as a documentary for the German Press Agency in Hamburg . This was followed by a teacher training course (subjects: German, art education, philosophy and religion) in Lüneburg and nine years as a teacher. Two years after the publication of her first volume of poetry, she took a leave of absence from school service to study German in Berlin, which she left entirely after the publication of further books. She has received literary prizes, awards and grants, and has been a member of the Association of German Writers (VS) in ver.di since 1985.

Schoof writes poems, novels, short stories, non-fiction books, novels for young people and children as well as picture book stories. She also publishes in newspapers, magazines, anthologies and on the radio. Renate Schoof lives as a freelance writer in Göttingen .

Works (selection)

Prose / poetry

  • Put raincoats on your dreams . Poems. Brockkamp Verlag, Bremen 1984;
  • Crazy cloud . Poems. Horlemann Verlag, Bad Honnef 2000;
  • In the very near distance . Stories. Athena Verlag, Oberhausen 2003. ISBN 3-89896-165-6
  • Soul birds . Poems. Allitera Verlag, Munich 2010. ISBN 978-3-86906-084-2
  • Blue October . Novel. VAT Verlag André Thiele, Mainz 2012. ISBN 978-3-940884-76-3
  • Always sea . Poems. Poetry edition 2000 / Allitera Verlag, Munich 2016. ISBN 978-3-86906-853-4
  • All wishes are fulfilled . Novel. Zeitgeist Print & Online publishing house, Höhr-Grenzhausen 2018. ISBN 978-3-943007-17-6

Books for children and young readers

  • The wishing ring . Picture book. Ellermann Verlag, Munich 1993
  • Without a return ticket . Novel. Bitter Verlag, Recklinghausen 1993
  • With grandma by the sea . Children's novel. tabu Verlag, Munich 1995; New edition: Donat Verlag , Bremen 2005. ISBN 978-3-934836-65-5
  • The fairy tale of the lonely princess . Picture book. Coppenrath Verlag, Münster 1996
  • School trip with a kick . Novel. Altberliner Verlag, Berlin and Munich 1997; Paperback: Allitera / Die Schatzkiste, Munich 2009. ISBN 978-3-86906-057-6
  • Traffic jam in the forest . Picture book. Altberliner Verlag, Berlin and Munich 1997
  • Sophie finds a treasure . Cat stories. Kerle Verlag, Freiburg, Vienna, Basel 1999
  • Paula and Teddy in the land of dreams . Narrative stories. With pictures by Uli Waas . Kerle Verlag, Freiburg, Vienna, Basel 2002
    • Paulinka i Miś w krainie marzeń . 2002
  • The little witch Hagetisse . Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 2003
  • The forgetful witch Sausebraus . Illustrations: Wilfried Gebhard . Kerle Verlag, Freiburg, Vienna, Basel 2003
    • Roztargniona czarodziejka Zuza . 2004
  • W + M = love? . Roman, dtv junior, Munich 2003; New edition: Donat Verlag, Bremen 2005. ISBN 3-938275-03-0
  • Witch Zerolina in the land of numbers . Kerle Verlag, Freiburg, Vienna, Basel 2005
  • Little Reading Tiger ABC Stories . Loewe Verlag, Bindlach 2005
  • Simone's hot summer . Novel. Kerle Verlag, Freiburg, Vienna, Basel 2007
  • See you in Berlin . Novel. Donat Verlag, Bremen 2010. ISBN 978-3-938275-77-1
  • One always wins! Football stories. Donat Verlag, Bremen 2014. ISBN 978-3-943425-45-1

Non-fiction

  • Secrets of Christianity - From the hidden knowledge of ancient images . Patmos Verlag, Ostfildern 2014. ISBN 978-3-8436-0545-8 (print)

Audio books

  • Football stories . Audio CD. Schünemann Verlag, Bremen 2008

Press reviews

“Renate Schoof is a woman who knows how to unleash her fantasy life beautifully. No cheap euphoria, but a lot of inner tension, also feelings of unhappiness, the longing to get lost in emptiness, almost in nothing ... But there are also fine love poems here, full of emotion, association, bold and violent ... "

- New Rhineland : 4/2001

“Their language is lucid, the verses are simple, and then again so rich in images that critics rave about“ surrealistic-witty metaphor constructions ”. The clarity that characterizes her work may be due to the fact that Renate Schoof also writes children's books and often reads them in schools. "

- Weser Kurier / Bremer Nachrichten : v. April 22, 2001

“The author has gone through many conditions, professions and worlds. Therefore her verses are not only believable and simple and accurate, they surprise with images that are not already worn: 'Who distributed the goals / and why do we / never arrive'. "

- Wetzlarer Neue Zeitung : v. December 12, 2000

“Her poems, which she says arise like clouds, thrive on the ease with which R. Schoof gives them fragrance and color. The poet counters the danger of the non-committal, the interchangeable through idiosyncratic combined observations and unusual images. "

- ekz - purchasing center for public. Libraries, Reutlingen 2001

“Renate Schoof combines journalistic research with dream elements, is always at eye level with her staff… As a reader, you quickly become familiar with the characters in the fiction, which Renate Schoof carefully develops and looks after. At the same time, she does not lose sight of the social integration of her characters. The author handles her novel staff very fast ... "

- Bulletin Youth & Literature 2/1998

"The young readers clearly appreciate the fact that their books always contain real and reality."

- Cuxhaven news : v. July 16, 1996

Awards

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personal data
SURNAME Schoof, Renate
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German writer
DATE OF BIRTH 5th February 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen