Richard Birkefeld

Richard Birkefeld

Richard Georg Birkefeld (born June 8, 1951 in Hanover ) is a German writer .

Life

After training as a typesetter, Birkefeld worked for several years in print shops, publishing houses and advertising agencies in Stuttgart, Bremen and Hanover and was on a long journey with the MS Europa . During this time he traveled extensively to Scandinavia, Canada / Alaska, Central America, North Africa, Asia Minor and Southeast Asia.

Birkefeld then studied history and politics at the Leibniz University in Hanover (1985–1991). His master's thesis dealt with the development of spectator sports in the twenties using the example of the Eilenriederennenn in Hanover. During this time, Birkefeld was on the board of the Hanover History Workshop, in adult education at ver.di, the Association of Lower Saxony Adult Education Centers and as a freelancer for the culture magazine "Living".

In his activities as a research assistant at the historical seminar, at the Institute for Building and Art History and at the Historical Museum in Hanover , he was involved in various exhibition and catalog projects, including a. “Leisure and modern life in the twenties”, “50 years of Lower Saxony”, “Biedermeier and revolution. Hanover 1848 "," ... at the age of 17 young people in Hanover from 1900 to today "and" Beyond life. A walk through Hanover's cemeteries ”. In addition, he worked on various book projects under the leadership of Adelheid von Saldern and Sid Auffarth , including "Weekend and Beautiful Shine", "Old and New Living" and "The City, the Noise and the Light".

In 2002, Birkefeld and his fellow historian Göran Hachmeister published the contemporary historical novel “Whoever remains is right”, which was awarded the Friedrich Glauser Prize for the best debut in 2003 and was awarded 3rd place in the German Crime Prize. In the Danish translation, the book was nominated in 2012 for the Scandinavian Palle-Rosenkrantz Prize and in the French edition for the Prix des lecteurs Rue des Livres 2013. This was followed by the novels "German Championship" (with G. Hachmeister) and "Tod einer Stracke ".

Together with Susanne Mischke and Cornelia Kuhnert, he is also the editor of various anthologies.

Birkefeld is a member of the Syndikat authors' group and VS and lives in Hanover.

Works

• with Göran Hachmeister : Whoever is left is right. Eichborn , Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-8218-0885-3 .
• with Göran Hachmeister: German championship. Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 3-8218-5767-6 .
• Death of a street. Chichili-Satzweiß, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8450-0243-9 .
• Wrong place at the wrong time. Chichili-Satzweiß, 2011, ISBN 978-3-8450-0179-1 .
• Dying is fatal. Chichili / Satzweiß, 2014, ISBN 978-3-8450-1363-3 .
• with Cornelia Kuhnert and Susanne Mischke: Murderous Hanover. Merciless Christmas thriller. vitolibro 2016, ISBN 978-3-86940-027-3 .

Short prose

• 9/11. In: Jan Costin Wagner (Ed.): There are 13 murders in the year. Heyne, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-453-54010-1 .
• The last film. In: Andreas Izquierdo, Angela Eßer (Ed.): Hamburg blood red. Kölnisch-Preußische Lektoratsanstalt, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-940610-10-2 .
• After the game is before the game. In: Angela Eßer, Arnold Küsters (Hrsg.): Body pale on the Lower Rhine. Grafit Verlag, Dortmund 2011, ISBN 978-3-89425-383-7 .
• Hundred per. In: Günther Butkus, Jobst Schlennstedt: Murderous Chiemgau. Pentragon, Bielefeld 2011, ISBN 978-3-86532-252-4 .
• The Haithabu bone counter. In: Günther Butkus, Jobst Schlennstedt: More beautiful murder in the north. Pentragon, Bielefeld 2012, ISBN 978-3-86532-308-8 .
• Every year again. In: Michelle Stoeger (ed.): Maria, Mord und Mandelplätze. Knaur, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-426-51013-1 .
• The golden shot. In: Petra Busch (Ed.): Mördchen fürs Örtchen. KBV, Hillesheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-942446-09-9 .
• Rib ribs. In: Regine Kölpin (Ed.): Deichleichen. KBV, Hillesheim 2011, ISBN 978-3-942446-03-7 .
• Michael Douglas's butt. In: Regine Kölpin (Ed.): Jacked up and fucked up. KBV, Hillesheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-942446-42-6 .
• The golden pheasant. In: Cornelia Kuhnert, Richard Birkefeld (Ed.): Bock on game. Heyne, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-453-54011-8 .
• Pusha's great-uncle. In: Cornelia Kuhnert, Richard Birkefeld (Ed.): Niedertracht in Niedersachsen. KBV, Hillesheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-942446-24-2 .
• The beginning of the end. In: Susanne Mischke, Richard Birkefeld (ed.): The ring of Lower Saxony. To Klampen, Springe 2010, ISBN 978-3-86674-093-8 .
• "... you come, see and pass". In: Susanne Mischke, Bodo Dringenberg (ed.): A beer, a wine, a murder. To Klampen, Springe 2012, ISBN 978-3-86674-178-2 .
• Blue nose. In: Regine Kölpin (Ed.): Shell, Seagulls, Murder. KBV, Hillesheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-942446-62-4 .
• "... you have to get up a lot earlier". In: Peter Godazkar (Ed.): Rest gently in Saxony-Anhalt. Murders in the land of the early risers. KBV, Hillesheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-942446-76-1 .
• Something like that doesn't come into my house. In: Susanne Mischke (ed.): Deadly Christmas everywhere. Piper, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-492-30022-3 .
• Reloaded every year. In: Johannes Engelke (ed.): Bell, poison and roast goose. Knaur, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-426-51277-7 .
• Santo Domingo. In: Cornelia Kuhnert, Richard Birkefeld: The murders don't sound sweeter. Heyne, Munich October 2012, ISBN 978-3-453-54013-2 .
• "Good raven, please ...!". In: Cornelia Kuhnert, Richard Birkefeld: Heide, Harz and Hackebeil. KBV, Hillesheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-942446-77-8 .
• Deadly motives. In: S. Lüpkes, C. Franke (Ed.): Ebbe, Flut and Death Times. KBV, Hillesheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-95441-165-8 .
• It was Wickert, not Jobatey. In: T. Kastura (Ed.): To die or not to die. Ars Vivendi, Cadolzburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-86913-416-1 .
• Syphilis knows no borders. In: T. Hoeps, Jac Toes (Ed.): Schmugglerpfade. Grafit, Dortmund 2014, ISBN 978-3-89425-438-4 .
• The categorical imperative. In: Syndikat (ed.): Secret Service. Yearbook 2014. Gmeiner, Meßkirch 2014, ISBN 978-3-8392-1479-4 .
• Green Undertaker. In: Elke Pistor (Ed.): Death and Tofu. KBV, Hillesheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-95441-184-9 .
• Occam's Razor. In: E. Lirot, H. Schlueter (Ed.): With umbrella, charm and pistol. KBV, Hillesheim 2014, ISBN 978-3-95441-191-7 .
• Advent, Advent ... In: T. Pütz (Ed.): Stollen, Schnee and Grim Reaper. Knaur, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-426-51609-6 .
• My driver. In: Fiftyfifty. Aurora, Vienna 2014.
• Wonderful times. In: Syndikat (Ed.): Yearbook 2015. Gmeiner, Meßkirch 2015, ISBN 978-3-8392-1638-5 .
• On the other bank. In: Syndikat (ed.): TAT witness. The Syndicate Dossier 2015. Gmeiner, Meßkirch 2015, ISBN 978-3-8392-1866-2 .
• Pork knuckle boogie. In: Bodo Dringenberg (Hrsg.): A Pils, a Sekt, a death. zu Klampen, Springe 2015, ISBN 978-3-86674-419-6 .
• In the gripping teeth of the hideous blue woman. In: Arnold Küsters (Ed.): On the Alm, there's murder. KBV, Hillesheim 2015, ISBN 978-3-95441-234-1 .
• It's a pleasure to see you again. In: Regina Schleheck (Ed.): Sun, Murder and more. Der Kleine Buch Verlag, Karlsruhe 2016, ISBN 978-3-7650-9113-1 .
• Play piscator. In: Christina Bacher (Ed.): SOKO Marburg-Biedenkopf. KBV, Hillesheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-95441-293-8 .
• Lumumba is dead, long live Lumumba! In: Thomas Kastura (ed.): Cocktail corpses. KBV, Hillesheim 2016, ISBN 978-3-95441-292-1 .

Translations

• with Göran Hachmeister: The bliver tilbage is right. Klim, Arhus 2011, ISBN 978-87-7955-824-3 .
• with Göran Hachmeister: Tysk Mesterskab. Klim, Arhus 2013, ISBN 978-87-7129-180-3 .
• with Göran Hachmeister: Deux dans Berlin. Édition du Masque, Paris 2012, ISBN 978-2-7024-3698-1 .
• with Göran Hachmeister: Des hommes de tete. Édition du Masques, Paris 2013, ISBN 978-2-7024-3830-5 .
• Syfilis Kent Geen Border. In: Jac Toes, Thomas Hoeps, Gerda Meijerink: Over de Grens. De Geus, Amsterdam 2014, ISBN 978-90-445-3279-1 .
• with Göran Hachmeister: Berlinska past. Garamond, Prague 2015, ISBN 978-80-7407-271-0 .

Prizes and awards

• German crime prize 2003
• Friedrich Glauser Prize 2003 Debut for the novel "Whoever remains is right"
• Nomination for the Scandinavian Palle-Rosenkrantz Prize 2012, Denmark
• Prix ​​de Lecteurs Sélection 2013, France

scientific publications

• with Martina Jung : The city, the noise and the light. The change in public space through motorization and electrification. Kallmeyer, Seelze (Velber) 1994, ISBN 3-7800-5254-7 .
• Spectacle in the city forest. The motorcycle races in the Eilenriede. In: Adelheid von Salder, Sid Auffahrt (ed.): Weekend and beautiful appearance. Leisure and modern life in the twenties. Elefanten Press, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-88520-407-X .
• Technology, commerce and entertainment. Spectator sport at the Hanoverian Eilenriede motorcycle race in the twenties. In: Karin Erich, Olaf Mussmann (Ed.): Imprints from the region. Facets of the history of Hanover and its surrounding area. Hahn, Hannover 1993, ISBN 3-7752-5878-7 .
• with Martina Jung: light, noise and stench . In: WerkstattGeschichte 3: Environmental history. Results Verlag, Hamburg 1992, ISBN 3-87916-205-0 .
• “There is only one state of Lower Saxony!” Some humorous excursions to the superlatives of our state. In: We are the Lower Saxony! Who are the Lower Saxony. (= Writings of the Historisches Museum Hannover. Volume 10). Hanover 1996, ISBN 3-910073-11-5 .
• Youth between addiction to pleasure and political mobilization in the "Roaring Twenties". In: ... at the age of 17 young people in Hanover from 1900 to today. (= Writings of the Historisches Museum Hannover. 12). Hanover 1997, ISBN 3-910073-13-1 .
• with Alheidis von Rohr: "Quiet is the first civic duty". The Hanoverian constitutional question. In: Biedermeier and Revolution. Hannover 1848. (= writings of the Historisches Museum Hannover 13). Hanover 1998, ISBN 3-910073-14-X .
• The effects of the cemetery reform movement on the Ricklingen and Seelhorst city cemeteries. Hanover 2010, ISBN 978-3-910073-40-1 .
• The cultural climate in Hanover. In: Biedermeier and Revolution. Hanover 1848. (= Writings of the Historical Museum. 13). Hanover 1998, ISBN 3-910073-14-X .
• The August experience in Hanover - enthusiasm for war or rejection? In: Home Front Hannover. Everyday life in the war 1914–1918. (= Writings of the Historisches Museum Hannover. 44). Gutenberg Beuys, Hannover 2014, ISBN 978-3-910073-45-6 .
• The belly of Hanover. The market hall in the twenties. In: Adelheid von Saldern, Sid Auffahrt (Ed.): Weekend and beautiful appearance. Leisure and modern life in the twenties. Elefanten Press, Berlin 1991, ISBN 3-88520-407-X .
• with Martina Jung: In the shadow of the glass palaces. City formation and old town disintegration. In: Sid Auffahrt, Adelheid von Saldern (Ed.), With the collaboration of Richard Birkefeld: Old and new living. Linden and Hanover in the early 20th century. Kallmeyer, Seelze (Velber) 1992, ISBN 3-7800-5256-3 .
• with Martina Jung: “Big tidying up”. The redevelopment of the Ballhofviertel in Hanover's old town. In: Sid Auffahrt, Adelheid von Saldern (Ed.), With the collaboration of Richard Birkefeld: Old and new living. Linden and Hanover in the early 20th century. Kallmeyer, Seelze (Velber) 1992, ISBN 3-7800-5256-3 .

Editorships

• with Susanne Mischke (ed.): The ring of Lower Saxony. To Klampen, Springe 2010, ISBN 978-3-86674-093-8 .
• with Cornelia Kuhnert (Ed.): Bock on game. Heyne Verlag , Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-453-54011-8 .
• with Cornelia Kuhnert (ed.): Niedertracht in Niedersachsen. KBV, Hillesheim 2012, ISBN 978-3-942446-24-2 .
• with Cornelia Kuhnert (Ed.): The murders don't sound sweeter. Heyne Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-453-54013-2 .
• with Cornelia Kuhnert (Ed.): Heide, Harz and Hackebeil. KBV, Hillesheim 2013, ISBN 978-3-942446-77-8 .
• with Cornelia Kuhnert (ed.): Murderous delicacies. dtv, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-423-21476-6 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Richard Birkefeld in the catalog of the German National Library
• Crime Dictionary
• HAZ
• pearl divers