Robert Fischer (writer)

The writer Robert Fischer in April 2017

Robert Fischer (* 1960 in Munich ) is a German writer.

Life

After completing his commercial training as a publishing company, Robert Fischer worked as a lecturer for many years . His first children's book was published in 1987, and since 1998 Fischer has also been writing for adults. The author, who has worked for many years as a bass player in various music groups and with the chansonnier Thomas Eichenbrenner , has a daughter born in 1982 and lives in Munich .

Fischer's biography of the writer, natural scientist and world traveler Adelbert von Chamisso was named Book of the Month by the German Academy for Children's and Young Adult Literature , recommended by Peter Härtling ( Die Zeit ) and Harald Weinrich ( Bayerischer Rundfunk ) and in the FAZ as an “exemplary biography "And as" an important book beyond the actual literary historical occasion ".

In 1992 Fischer received a state sponsorship award for young writers at the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts . The laudation reads, among other things: "Robert Fischer is honored for his problem-oriented children's books, in which he treats important topics for children of different ages in a linguistically convincing, appealing, original and above all warm way."

In 2001, at the invitation of Elisabeth Bronfen , Fischer took part in the Days of German-Language Literature ( Ingeborg Bachmann Prize ) in Klagenfurt . This participation was recommended to him by the literary critic Silvia Bovenschen , who said of his story Römische Abschweifungen , published by Suhrkamp in 1999 , "I would never have thought that it would be possible to write so distantly and yet not coldly." Elisabeth Bronfen also judged similarly, who, in her criticism of the text Sex kills read in Klagenfurt, said that she was particularly impressed by "the implementation of a philosophical language that deals with the question of femininity and the redefinition of the body into a love story" - the "distanced view" , she found the “almost clinical description and the way in which this is linked with overlaid thought spaces, with myths” , “extremely impressive” .

In 2003, Fischer founded the Munich publishing and editorial office (vrb-muenchen). In this context, he is a regular co-author of an annual compendium on the UNESCO World Heritage as well as author, co-author and producer of various country and city portraits published by publishers such as Baedeker, DuMont, Kunth, Merian and National Geographic. His works have been translated into several languages ​​and have received several awards.

Awards

• In 1990, Fischer's Chamisso biography was named Book of the Month by the German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature in Volkach
• 1992: State sponsorship award for young writers from the Free State of Bavaria
• 1992: Author's grant from the Prussian Sea Trade Foundation in Berlin

Works (selection)

• Hannah has the world in her head. Franz Schneider Verlag, 1987. ISBN 3-505-09536-2 .
• Sarah's journey to rainbow land. Boje Verlag, 1989. ISBN 3-414-83580-0 .
• Grandfather and the dream machine. Dachs Verlag, 1990. ISBN 3-900763-59-3 .
• We were just missing that. Rowohlt Verlag, 1990. ISBN 3-499-20529-7 .
• Adelbert von Chamisso. Biography. With a foreword by Rafik Schami . Annette Klopp Verlag, 1990. ISBN 3-7817-0575-7 .
• No, I don't go to school. Annette Betz Verlag, 1991. ISBN 3-219-10485-1 .
• The last appearance. Rowohlt Verlag, 1991. ISBN 3-499-20602-1 .
• The angel from the piano. Franz Schneider Verlag, 1994. ISBN 3-505-08075-6 .
• Roman digressions. Suhrkamp Verlag, 1999. ISBN 3-518-39530-0 .
• Sex kills. Suhrkamp Verlag, 2001. ISBN 3-518-39768-0 .
• Anything goes (in: Michael Jacobs, All that Jazz). Reclam-Verlag, 2007, 2016. ISBN 978-3-15-021684-2 .
• The New York Book. Kunth Verlag, 2010, 2018. ISBN 978-3-89944-603-6 .
• The Istanbul Book. Kunth Verlag, 2011. ISBN 978-3-89944-824-5 .
• The Tuscany Book. Kunth Verlag, 2011. ISBN 978-3-89944-825-2 .
• The Rome Book. Kunth Verlag, 2011, 2018. ISBN 978-3-89944-682-1 .
• The Prague Book. Kunth Verlag, 2012. ISBN 978-3-89944-851-1 .
• South-Tirol. DuMont Verlag, 2012. ISBN 978-3-7701-8928-1 ; New edition in cooperation with GEOSaison 2016.
• Namibia. DuMont Verlag, 2012. ISBN 978-3-7701-8925-0 ; New edition in cooperation with GEOSaison 2016.
• Cuba: between dream and reality. With a foreword by Fernando Pérez , National Geographic, 2013, 2015, 2016. ISBN 978-3-86690-366-1 .
• The Australia Book. Kunth Verlag, 2014, 2016. ISBN 978-3-89944-920-4 .
• Out and about in South Tyrol. The big travel book. Kunth Verlag, 2015. ISBN 978-3-95504-138-0 .
• The Paris Book. Kunth Verlag, 2016. ISBN 978-3-95504-240-0 .
• Out and about in Tuscany. The big travel book. Kunth Verlag, 2016. ISBN 978-3-95504-221-9 .
• The colors of the earth - Australia & Oceania, Kunth Verlag, 2016. ISBN 978-3-95504-395-7 .
• Das Erbe der Welt, Kunth Verlag, updated edition 2019. ISBN 978-3-95504-893-8 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Robert Fischer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Suhrkamp Verlag
• Robert Fischer's homepage

Individual evidence

1. ↑ 25th Days of German-Language Literature 2001