Sebastian 23

Sebastian Rabsahl (right) and Friederike Becht at the German Television Award 2018

Sebastian 23 , real name Sebastian Rabsahl (born March 23, 1979 in Duisburg ), is a German slampoet , book author and comedian .

Life and work

Sebastian 23 at the Poetry Slam in Kiel, 2016.

Rabsahl studied philosophy ( Magister ) in Freiburg. He established himself on poetry slam stages in Germany, Austria and Switzerland since 2002, before winning the championship title in the individual competition at the German-speaking poetry slam championships in Zurich in 2008. Rabsahl has appeared on comedy and cabaret stages, in mixed shows and in television programs such as TV total , the WDR Poetry Slam or the NDR Talkshow .

He moderates poetry slams in Bochum, Oberhausen, Dortmund and Herne. He was also a member of the literary-performative boy group Smaat , which also included Gabriel Vetter , Felix Römer and Lars Ruppel . The latter was dissolved on January 28, 2011 in Giessen. Together with Misha Verollet , Sulaiman Masomi and Andy Strauss he founded the reading stage "LMBN", which takes place in the Fritz-Henßler-Haus in Dortmund . In 2016, he organized the North Rhine-Westphalian Slam Championships (" NRW Slam ") in Bochum , where he also runs the monthly reading stage Unlimited Monkeys together with Theresa Hahl , Jason Bartsch and Jan Philipp Zymny .

Rabsahl has two children and is married to the actress Friederike Becht .

Programs

2007: Where does tenderness live? (with Smaat)
2008: Good mood here!
2011: Make a sandwich for fate
2016: Falling down is like leaning on, only later
2018 Finally unsuccessful

Publications

CDs

Emotional moped . Talking station 2007
Back for Food (with Smaat). Talking station 2007
One song and eleven songs . Spokenword Berlin 2009
Good mood here! . WortArt 2010
Make a sandwich for fate . WortArt 2013

Books

A head obliges us to nothing. Lektora, Paderborn 2008, ISBN 978-3-938470-20-6 .
Think beautiful! (with Artur Fast ). Lektora, Paderborn 2010, ISBN 978-3-938470-58-9 .
Gravity and carelessness: texts for above and below. WortArt, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-8419-0109-5 .
The ship on the mountain: a story in twelve bites. Lektora, Paderborn 2013, ISBN 978-3-938470-96-1 .
Theory and Taxis: Ways Out of Philosophy. Carlsen, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-551-68133-1 .
Falling down is like leaning on, only later. illustrated by Simon Hofer, Lektora, Paderborn 2016, ISBN 978-3-95461-081-5 .
The sunny side of the snowman . Lektora, Paderborn 2017, ISBN 978-3-95461-101-0 .
Finally unsuccessful! Bad advisor. Benevento, Salzburg / Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-7109-0052-5 .
Stop for advanced students . Lektora, 2019, ISBN 978-3-95461-147-8 .
Cogito, ergo stupid: a story of stupidity . Benevento, 2020, ISBN 978-3-7109-0103-4 .

as editor

Fix & Feddich: Texts from the Ruhr area . Lektora, 2019, ISBN 978-3-95461-146-1 .

Others

Poets and Fighters (movie). MFA film distribution 2012

Awards

2006: Bochum Cabaret Prize
2007: Winner of the German-speaking Poetry Slam Championships (team, with Smaat)
2008: St. Ingbert pan
2008: Vice World Champion of the Slam World Championships in Paris
2008: Winner of the German-speaking Poetry Slam Championships (individual)
2010: Prix Pantheon Jury Prize Early Ripe & Corrupted

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ NDR: Sebastian 23: "Swimming is flying for heaviness". January 20, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017 .
↑ Sebastian 23 - international literature festival berlin. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .
↑ Gießener Anzeiger from January 28, 2011: Poetry slammers from “Smaat” on a farewell tour in Gießen - Jokus sold out
↑ Bernd Peters: "The same sky": The love secrets of the beautiful NSA spy . In: Express.de . ( express.de [accessed on August 14, 2017]).
↑ The book " Falling is like leaning on, only later " won the prize for the most unusual book title of the year . - Most unusual book title of 2016 , March 27, 2017.

personal data
SURNAME	Sebastian 23
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Rabsahl, Sebastian (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German slampoet and comedian
DATE OF BIRTH	March 23, 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH	Duisburg , Germany

[1] NDR: Sebastian 23: "Swimming is flying for heaviness". January 20, 2017. Retrieved March 22, 2017 .

[2] Sebastian 23 - international literature festival berlin. Retrieved February 20, 2017 .

[3] Gießener Anzeiger from January 28, 2011: Poetry slammers from “Smaat” on a farewell tour in Gießen - Jokus sold out

[4] Bernd Peters: "The same sky": The love secrets of the beautiful NSA spy . In: Express.de . ( express.de [accessed on August 14, 2017]).

[5] The book " Falling is like leaning on, only later " won the prize for the most unusual book title of the year . - Most unusual book title of 2016 , March 27, 2017.