Simak Büchel

Simak Büchel (* 19th September 1977 in Bonn ) is a German writer and children's book - author .

Life

After graduating from high school in Hennef , Simak Büchel studied biology , German and philosophy in Bonn , Oldenburg and Bremen . His scientific work is centered around the attempt to combine humanities and natural sciences and thus to create a place where these two great approaches to a comprehensive understanding of the world come together.

Büchel's literary work was strongly influenced by his travels and workcamp management. These took him to Réunion , Scandinavia, the USA and East Africa, among others . As a result of his exploration of the social and ecological realities of life in East Africa, he launched his school project Oropois Land , which is based on his children's book Oropoi or How the Baboons got their red butts (published 2001). The aim of the project is to create a differentiated understanding of the conditions in Africa among school children and to stimulate tolerance towards other cultures. In addition, joy in reading and enthusiasm for stories should be aroused.

Oropois Land was included in the recommendation lists of the Intercultural Council , the Reading Foundation and the Working Group for Youth Literature and Media of the GEW . In television and radio, the book was presented last in the series Felix and the wild animals of the WDR -Fernsehens as well as a radio play version in fairytale marathon of the radio station WDR. 5

Büchel's youth book Meister Perlboot was published in 2005. The plot, which is set in a fictional Mediterranean landscape, revolves around a fisherman who rolls pearls from his belly button as soon as he laughs - and the entanglements that arise as a gangster on this financially promising phenomenon become attentive.

Büchel's current work Bogumil's Boten & A Secret Parcel was published in 2010. It is intended as the prelude to a tetralogy that revolves around the young Tammo Fistel, his sister Dodo and both mother Feodora: In the first book they have to be commissioned by the (always anonymously ) Bogumil transport a package from Germany to Sweden.

In addition to his books for children and young people, Büchel published the philosophical story Balance (published in 2001 under the pseudonym Daniel Schneider ) and the novel Eloe & Ellenai (published 2003). Balance describes a person's difficult search for his true character and the true way of life; Eloe & Ellenai is the dramatic story of a relationship between two emotionally deeply homeless people that eventually ends in disaster.

In 2000 Simak Büchel achieved a highly regarded 9th place at the 15th International Young Authors ' Competition of the Regensburg Writers' Group International . He was later awarded work grants for his literary work in 2002, 2003 and 2004 in the memorial forge Höfgen near Grimma in Saxony . From 2001 to 2003 he was the art association's literary officer for the Rhein-Sieg district and organized the "Groundwater" series of events for the association. In 2008 and 2012 he received work grants from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia .

Simak Büchel currently lives with his wife and two children in Ruppichteroth in the Bergisches Land .

Catalog raisonné

• Zweistromland (short stories, 2000. Together with Tim Ernst )
• Balance (Philosophical Narrative, 2001)
• Oropoi or How the baboons got their red buttocks (children's book, 2001 / 13th edition 2007)
• Eloe & Ellenai (novel, 2003)
• Oropoi (Revised new edition as paperback, with illustrations by the author, 2004 / 8th edition 2011)
• Master Perlboot (novel, 2005 / 3rd edition 2011)
• Himili fears the darkness (novel, 2007 / 7th edition 2011)
• Zaza and the Zirbelzottel (children's book, 2009)
• Bogumil's messenger & a mysterious parcel (young people's book, 2010 / new edition 2012 as “On behalf of Bogumil: A mysterious parcel”)
• Tree 532 (children's book, 2011)
• The ghosts of Melele Pamu (children's book, 2012)
• Commissioned by Bogumil: The Lost Legacy (young adult book, 2013)
• Commissioned by Bogumil: Winged Shadows (youth book, 2015)

Inclusion in anthologies

• Prova de Fuoco (in ... I dread you , Verlag W. Benzen, 2000)
• The hunter (in tears , ed. By Cornelia Eichner , Geest-Verlag, 2000)
• Lilith (in Die Spur des Gauklers in den Blaue Mond , ed. By Verena Blecher , Geest-Verlag, 2001)
• Athanasian looks (in Angsthasen , ed. By Cornelia Eichner, Geest-Verlag, 2001)
• gedankenschlupf (in autumn. An anthology of poetry by three generations , edited by Karl Seemann , Geest-Verlag, 2001)
• Mein Kopf (in Ein leises Du , ed. By Verena Blecher, Geest-Verlag, 2002)
• Ballad of the dead dancer (in Erlkönig & Co. Neue Deutsche Balladen , ed. By Verena Raupach , Geest-Verlag, 2002)

Sound carriers / broadcast

• Oropoi (radio play based on Simak Büchel. With Eva Garg , Martin Reinke , Davide Brizzi and others. WDR: Cologne 2005)
• Lilian's return (a chapter from Eloe & Ellenai , in LiteraturLine Münster, 2004)
• Lilian's Magic (another chapter from Eloe & Ellenai , in Cognak & Biskotten , No. 20, 2004)

Furthermore, Simak Büchel has written a large number of articles for literary magazines such as Federwelt , Dichtungsring , KULT , Volksfest , Inklings and Kritische Ausgabe as well as for the Bonn student magazine AKUT . Since 2006 he has been writing regular book reviews for the current Rundschau , which is published in South America .

Awards

• 2013 residency at the Waldmühle library in Soltau
• 2012 work grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
• 2008 work grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia
• 2004 literary scholarship, monument smithy Höfgen
• 2003 literary scholarship, monument smithy Höfgen
• 2002 Literature scholarship in the Studios International of the monument smithy Höfgen, awarded by the cultural area of ​​Leipzig, the Saxon State Ministry for Science and Art and the monument smithy
• 2001 Erasmus, annual scholarship
• 2000 9th place in the young authors 'competition of the Regensburg Writers' Group International

Press reviews

Schneider uses his keen, sensuous powers of observation in a virtuoso manner. What she collects crystallizes into astonishing, subtly shimmering images, into "ge-Dicht" in the best sense of the word: well-observed subtleties of language correspond with an equally rich wealth of details of the events and scenes depicted.

( General-Anzeiger (Bonn) on Mesopotamia )

Schneider is extremely critical of the current development of art. He compares the popular "pop literati" with ice skaters. They moved carefully on the thin ice of society, careful not to break in. He himself is more of an ice diver who jumps into the deep end, looks at the world from below and questions it.

(General-Anzeiger Bonn on the publication of Balance )

A work that does not make it easy for the reader, that requires reflection and rewards. At the same time, it captivates with imaginative and sharply drawn images and cultivated language; the gloomy basic theme is repeatedly brightened up by passages of refreshing self-irony. The young Hennefer is an author who deserves more attention and whose further work we can look forward to.

(General-Anzeiger Bonn via Eloe & Ellenai )

Web links

• Literature by and about Simak Büchel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage of the author
• Short biography at Geest-Verlag
• Author portrait in the Julim-Journal (PDF)