Simon Borowiak
Simon Borowiak (* 8. November 1964 in Frankfurt am Main as Simone Borowiak ) is a German writer .
life and work
Borowiak was born in Frankfurt in 1964 and assigned to the female gender. From the age of 12 to 19 he studied piano at the conservatory until he broke off his studies because of his stage fright.
He was the editor of the satirical magazine Titanic from 1986 to 1992 . Borowiak is best known for the short, satirical travel novel Frau Rettich, die Czerni und ich (1992), which was filmed in 1998 by Markus Imboden under the same title . First line, last flap appeared in 1998 - a report on the shooting that was censored by the legal advisors of the production companies. A collection of shorter satirical texts appeared in 1994 as A Train Through the Congregation . In 1999 the first "serious" novel Pavlov's Children was published .
After a long creative break and gender reassignment measures , Borowiak came back to the public in 2006 as a man with an autobiographical nonfiction book ALK about alcoholism. His novel Who Who Who was published by Eichborn Verlag in September 2007 , a sequel in 2009 with the protagonists of Who Who Who under the title Schade um den Schöne Sex . In March 2014 the novel Addiction was published - according to the author, "the continuation of ALK with lyrical means". Borowiak lives as a freelance writer in Hamburg.
bibliography
- Frau Radich, Czerni and me . Roman, Frankfurt a. M. 1992.
- A train through the community . Text collection, Frankfurt a. M. 1994.
- Baroness Bibi. A trash novel for the educated classes . Roman, Frankfurt a. M. 1995.
- First line, last key - from the wondrous world of film . Frankfurt am Main 1998 (about the filming of the film adaptation of Frau Rettich, who Czerni and I ).
- Pavlov's children . Roman, Eichborn, Frankfurt a. M. 1999, ISBN 978-3821803302 .
- The sofa . (Play), 2000.
- ALK. Almost a medical non-fiction book . Eichborn, Frankfurt a. M. 2006.
- Who who whom . Story, Eichborn, Frankfurt a. M. 2007.
- It's a shame about the beautiful sex . Eichborn, Frankfurt a. M. 2009, ISBN 978-3-8218-6102-9 .
- Bring me the head of Santa Claus. A Christmas fairy tale . Eichborn, Frankfurt a. M. 2010, ISBN 978-3-8218-6607-9 .
- You may not want to kill. A pitch-black comedy . Knaus, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-8135-0510-8 .
- Addiction. Novel . Knaus, Munich 2014
- New edition: Frau Radich, Czerni and me. / First line, last flap. Afterword by the author. Edition Tiamat 2018, ISBN 978-3-89320-237-9
- ALK: Almost a medical non-fiction book - now updated. , Penguin Verlag, 2019, ISBN 978-3328103851 .
Awards
- 2008 Fiction Prize of the international book fair LITERA Linz for the novel "werwem wen"
Web links
- Simon Borowiak in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Literature by and about Simon Borowiak in the catalog of the German National Library
- Oliver Nagel: There is no withdrawal going anywhere . taz.de, February 25, 2006 (review by Alk ).
- Till Raether: The Metamorphosis . In: Brigitte , issue 02/2008, January 8, 2008 (interview).
- Birgit Ochs: Writing in self-defense . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung , 14./15. May 2011, supplement "Beruf und Chance", p. C 2.
- Podcast interview “Transidentity and constant pain” with Jakob Hein
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Borowiak, Simon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Borowiak, Simone (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 8, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |