Stefan Wimmer (Author)

Stefan Wimmer, 2008

Stefan "Stevie" Wimmer (born January 13, 1969 in Munich ) is a German writer and journalist .

Life

Wimmer passed his Abitur in 1988 at the Karlsgymnasium in Munich-Pasing and then studied Romance studies , German and ethnology at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in Munich , before going to Mexico City in 1997 on a doctoral scholarship . A year-long strike at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México was the decisive factor in abandoning his doctoral studies and devoting himself entirely to journalism. It was at this time that the first short stories that were broadcast on Bayerischer Rundfunk were written. After his return from Mexico he worked for several years as an editor for various men's magazines.

Since 2009 he has been producing features and reports for Swiss radio , WDR , NDR and ORF .

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Wimmer became known to a wider audience through his novels The 120 Days of Tulúm (2005) and The King of Mexico (2008). Although his books are characterized by rough humor and a burlesque, almost comedy-like plot, they have been surprisingly well discussed in the feature section.

Wimmer himself sees his antiheroes - often outspoken desperados - in the tradition of the Spanish picaresque novel , whose underdog protagonists hold up a mirror to the corrupt society. The genre of American screwball comedy also exerted a strong influence on Wimmer, according to his own statements (for example, The King of Mexico is dedicated to the brothers Peter and Bobby Farrelly ).

In addition to his writing activities, Wimmer has also published a historical CD on the Mexican bolero genre .

Prizes and awards

In 2010 he was awarded the German Radio Prize for his three-hour radio feature on the Mexican bolero, Long Night: My Life Belongs to You .

In the winter of 2011 he was invited as a guest of honor to the International Book Fair in Guadalajara , together with Herta Müller , Wladimir Kaminer , Doris Dörrie and others.

In 2013 his report on the agave wine pulque was voted one of the best reports of recent years by the editors of the Süddeutsche Zeitung and published in book form ( Welt. Reise. Stories. Süddeutsche Zeitung Edition).

Books

• Wimmer, Stefan: The 120 days of Tulúm . Eichborn Berlin, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8218-5833-3 .
• Wimmer, Stefan: The King of Mexico . Eichborn Berlin, 2008, ISBN 978-3-8218-5834-0 .
• Wimmer, Stefan: The big picture book of volcanic vaginas . Blond Verlag, 2015, ISBN 978-3-9817295-1-1 .
• Wimmer, Stefan: The 12 stations of suffering after Pasing . Heyne Verlag, 2020, ISBN 978-3-641263584 .

CDs

• Mexican boleros. Songs of Heartbreaking, Passion & Pain (1927-1957) Trikont 2007

Publications in anthologies

• “I know what I did last summer”, in: Once lucky and back . Ullstein 2005. ISBN 978-3-5482-6353-3
• “How to get a scholarship”, in: Vacation reading book . dtv 2007. ISBN 978-3-4232-0991-5
• "The punitive expedition", in: Vacation reading book . dtv 2008. ISBN 978-3-4232-1059-1
• “The big job”, in: Jakob Strobel y Serra (Ed.): Mexico. A travel book . Ellert & Richter Verlag 2008. ISBN 978-3-8319-0337-5
• "Nutrient solution and warmth", in: Das Münchner Kneipenbuch. Munich authors and their bars . Berliner Taschenbuch Verlag 2009. ISBN 978-3-8333-0499-6
• “Nectar of the Gods”, in: Welt. Travel. Stories. The best travel stories from the Süddeutsche Zeitung . Süddeutsche Zeitung Edition 2013. ISBN 978-3-8649-7164-8
• “Zephyr”, in: Munich to drink nicely . Milena Verlag 2014. ISBN 978-3-9029-5004-8

Web links

• Official website
• Interview on kuechenradio.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Armgard Seegers: sweet man's book about girls and lousy jobs. In: Hamburger Abendblatt . June 18, 2008, accessed April 13, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 30, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Sebastian Knauer: Men's novel: Machotism in Mexican. In: Spiegel Online . June 8, 2008, accessed June 10, 2018 . 
4. ↑ Katrin Sachse: Research and Technology: Talent for Self-Irony. In: Focus Online . July 28, 2008. Retrieved October 14, 2018 . 
5. ↑ "THE KING OF MEXICO". Retrieved on April 13, 2020 (collection of press comments on Stefan Wimmer's website). 
6. ↑ WDR 3 "wording" 25 September, 2008.
7. ↑  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )
8. ↑ WDR5 “Redezeit”, October 14, 2008.
9. ↑ Stefan Wimmer: You own my life - a long night about the Mexican bolero. In: Deutschlandfunk Kultur . October 24, 2009, accessed April 14, 2020 . 
10. ↑ "Best Show": "Long Night: My life is yours". In: German Radio Prize . Retrieved April 14, 2020 . 
11. ↑ Invitada de honor - Autores e ilustradores alemanes. Archived from the original on February 3, 2012 ; accessed on November 15, 2011 (Spanish, German). 
12. ↑ http://www.trikont.de/basics/archiv/1889/  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.