Sven Regener

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Sven Regener, 2010
Regener at an Element of Crime concert , 2015

Sven Regener (born January 1, 1961 in Bremen ) is a German musician , writer and screenwriter . He first became known through the band Element of Crime , later with his novel Herr Lehmann and the script for the film of the same name as well as with the other novels of the “Lehmann Series”, Neue Vahr Süd , Der kleine Bruder , Magical Mystery and Wiener Straße .

Life

Regener grew up in the Neue Vahr and Blockdiek in Bremen. At the age of 16 he was secretary of the Communist Youth League in Bremen. After graduating from high school at Kurt-Schumacher-Allee (KSA) in 1980, he began studying musicology in Hamburg and Berlin, which he later broke off. He has been playing classical guitar since 1971, trumpet since 1976, piano and electric guitar since 1985. After he had already gained “ensemble experience ” in a marching band with the Communist League of West Germany (KBW) , he recorded his first LP in 1982 with the band Zatopek . In 1984 he joined Neue Liebe, another post-punk band. In 1985 he finally founded Element of Crime in Berlin , where he sings, plays guitar and trumpet; Since then he has also written almost all of the lyrics for this band.

In 2001 Regener published his first novel, Mr. Lehmann , which describes the last few months before the fall of the Berlin Wall in Berlin-Kreuzberg from the point of view of the bar employee Frank Lehmann. The book reached a circulation of over a million copies. Regener also wrote the screenplay for Leander Haußmann 's film adaptation of the same name with Christian Ulmen in the title role , for which he was awarded the German Film Prize in Gold and the German Screenplay Prize. In 2004 his second novel Neue Vahr Süd was published , a prequel to Mr. Lehmann , in which Lehmann's everyday life in 1980 in Bremen and in the army is told. On September 1, 2008, the third volume, The Little Brother , was published, detailing Lehmann's first two days in Berlin in 1980. In December 2009 Regener and Leander Haussmann brought together a stage version of the little brother with students of the bat-Studio Theater of the Academy of Dramatic Arts "Ernst Busch" Berlin out. In 2010 Neue Vahr Süd , the film adaptation of his novel of the same name, premiered. Regener was not involved in the script.

In 2011 he published his book Meine Jahre mit Hamburg-Heiner , a summary of a blog that arose during the band's tours. From August 2012 Regener shot the comedy Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee with Haußmann. The film opened in German cinemas on March 14, 2013. In 2013 the novel Magical Mystery followed, or: The Return of Karl Schmidt ., Which continues the life of a character from Mr. Lehmann . In 2015, in collaboration with Andreas Dorau, the book annoyance with immortality was published with biographical stories from Dorau's life.

In an interview with the program Zündfunk des Bayerischen Rundfunks in 2012, Regener commented on copyright law and criticized internet companies such as Google with its video portal YouTube and the Pirate Party , which additionally stimulated the public debate about reforming copyright law. Christopher Lauer responded to the criticism in the same format. In May 2012 Regener was one of the first to sign the appeal “We are the authors”, which is protesting against attacks on copyright law and against the theft of intellectual property. As a result, activists close to Anonymous released the home address and telephone number of Regener and other celebrities who had signed the appeal.

In 2016 he received the Brothers Grimm Professorship at the University of Kassel . In 2017 the novel Wiener Straße was published , which accompanied Regener's title hero Lehmann to Berlin-Kreuzberg in the early 1980s. In the same year, the book made the long list of the German Book Prize .

Regener lives in Berlin-Prenzlauer Berg. His daughter Alexandra Regener sang the Element of Crime songs Weißer Hai and Karin, Karin .

Awards and honors

Regener 2008 at the Frankfurt Book Fair

Books

In addition to the lyrics of the songs by Element of Crime , Regener published the following books, with the novels Herr Lehmann , Neue Vahr Süd and Der kleine Bruder as the " Lehmann trilogy". With Magical Mystery and Wiener Straße , two more novels on the literary cosmos of Frank Lehmann have been added.

Audio books

  • Sven Regener reads Mr. Lehmann , Roof Music , Bochum 2002
  • Sven Regener reads Neue Vahr Süd , Roof Music, Bochum 2004
  • Sven Regener reads The Little Brother , Roof Music, Bochum 2008
  • Sven Regener reads My Years with Hamburg-Heiner , Bochum 2011
  • Sven Regener reads Magical Mystery , Roof Music, Bochum 2013
  • Sven Regener reads across The Cologne Readings , Roof Music, Bochum 2014
  • Sven Regener, Leander Haußmann: Hai-Alarm am Müggelsee , Roof Music, Bochum 2014
  • Sven Regener reads Franz Kafka : Amerika , unabridged reading, Roof Music, Bochum 2014
  • Sven Regener reads Franz Kafka: The Trial , unabridged reading, Roof Music, Bochum 2016, ISBN 978-3864843990 .

Scripts

Soundtrack

literature

  • Stefan Greif, Nils Lehnert, Anna-Carina Meywirth (eds.): Sven Regener (= TEXT + KRITIK. Journal for Literature 224 ). Edition text + criticism, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-86916-837-1 .
  • Matthias Hannemann as an interview: Why can't you sing novels, Mr. Regener? In: FAZ , No. 197 from August 23, 2008, Pictures and Times. S. Z 6

Web links

Commons : Sven Regener  - collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikiquote: Sven Regener  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Der Spiegel No. 36, September 2, 2013, p. 134.
  2. ↑ a b Element of Crime with a new album. Bremen Zwei , September 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ Sven Regener from Element of Crime : “I was a giant ass.” Interview with Maurice Summen in taz of September 11, 2009 (sonntaz of September 12/13, 2009, p. 27).
  4. ↑ Presentation of the new book "The Little Brother." ( Memento from February 2, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ Wolfgang Behrens: “With the beer in your fist.” On nachtkritik.de.
  6. ↑ Shark alarm at Müggelsee: Sven Regener & Leander Haußmann shoot a Berlin comedy. filmstarts.de, accessed on August 17, 2012.
  7. ↑ Haußmann & Regener go Trash: Shark alarm at Müggelsee. n-tv , March 13, 2013, accessed March 13, 2013.
  8. ↑ Sven Regener on “Magical Mystery” in conversation with Thea Dorn. November 21, 2013 at SWR worth reading.
  9. ↑ Presentation of the book “Ärger mit der Immortlichkeit.” ( Memento of the original from July 6, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. galiani.de, accessed on July 6, 2015. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.galiani.de
  10. ↑ "A society that treats its artists this way is worthless." Interview with Sven Regener on Bayerischer Rundfunk on March 21, 2012.
  11. ↑ Broadside against Google and Youtube. Laut.de of March 22, 2012.
  12. ↑ Sven Regener railed for copyright. Rolling Stone March 22, 2012.
  13. ↑ "People pee in our faces." Spiegel Online from March 22, 2012.
  14. ↑ Copyright: Regeners Wut. FAZ of March 23, 2012.
  15. ↑ Mr. Regener mixes up. Erich Renz / Valerie Trebeljahr, Zündfunk , March 22, 2012.
  16. ↑ wir-sind-die-urheber.de, accessed on May 15, 2012.
  17. ↑ Internet: activists for copyright under attack from the net. On Focus Online , accessed May 15, 2012.
  18. ↑ Sven Regener: Wiener Straße at galiani.de (accessed on August 18, 2017).
  19. ^ Prize of the German Record Critics eV: Honorary Awards 2011.
personal data
SURNAME Regener, Sven
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German musician and writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 1, 1961
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen