Thomas Lang (writer)
Thomas Lang (born March 19, 1967 in Nümbrecht , North Rhine-Westphalia ) is a German writer .
Lang studied literature in Frankfurt am Main and completed an MA . He has lived in Munich as a freelance writer since 1997 . In addition to his literary work, he writes non-fiction articles in computer magazines and worked as a lecturer for manuscript, the course for creative writing at LMU . Lang has been a member of the PEN Center Germany since 2017 . He is married and has three daughters.
Works
- Than. Novel. Berlin 2002.
- The inner life of the animals. In: EDIT. 32, 2003
- Sex monsters. In: reunited. Berlin 2005.
- On the rope. Novel. Munich 2006.
- Among couples. Novel. Munich 2007.
- Bottomless or A yellow girl is walking backwards. Novel. Beck, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-406-59070-2 .
- Jim: Eine Erzählung , Beck, Munich 2012 ISBN 978-3-406-63003-3
- Always home . Novel. Berlin Verlag, Munich / Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-8270-1333-0
Awards
- 1998: Seminar for novelists of the Bertelsmann Foundation
- 1999: Scholarship holder of the Klagenfurt literature course
- 1999: Literature Prize of the City of Munich
- 2002: Marburg Literature Prize (main prize)
- 2002: Bavarian State Prize for Literature
- 2004 Residence grant from the artist residence Chretzeturm , Stein am Rhein
- 2005: Ingeborg Bachmann Prize (main prize)
- 2006: Nomination for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize (shortlist)
- 2013 residency grant from the artist residence Chretzeturm , Stein am Rhein
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Lang in the catalog of the German National Library
- Thomas Lang in the Bavarian literature portal (project of the Bavarian State Library )
- Thomas Lang homepage
- Interactive online novel The Found Death
- Short biography and reviews of works by Thomas Lang at perlentaucher.de
- Website about Than ( Memento from May 31, 2006 in the Internet Archive )
- Thomas Lang at the Bachmann Prize
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stephan Lohr: Hermann Hesse's failed marriage: Escape from the world on the mountain, the emancipated woman at home , Spiegel Online , August 3, 2016, accessed on August 4, 2016
- ↑ Artist residency Chretzeturm scholarship holders 1999-2015. Retrieved October 5, 2017 .
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SURNAME | Lang, Thomas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1967 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Nümbrecht , North Rhine-Westphalia |