Thomas Merk

Thomas A. Merk (born February 7, 1953 in Munich ) is a Bavarian writer and literary translator .

Life

Thomas Merk worked as a freelance photo designer, photo journalist and advertising photographer and then started writing. He has been working as a literary translator from English since 1990 and as a freelance writer since 1993. In 2007 he got to know the cabaret artist Helmut Schleich , with whom he has been writing his cabaret programs and TV reports since 2008. A highlight of this collaboration was the spectacle Ludwig IV - A real king does not go under , which was the first cabaret to be performed in a Bavarian royal palace from 2009 to 2011 at Herrenchiemsee Palace .

Together with Helmut Schleich, Thomas Merk developed the program " SchleichFernsehen ", which was first broadcast on Bavarian television in 2011 .

As a team of authors, Merk and Schleich breathed new satirical life into the figure of the former Bavarian Prime Minister Franz Josef Strauss (1915–1988) on television and on the cabaret stage. Starting with Schleich's celebrated appearance as Franz Josef Strauss at the Nockherberg 2010, they wrote numerous Strauss speeches for various occasions. After extensive research in the estate of Franz Josef Strauss in the Hanns Seidel Foundation , they developed the "Strauss lass nach" program for Archive Day 2012, which they performed for the first time on March 2, 2012 at the Hanns Seidel Foundation . On October 1, 2013, her satirical Strauss diary "Franz Josef Strauss - my diary from 1988 to today" was published by Droemer Verlag.

Books

• Ireland. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-89234-460-4 .
• Norway. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-89234-615-1 .
• The Tegernsee and the Oberland. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 1995, ISBN 3-89234-594-5 .
• The Pfaffenwinkel. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 1996, ISBN 3-89234-666-6 .
• In the footsteps of King Ludwig II. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-89234-666-6 .
• Ireland - A journey through pictures. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-89234-858-8 .
• The Romantic Road. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 1999, ISBN 3-89234-593-7 .
• Main. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-89234-666-6 .
• The Danube. Ellert & Richter, Hamburg 2001, ISBN 3-89234-987-8 .
• Norway. Polyglott travel book, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-493-60407-6 .
• Home is not home (together with Helmut Schleich). LangenMüller, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-7844-3321-9 .
• Franz Josef Strauss - My diary from 1988 to today (together with Helmut Schleich). Droemer, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-426-27614-3 .

cabaret

• 2008: The very last hero - with and for Helmut Schleich
• 2009 "Ludwig IV. - a real king never goes down" - with Helmut Schleich, Martina Schnell, Sebastian Knözinger
• 2011: not with me! - with and for Helmut Schleich
• 2012: "Strauss let go" - with Helmut Schleich
• 2014 "Honest" - with and for Helmut Schleich

Scripts and TV reports

Since 2009 Thomas Merk has been writing scripts and contributions for the appearances of Helmut Schleich in various television programs, including the program "SchleichFernsehen", which he conceived together with Helmut Schleich. He also wrote articles for "Grünwald Friday Comedy", " Ottis Schlachthof ", " News from the Institution ", "Laughs in Bavarian", "Laugh," "Cabaret from Franconia", "Asül for everyone", "Midnight peaks" . In 2010 he wrote his performance as Franz Josef Strauss on the Nockherberg in Munich together with Schleich.

Literary translations

Since 1990 Thomas Merk has translated over 80 literary works from English for various publishers.

Video works

For the program "SchleichFernsehen" Thomas Merk shoots videos for the section "Schleichwege - der Hapflinger Sepp".

Web links

• Literature by and about Thomas Merk in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website by Thomas Merk
• Schleich TV