Thomas Pletzinger
Thomas Pletzinger (* 1975 in Münster ) is a German writer and translator .
Life
Pletzinger studied American Studies in Hamburg and at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig . In Hamburg and New York he worked for book publishers and literary agencies. Pletzinger was a visiting lecturer at the Swiss Literature Institute , the University of Hildesheim and Writer-in-Residence at the University of Witten / Herdecke . He lives in Berlin .
Works
novel
- Burial of a dog. Novel. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2008. ISBN 978-3-462-03968-9 .
Non-fiction
- Gentlemen, we live on the edge: A season in German professional basketball. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2011. ISBN 978-3-462-04369-3
- The Great Nowitzki - The extraordinary life of the great German athlete , Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2019, ISBN 978-3-462-04732-5
more publishments
- Capoeira with Heckler & Koch and aren't herrings cold water fish? In: Bella sad . No. 12, Hildesheim, 2005.
- The first dead. In: Language-bound. Cologne / Berlin, 2006.
- Bruck. In: Ice fishing. Mdv, Leipzig 2007.
- Fiddler a happy wanderer, Fiddler pig butcher. In: Anger red. Mdv, Leipzig 2007.
- The Bull in the China Shop and Justus Jonas creeps forward. In: language-bound . Cologne / Berlin, 2007.
- Unknown artist, Shitty Paradise City, 2001 (75x45, oil on canvas). In: clearings . Graz, 2007.
- Who exactly is Daniel Mandelkern? In: Edit . Berlin / Leipzig, 2007.
- Body and paper - wrestling with an unfinished book. In: Bella sad . No. 18, Hildesheim, 2008.
- The King of No. In: Signals from Bleecker Street 3. Wallstein, Göttingen 2008.
- Reception in Hell. Feature, FAZ from June 11, 2011.
Awards
- MDR Literature Prize 2006
- Scholarship from the University of Iowa International Writing Program
- Scholarship from the Cultural Foundation of the Free State of Saxony in Breslau 2006
- Winner of the Prosanova literature competition 2005
- Culture Prize of the Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland (sponsorship prize) 2007
- Award of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for young artists 2010
- Honorary professorship at the Hamburg University of Fine Arts in 2014
- Comic Book Prize of the Berthold Leibinger Foundation 2018, together with Tim Dinter , for Blåvand
Web links
- Literature by and about Thomas Pletzinger in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and information on the work of Thomas Pletzinger at Literaturport
- Short biography and reviews of works by Thomas Pletzinger at perlentaucher.de
- The vocation found as an audio contribution , Deutschlandradio Kultur from January 24, 2012
- Jan Pfaff and Felix Zimmermann: “Like us, only much, much better”. In: The daily newspaper . September 16, 2019 (Interview with Thomas Pletzinger).
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Pletzinger, Thomas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and translator |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1975 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Muenster |