Tilman Röhrig

Tilman Röhrig in October 2002

Tilman Röhrig (born March 28, 1945 in Hennweiler / Hunsrück ) is a German writer and actor .

Career

Tilman Röhrig was the third of five children of the pastor of the Confessing Church Udo Röhrig, who had to move from Cologne to the extreme south of the ecclesiastical province because of standing up for the faith, as he had learned it from Karl Barth , in the last days of the second Born of World War . He grew up under a lovelessly strict father, later without a mother, with a foster family and in a home. After graduating from high school, Tilman Röhrig first completed an acting training in Frankfurt, where he also made his stage debut. Engagements in Bonn, Hanover and Cologne followed.

After the success with the strongly autobiographical youth book Thomsbericht , he has been working as a freelance writer since September 1973. He is best known for his works for a young audience. Röhrig wrote numerous historical novels for young people ( With Hannibal over the Alps ), historical non-fiction books for young people ( Tilman Röhrig tells of the eruption of Vesuvius ), teaching materials ( The Corpse Shirt ), collections of sagas ( sagas and legends from the Cologne region and from the Erft ), children's books ( Wenn Tina roars ) and radio plays. Röhrig published his youth books in Arena Verlag , his historical works until 2007 in Lübbe Verlag , but his work on his namesake Tilman Riemenschneider with Piper Verlag . Books by him have been translated into nine languages. He also provided templates for numerous radio and television programs (such as The Slave Calvisius or several episodes of Peter Lustig's Löwenzahn ).

His acting training is particularly useful for his readings. He spoke the audio book Caravaggio's Secret himself. Tilman Röhrig is a member of the PEN Center Germany .

Tilman Röhrig lives in the Hürth district of Sielsdorf near Cologne . The city honored its citizens with its culture award in 1985.

He is a great-great-nephew of Friedrich Engels .

Works (selection)

• 1973: Thom's report . Anrich, ISBN 3-920110-16-1
• 1975: Matthias Weber, called the Fetzer. Anrich, ISBN 3-920110-21-8
• 1979: The slave Calvisius. Falcon, 3-8068-4058-X
• 1981: Thanks are due to Hannibal. arena
• 1982: The connected dream. arena
• 1983: Maybe in 300 years. Arena, ISBN 3-401039-81-4
• 1983: When Tina roars. arena
• 1983: The corpse shirt. Reading book for the literature class. Velcro
• 1983: Frederik Faber. arena
• 1983: Mathias Weber, called the Fetzer Arena, ISBN 3-401-01432-3
• 1984: Tina in the closet , Arena
• 1985: City air makes you free. History in stories from Brule to Brühl. Bachem, ISBN 3-7616-0781-4
• 1985: Tina, Tim and Florian. arena
• 1988: The Battle of Worringen. Wienand
• 1989: Kater Muck doesn't wear boots . With pictures by Manfred Schlueter . Arena Verlag , Würzburg
• 1990: Sagas and legends from the Cologne region and from the Erft. Wienand
• 1991: Tilman Röhrig tells of the eruption of Vesuvius. Oetinger
• 1991: With Hannibal across the Alps. arena
• 1992: Sagas and legends from the Bergisches Land. Wienand
• 1993: Sand or Freedom an Alley. Lübbe, ISBN 9783785706725
• 1994: Robin Hood. As long as there is injustice. Dressler, 3-7915-1840-2
• 1998: Spark of Freedom. On the eve of the revolution in 1848/49. arena
• 1998: Like a lamb among lions. Lübbe, ISBN 3-404144-31-7
• 1999: Always trouble with Tina. arena
• 1999: Erik the Red or the Search for Happiness. Dressler, Hamburg, ISBN 3-791518-41-0
• 2000: Fire and ashes over Pompeii. Oetinger
• 2002: We are the salt of Florence. Luebbe
• 2004: Surrender them to the flames. Luebbe
• 2005: The Ballad vom Fetzer. Bastei-Lübbe, ISBN 3-404-15326-X
• 2005: A storm will come by midnight. Lübbe (Hardcover by Die Burgunderin )
• 2007: The Burgundy woman. Lübbe, ISBN 978-3-404-15654-2
• 2007: Riemenschneider. Piper, ISBN 978-3-492-05055-5
• 2009: Caravaggio's secret. , Pendo, ISBN 978-3-866-12243-7
• 2011: The Sun Prince. , Pendo, ISBN 978-3-866-12302-1
• 2014: The kings of Cologne. Pendo, ISBN 978-3-866-12333-5
• 2016: The wings of freedom. Pendo, ISBN 978-3-866-12334-2
• 2019: And tomorrow a new world. The great Friedrich Engels novel . Pendo, ISBN 978-3-86612-430-1 .

Awards

Prices

• 1973 - Radio Bremen Radio Play Promotion Prize for script and direction
• 1973 - Buxtehuder Bulle for his youth book Thomsbericht
• 1973 - Shortlist for the German Youth Book Prize for his book Thomsbericht
• 1984 - German Youth Literature Prize for his youth book In 300 years, maybe
• 1985 - Shortlist for the Catholic Children's Book Prize for "Maybe in 300 Years"
• 1985 - Culture Prize of the City of Hürth
• 1994 - Youth Book of the Month December by the German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature in Volkach for "Robin Hood"
• 1996 - Culture Prize of the Erftkreis
• 1998 - Great Culture Prize of the Sparkassen-Kulturstiftung Rheinland
• 1990 - Cologne Literature Prize - first winner of this prize; for his historical narratives and retellings
• 2000 - Shortlist for the Pied Piper Literature Prize for "Erik the Red or the Search for Happiness"
• 2002 - Friedrich Bödecker Prize
• 2005 - Voerder Youth Book Prize

Namesake

In December 1995 the elementary school in Kürten was named after Tilman Röhrig. When looking for a namesake, the school decided on Röhrig because of his quality as a children's book author with a regional connection to the Bergisches Land .

Web links

• Author's website
• Catalog of works by the artist, part 1 , part 2
• Interview with Tilman Röhrig on booklove.de
• Literature by and about Tilman Röhrig in the catalog of the German National Library
• Reading with Tilman Röhrig at the Gymnasium and Kolleg St. Matthias on March 25, 2011

Individual evidence

1. ↑ data sheet at EKiR
2. ^ Website of the Tilman Röhrig School in Kürten ( Memento of the original from December 21, 2011 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.