Tristan Egolf
Tristan Egolf (born December 19, 1971 in San Lorenzo de El Escorial , Spain , † May 7, 2005 in Lancaster , Pennsylvania ) was an American writer and musician .
Life
Tristan was born in Spain because his father worked there as a journalist. But he grew up in Washington, DC , Louisville, and Lancaster. His parents divorced in his youth. His mother remarried and his stepfather adopted him. Tristan then also took over the family name of the stepfather. He dropped out of college and traveled around the country making odd jobs. The writer used to play in punk bands. Most recently he was the front man of Doomed to Obscurity . Tristan Egolf was also active as a political activist; he demonstrated against US President George W. Bush . In Pennsylvania, he was also known as the leader of the political group The Smoketown Six .
In 1998 he published his first novel Lord of the Barnyard with the French publisher Gallimard, as the manuscript was rejected by US publishers. Gallimard had correctly recognized the potential of the book, as it was highly praised by the critics and was later published in the USA. In 2001, Skirt and the Fiddle followed , which cemented Egolf's reputation as a young talent in US literature, even if the commercial success of the debut was not repeated. The first three chapters of his third novel Kornwolf have already appeared on the Internet. According to press reports he is on a last rock - opera have worked.
Tristan Egolf lived in Indiana and eventually in New York (state) . On 7 May 2005. Egolf committed after months of depression suicide .
Works
- Lord of the Barnyard (1998); German: Monument for John Kaltenbrunner - On the slaughter of the fattened calf and the arming of the upright , Frankfurt / Main (Suhrkamp) 2002. ISBN 3-518-39882-2
- Skirt and the Fiddle (2001); German: Ich & Louise , Frankfurt / Main (Suhrkamp) 2003. ISBN 3-518-41428-3
- Kornwolf (2005); German: Kornwolf , Frankfurt / Main (Suhrkamp) 2009. ISBN 978-3-518-42075-1
literature
- Karsten Kruschel : Kornwolf , in: The Science Fiction Year 2011 , edited by Sascha Mamczak , Wolfgang Jeschke and Sebastian Pirling, Heyne, Munich 2011, pp. 1035-1039. ISBN 978-3-453-53379-0
Web links
- Literature by and about Tristan Egolf in the catalog of the German National Library
- A Toast to Tristan Egolf - Obituary in the "California Literary Review"
- Short biography and reviews of works by Tristan Egolf at perlentaucher.de
- Embrace Your Madness - Obituary in "Philadelphia Magazine" February 2008 (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ DIED: Tristan Egolf . In: Der Spiegel . No. 21 , 2005, p. 188 ( online ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Egolf, Tristan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and musician |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 19th December 1971 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | San Lorenzo del Escorial , Spain |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 7, 2005 |
| Place of death | Lancaster , Pennsylvania |