Volker Kutscher
Volker Kutscher (born December 26, 1962 in Lindlar ) is a German writer .
Life
Kutscher grew up in Wipperfürth in Upper Berg . After studying German , philosophy and history at the universities in Wuppertal and Cologne , he worked as a local editor in Wipperfürth.
In 1995 he published his first crime novel with the Cologne publisher Emons, Bullenmord . In 2008, the first volume of a series of historical detective novels about the literary figure of the Cologne commissioner Gereon Rath, which takes place in Berlin during the late Weimar Republic and under National Socialism , was published under the title Der nasse Fisch . The first 7 volumes, published by 2019, take place between 1929 and 1935. Kutscher spoke publicly at readings of a currently planned continuation until 1938. Kutscher publishes in the Cologne publishing house Kiepenheuer & Witsch and in the Munich publishing house Piper .
Coachman first Gereon Rath novel The wet fish was directed by Tom Tykwer , Achim von Borries and Henk Handloegten who wrote the screenplays, entitled Babylon Berlin as a crime - television series made by X Filme Creative Pool in co-production with ARD Degeto , Sky and Beta Film was produced, filmed. The series was initially planned for two seasons and premiered in late September 2017. In early November 2017, Tykwer confirmed that two more seasons were being planned. The third season was filmed from late 2018 to mid-2019 and is based on the second Gereon Rath novel, The silent death . This season aired from January 2020.
Volker Kutscher lives in Cologne .
Works (selection)
Gereon Rath cycle
- The wet fish. Gereon Rath's first case . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2008, ISBN 978-3-462-04022-7 .
- The silent death. Gereon Rath's second case . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-462-04074-6 .
- Goldstein. Gereon Rath's third case . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-462-04238-2 .
- The Fatherland Files. Gereon Rath's fourth case . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-462-04466-9 .
- March fallen. Gereon Rath's fifth case . Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-462-04707-3 .
- Lunapark. Gereon Rath's sixth case. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2016, ISBN 978-3-462-04923-7 .
- Moabit . Galiani, Berlin / Cologne 2017, ISBN 978-3-86971-155-3 ( prequel ).
- Marlow. The seventh Rath novel. Piper, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-492-05594-9 .
- Olympia. The eighth Rath novel. Piper, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-492-07059-1 . (announced for November 2, 2020)
Further
- Cop murder . Emons Verlag, Cologne 1995, ISBN 3-924491-87-9 (together with Christian Schnalke ).
- Our father . Emons Verlag, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-89705-131-1 (together with Christian Schnalke).
- The black Jacobin . Historical detective novel, new edition. Emons Verlag, Cologne 2003, ISBN 3-89705-313-6 .
Comic adaptations
- Arne Jysch : The wet fish . Carlsen, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-551-78248-9 .
Filmography
- 2009: Ladylike - now all the more!
- 2010: Mission in Hamburg - red as death
Awards
For the novel Der nasse Fisch and the two sequels Der stumme Tod and Goldstein , Volker Kutscher received the Berlin Krimifuchs , a literary prize for crime novels, as part of the Reinickendorfer Kriminacht in 2011 . In 2010, Volker Kutscher received the Burgdorfer Krimipreis for the novel The Silent Death . In 2019, Volker Kutscher received the Herzogenrather Handschelle crime prize for the novel Marlow . In 2020 he was awarded the BZ Culture Prize.
Web links
- Literature by and about Volker Kutscher in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gereon Rath website
- Interview with Volker Kutscher on Krimi-Couch.de
- Documentary with and about Volker Kutscher, together with Philip Kerr and Dominique Manotti : Krimis und das Third Reich , director: Christoph Rüter, summary by Christoph Rüter Filmproduktion
- Interview with Volker Kutscher about Babylon Berlin, Marlow and the defense of democracy on buchszene.de
- Interview with Volker Kutscher about the end of the Gereon Rath novels on tagesspiegel.de
- WDR 5 (Westdeutscher Rundfunk) table talk. Culture of conversation with prominent contemporaries from February 20, 2019
- Historical maps on which the locations of the Gereon-Rath cycle are marked and provided with background information
Individual evidence
- ↑ Book Journal, Ed. Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels, Frankfurt am Main, issue 6/2016, p. 32
- ↑ It continues with “Babylon Berlin”. In: Spiegel Online . November 15, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2017 .
- ↑ Literature Prize Winner. Retrieved December 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Program of the Burgdorf Crime Days 2010: Greed. Retrieved November 8, 2017 .
- ↑ Literature Prize Winner. Retrieved December 19, 2017 .
- ↑ Prize winners. Retrieved November 9, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Coachman, Volker |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German journalist and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1962 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Lindlar |