Vladimir Kaminer

Vladimir Kaminer (2008)

Wladimir Wiktorowitsch Kaminer ( Russian Владимир Викторович Каминер ; born July 19, 1967 in Moscow ) is a German writer and columnist of Russian descent . His volumes of stories, military music and Russian disco, made him known outside of Germany. Kaminer writes his texts in German and not in his native Russian . The total circulation of his books and audio books was 3.7 million in 2018. Russendisko alone had a total circulation of over 1.3 million by March 2012.

Life

Wladimir Kaminer at a reading at Bielefeld University (2008)

Kaminer is the son of a strength science teacher and a business economist who worked as a deputy manager in a company in the Soviet inland fleet . The family is of Russian-Jewish origin. From 1986 to 1988 Kaminer did his military service in a rocket position in front of Moscow and in 1987 witnessed the arrival of the West German private pilot Mathias Rust , unmolested by the Soviet air defense , who then landed on the Great Moskva Bridge near Red Square . After training as a sound engineer for theater and radio , he studied dramaturgy at the Moscow Theater Institute . During his studies, he made a living doing odd jobs and hosting parties and underground concerts on the Moscow rock scene.

According to the Munzinger archive , Kaminer was granted humanitarian asylum in the GDR in June 1990 . Even before the GDR joined the Federal Republic of Germany on October 3, he received the citizenship of the GDR and therefore automatically the Federal German citizenship afterwards . This contradicts the fact that he reported in an interview in September 2012 that he had lived for 14 years with a so-called “alien passport”, i.e. not having been a German citizen for several years. Accordingly, he was also a tolerated foreigner in the GDR.

For many years he was a member of the “ Reformbühne Heim & Welt ”, where he read his latest stories aloud every week at Kaffee Burger . He regularly publishes texts in various German newspapers and magazines, had a weekly program called Wladimirs Welt on SFB 4 Radio Multikulti as well as a loose section in the ZDF morning magazine and organized events like his “ Russendisko ” at Kaffee Burger together with Yuriy Gurzhy . Musically, the events present a mix of old and new Russian pop music and underground. Some compilations appeared under the label Russendisko at the Munich label Trikont . In December 2006, Kaminer opened Club Rodina (German: Heimat) in Berlin, which he gave up after four and a half months. In the same year he announced that he would run for the office of Governing Mayor of Berlin in 2011. Kaminer is close friends with the former Bundesliga ice hockey professional and fellow writer Martin Hyun .

Since March 2014 he has been writing the column "Kaminers Kino" for the cinema magazine epd Film every month .

Private

Kaminer lives with his wife Olga Kaminer , also from Russia , whom he met in Berlin in 1995, and their two children in the Prenzlauer Berg district of Berlin.

Why migration?

“The real revolution is migration . The whole world seems to be on the move right now. If you can go elsewhere, it no longer makes sense to save your state. A lot of people have understood that there is no point in striving for changes in a country that might one day benefit their grandchildren. "

- Wladimir Kaminer 2017 : Interview with Jan Sternberg on Goodbye, Moscow. Reflections on Russia.

bibliography

• Russian disco. Goldmann , Munich 2000, ISBN 3-442-54519-6 . Paperback edition: Goldmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-442-54175-1 .
• Schönhauser Allee. Goldmann, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-442-54559-5 . Paperback: ISBN 3-442-54168-9 .
• Fresh golden boys. Goldmann, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-442-54162-X . Paperback: ISBN 978-3-442-54162-1 .
• Military music. Goldmann, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-442-54532-3 . Paperback edition: Goldmann, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-442-45570-7 .
• The trip to Trulala. Goldmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-442-54542-0 . Paperback edition: Goldmann, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-442-45721-1 .
• Everyday heroes. (A photo-based lecture on the strange customs of the post-war period. With Helmut Höge .) Goldmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-442-54183-2 .
• My German jungle book. Goldmann, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-442-54554-4 . Paperback edition: Goldmann, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-442-45945-1 .
• I am worried mom . Goldmann, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-442-54560-9 . Paperback edition: Goldmann Verlag , Munich 2006, ISBN 3-442-46182-0 .
• Karaoke. Goldmann, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-54575-7 . Paperback edition: Goldmann, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-54243-7 .
• Kitchen totalitarian. The cookbook of socialism. Goldmann, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-54610-7 (with Olga Kaminer, illustrations by Vitali Konstantinov ).
• I am not from Berlin. A travel guide for lazy tourists. Goldmann, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-54240-6 . (Illustrations by Vitali Konstantinov)
• My life in the allotment garden. Goldmann, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-442-54618-3 . Paperback edition: Goldmann, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-54270-3 . (Illustrations by Vitali Konstantinov)
• Volley dad! Goldmann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-54617-6 . Paperback edition: Goldmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-54282-6 . (Illustrations by Vitali Konstantinov)
• There was no sex in socialism. Legends and misunderstandings of the last century. Goldmann, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-54265-9 . (Illustrations by Vitali Konstantinov)
• My Russian neighbors. Goldmann, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-54576-6 . (Illustrations by Vitali Konstantinov)
• with Kitty Kahane : Life is not yogurt. Wladimir Kaminer & Kitty Kahane tell a story of Adam & Eve. Edition Chrismon in the Hansische Druck- und Verlagshaus, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-86921-025-4 .
• My Caucasian mother-in-law. Goldmann, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-442-54656-5 . (Illustrations by Vitali Konstantinov)
• Greetings from Germany. Goldmann, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-54657-2 .
• Uncle Vanya is coming. A journey through the night. Goldmann, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-442-54658-9 .
• This side of Eden. News from the garden. Goldmann, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-442-54717-3 .
• Cool parents live longer. Manhattan , Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-442-54729-6 .
• Life is (not) an art. Manhattan, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-442-54730-2 .
• My mother, her cat and the vacuum cleaner. One retirement in 33 stories. Manhattan. Munich 2016, ISBN 3-442-54759-8 , ISBN 978-3-442-54759-3 .
• Goodbye, Moscow. Reflections on Russia. Goldmann, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-442-15916-1 .
• Some things I know about my wife. Wunderraum, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-336-54760-9 .
• Germany of all places: stories from our new neighbors. Goldmann, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-442-48701-1 .
• The crusaders: a journey in four chapters. Wunderraum, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-336-54798-2 .
• Declarations of love. Wunderraum, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-336-54801-9 .
• Tolstoy's beard and Chekhov's shoes. Forays into Russian literature. Wunderraum, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-336-54813-2 .
• Little Red Riding Hood smokes on the balcony ... and other family stories. Wunderraum, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-442-31590-1 .

Discography

• Russian disco. Random House Audio , ISBN 3-89830-135-4 , 1 CD, approx. 73 min, August 1, 2000.
• Russian disco. Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-1280-1 , 2 CD, approx. 125 min, February 20, 2012.
• Russian disco. der Hörverlag , ISBN 978-3-86717-852-5 , 2 CD, approx. 81 min, April 2, 2012.
• Military music. Random House Audio, ISBN 3-89830-263-6 , 2 CD, approx. 150 min, September 2001.
• Schönhauser Allee. Random House Audio, ISBN 3-89830-354-3 , 1 CD, approx. 75 min, March 2002.
• The trip to Trulala. Random House Audio, ISBN 3-89830-414-0 , 2 CD, approx. 140 min, August 2002.
• Best of ... Random House Audio, ISBN 3-89830-489-2 , 2 CD, approx. 140 min, March 2003.
• Everyday heroes. (Together with Helmut Höge), Random House Audio, ISBN 3-89830-549-X , 1 CD, approx. 70 min, March 2003.
• My German jungle book. Random House Audio, ISBN 3-89830-610-0 , 2 CD, approx. 140 min, August 2003.
• I am worried mom. Random House Audio, ISBN 3-89830-773-5 , 2 CD, approx. 140 min, June 2004.
• Karaoke. Random House Audio, ISBN 3-86604-014-8 , 2 CD, approx. 140 min, August 2005.
• Radio Russian disco. together with Yuriy Gurzhy, Random House Audio, ISBN 3-86604-224-8 , 1 CD, approx. 70 min, January 2006.
• Kitchen totalitarian. Random House Audio, ISBN 3-86604-114-4 , 2 CD, approx. 140 min, February 1, 2006.
• I am not from Berlin. Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-86604-492-0 , 2 CD, approx. 140 min, March 12, 2007.
• My life in the allotment garden. Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-86604-670-2 , 2 CD, August 1, 2007.
• Volley dad! Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-86604-889-8 , 2 CD, August 18, 2008.
• There was no sex in socialism. Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-0027-3 , 2 CD, February 9, 2009.
• My Russian neighbors. Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-0134-8 , 2 CD, approx. 120 min, August 17, 2009.
• Chekhov. Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-0225-3 , 2 CD, approx. 140 min, December 1, 2009.
• My Caucasian mother-in-law. Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-0400-4 , 2 CD, approx. 120 min, August 9, 2010.
• Greetings from Germany. Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-1171-2 , 2 CD, approx. August 22, 2011.
• Uncle Vanya is coming. Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-1567-3 , 2 CD, August 13, 2012.
• Man stuff. Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-1927-5 , 6 CD, November 19, 2012.
• Kaminers Germany - fairy tales. Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-1902-2 , 8 CD, November 26, 2012.
• This side of Eden. Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-2191-9 , 2 CD, August 12, 2013.
• Daniil Charms. Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-2507-8 , 2 CD, March 3, 2014.
• Cool parents live longer. Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-2656-3 , 2 CD, August 25, 2014.
• Life is (not) an art - stories of artist bad luck and life artists. Random House Audio, ISBN 978-3-8371-3156-7 , 2 CD, September 8, 2015.

Movie

• In 2012 the movie Russendisko by Oliver Ziegenbalg , based on Kaminer's short story band Russendisko , started. The main roles are played by Matthias Schweighöfer , Friedrich Mücke , Christian Friedel and Susanne Bormann .

See also

• Russian culture in Germany

Awards

• 2002 Ben Witter Prize
• 2005 Steel Literature Prize from the Eisenhüttenstadt Steel Foundation
• 2010 Picture book of the month April 2010 for "Life is not yoghurt" ( German Academy for Children's and Youth Literature )
• 2012 Berlin Bear (BZ Culture Prize)

Web links

Commons : Wladimir Kaminer  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Wladimir Kaminer in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Literature by and about Wladimir Kaminer in the catalog of the German National Library
• Official homepage of Wladimir Kaminer
• Wladimir Kaminer on russendisko.de

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Günter Keil: Germany is my favorite country . In: Sächsische Zeitung of June 9, 2018.
2. ↑ "Russendisko" film adaptation: The Ivan Rebroff Syndrome , tagesspiegel.de
3. ↑ Interview "'I am sure that Russia will come back from the forest'", Deutschlandfunk Kultur, April 26, 2017 [1]
4. ↑ TV documentary Der Kremlflieger , ARD, May 22, 2012 11:30 p.m.
5. ↑ Wladimir Kaminer in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of the article freely accessible)
6. ↑ Interview September 2012 at kulturfalter.de, accessed on April 27, 2014.
7. ↑ More on this also in: Missed Paris In: The trip to Trulala. Goldmann, Munich 2002, ISBN 3-442-54542-0 .
8. ↑ Anne Lena Mösken: Kaminer closes the home In: Berliner Zeitung. April 27, 2007.
9. ↑ Kaminer wants to inherit Wowereit . In: Der Spiegel. October 23, 2006. ISSN  0038-7452 .
10. ↑ epd-film.de: Kaminers Kino
11. ^ Ullstein book publishers: Olga Kaminer. Retrieved December 9, 2019 . 
12. ↑ Wladimir Kaminer in Kieler Nachrichten February 21, 2017, p. 35.
13. ↑ Review in: perlentaucher.de
14. ↑ Entry on the website of kino.de

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