Wolfgang Brenneisen

Wolfgang Brenneisen (born January 5, 1941 in Tilsit ) is a German author and visual artist.

life and work

Wolfgang Brenneisen grew up in Upper Swabia. He studied German , English and philosophy and graduated with both teaching examinations. Until 2002 he worked as a teacher. He spent a year in Great Britain and started doing fine arts in 1970. 1974/75 he was a visiting student at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart with Rudolf Hoflehner . As an artist, he has had several solo exhibitions and numerous exhibition participations in southern Germany.

Since 1984 Brenneisen published numerous books, whereby the humorous-satirical element was often in the foreground. His works have been published by publishers such as Rowohlt and W. Heyne . Brenneisen has also written three volumes of poetry, eight children's books, nine radio plays and one play. Another successful focus of his work is the preoccupation with his native Swabia and the Swabian dialect . As a contributor to renowned German newspapers, the author wrote about 240 articles, including eight poetry interpretations for the Frankfurt anthology by Marcel Reich-Ranicki in the FAZ .

Books

Poetry

• From the locations. Eric van der Wal 1985
• Then we heard Friedel Sturm cheering. Eremitenpresse 1986, ISBN 3-87365-223-4 .
• So, the money is right. Maro 1988, ISBN 3-87512-083-3 .

Satire & entertainment (selection)

• The fifty most beautiful unwritten novels by Konrad Salik. Elefanten Press 1985, ISBN 3-88520-170-4 .
• Survival in school. W. Heyne 1988, ISBN 3-453-07686-9 .
• Dream jobs for savvy people. Rowohlt 1989, ISBN 3-499-12526-9 .
• Survival at the university. Heyne 1991, ISBN 3-453-04835-0 .
• The definitive tennis manual. Rowohlt 1992, ISBN 3-499-13022-X .
• Max and Moritz, the story of two crazy fuzzis. W. Heyne 1994, ISBN 3-453-07559-5 .
• Rächt-Schraip-Rephorm. Tomus 1996, ISBN 3-8231-0912-X .

Suebica (selection)

• Upper Swabia, a literary mosaic. Silberburg-Verlag 1990, ISBN 3-925344-65-9 .
• That's what dr Schwob complains about. Tomus 1995, ISBN 3-8231-0338-5 .
• The wedding in Steinhausen. Theiss 1995, ISBN 3-8062-1167-1 .
• The poet's house. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei 2001, ISBN 3-933614-10-4 .
• Scolded and laughed - over Heiligsblechle. DRW 2003, ISBN 3-87181-533-0 .
• The book of retirement. Silberburg-Verlag 2009, ISBN 978-3-87407-824-5 .
• The vacation book. Silberburg-Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-3-87407-882-5 .
• From the Swabian Vespers. Theiss 2010, ISBN 978-3-8062-2386-6 .
• Heidanei - the 100 most beautiful Swabian words r. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei 2011, ISBN 978-3-933614-81-0 .
• Mulle ond Bole. In the Katzenland between Ulm and Biberach. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei 2012, ISBN 978-3-933614-98-8 .
• With sweeper and cutter shovel. The truth about the Swabian Kehrwoche. Biberacher Verlagsdruckerei 2014, ISBN 978-3-943391-50-3 .

Children's books (selection)

• From apple monkey to magic zebra. (Text: Brenneisen, drawings: Christoph Eschweiler), Thienemann 1993, ISBN 3-522-43153-7 .
• The flying breakfast egg. Arena 1994, ISBN 3-401-04554-7 .
• The cow in the saloon. Ravensburger 1995, ISBN 3-473-34284-X .
• The great adventures of the Baron von Münkhase. Arena 1996, ISBN 3-401-04621-7 .

Radio plays (selection)

• The dispute over the donkey's monument. 40 min., SWR 2000.
• The Swabian Vesperstüble. 45 min., SWR 2009.

Play

• The poet's house. listed in Biberach 2004.

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions

• Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, 1974.
• Galerie Fath, Göppingen, 1975.
• Heilbronn City Library, 1976.
• Bookstore Niedlich, Stuttgart 1985.
• Galerie Martinus, Biberach, 1992.
• Cultural association Süderbrarup 2015.
• Kappeln City Library, 2016, 2017
• Eckernförde City Library, 2016, 2017
• Literaturhaus Schleswig-Holstein, Kiel 2019
• Flensburg Town Hall, 2019

Participation in exhibitions

• Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1983, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014.
• Cultural Center Ludwigsburg, 1973.
• IN the studio, Besigheim, 1973.
• Kunstverein Heilbronn (Künstlerbund Heilbronn), 1974, 1975.
• Kunstverein Ludwigsburg, 1974.
• TWS Gallery, Stuttgart, 1974.
• East German Gallery Regensburg, 1976
• Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, 1976.
• Gallery Carlshöhe Eckernförde 2016/2017

literature

• Bernhard Sowinski: Lexicon of German-speaking dialect authors: alphabetical index and regional index . Georg Olms Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-487-10381-8 .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ autoren-bw.de
2. ↑ Bernhard Sowinski, 1997, p. 66.

Web links

• Literature by and about Wolfgang Brenneisen in the catalog of the German National Library