Thomas Pletzinger

Thomas Pletzinger ( born 1975 in Münster ) is a German writer and translator.

Life

Pletzinger studied American in Hamburg and at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig. In Hamburg and New York, he worked for book publishers and literary agencies. Pletzinger was a guest lecturer at the Swiss Literature Institute, the University of Hildesheim and Writer -in- Residence in Witten- Herdecke. He lives in Berlin.

Works

Novel

  • Burial of a dog. Novel. Kiepenheuer & Petrovich, Cologne 2008. ISBN 978-3-462-03968-9.

Non-fiction book

  • Gentlemen, we live on the edge: A season in the German professional basketball. Kiepenheuer & Petrovich, Cologne 2011. ISBN 978-3-462-04369-3

More Releases

  • Capoeira with Heckler & Koch and herring are not cold water fish? In: Bella triste No. 12, Hildesheim, 2005.
  • The first dead. In: Language Tied. Cologne / Berlin, 2006.
  • Bruck. In: Ice fishing. Mdv, Leipzig, 2007.
  • Fiedler happy wanderer, Fiedler pork butcher. In: Zornesrot. Mdv, Leipzig, 2007.
  • The Bull in the China Shop and Justus Jonas sneaks ahead ". In: Voice- bound. Cologne / Berlin, 2007.
  • Unknown artist Shitty Paradise City, 2001 ( 75x45, oil on canvas). In: clearings. Graz, 2007.
  • Who exactly is Daniel Mandelkern? . In: Edit. Berlin / Leipzig, 2007.
  • Body and paper - from rings with an unfinished book. In: Bella triste No. 18, Hildesheim, 2008.
  • The King of No. In: Signals from the Bleecker Street 3 Wallenstein, Göttingen 2008.
  • Reception in hell. Feature, FAZ, 11 June 2011.

Awards

  • MDR Literature Prize 2006
  • Scholarship of the International Writing Program at the University of Iowa
  • Scholarship from the Cultural Foundation of Saxony in Wroclaw 2006
  • Winners Prosanova literature Competition 2005
  • Cultural Prize of Sparkasse Cultural Foundation Rhineland ( Award ) 2007
  • Prize of North Rhine- Westphalia for young artists 2010
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