Bastian Sick

Bastian Sick ( born July 17, 1965 in Lübeck ) is a German journalist, author and entertainer who The dative is especially as the author of the said nursing column Zwiebelfisch and of the resulting book series the genitive was known his death.

Life and work

Bastian grew up in Ratekau near Lübeck and visited the Leibniz -Gymnasium in Bad Schwartau. There he graduated from high school in 1984. After national service, he studied in Hamburg History and Romance Studies with the degree Master of Arts. During his studies he worked among others for the Hamburg Carlsen -Verlag as a proofreader and translator. This job was his sense of orthography and punctuation strongly influenced, as explained in the preface of the Sick, which he edited Carlsen anniversary bands Spirou & Fantasio. 1995, Sick of the Spiegel publishing house, where he first worked as a documentary journalist in the photo archive, before 1999, he was the editorial staff of the magazine Spiegel Online staff. In 2003, he became known as author of the column Zwiebelfisch in which he treats of doubt of grammar, spelling, punctuation and style in a fun way.

From Zwiebelfisch - column book series was The dative is the genitive case of his death, published by Kiepenheuer & Malevich in Cologne. The Onion Fish was the first German internet column that was in a book a bestseller. In this series, published from 2004 to 2013 so far five volumes. The first three volumes had until February 2007, a total circulation of over three million copies. In addition to the columns - Sick volumes published nor several other books with language curiosities, including three volumes entitled Happy Aua. For contents of the book series The dative genitive is his death were also derived board and computer games as well as annual calendar and Aufstellbücher.

Sick has completed several reading tours, during which he came into existence as an entertainer. On 13 March 2006 Sick stopped in front of 15,000 spectators at the Cologne Arena, the "greatest German lesson in the world" from. He was supported among others by Thomas Bug, Joachim Hermann Luger, Jürgen Rüttgers, Frank Plasberg, Frank Rost, Cordula Stratmann and Annette Frier. Both recordings of this event as well as recordings of his stage tours were published as audio books. 2007 sees Sick at the invitation of the Sony BMG CD of songs full of poetry out, a tribute to the musician and singer Udo Jürgens.

2008 Sick was briefly own TV show at the WDR. With artists such as Jochen Busse, Beikircher and Susanne Paetzold Sick presented in three thirty minute programs Curiosities from the German language everyday. 2009 Sick leave the Spiegel publishing house and started his own business as an author and lecturer. 2011 and 2012 he went with his program just for fun and Tolerance on tour in Germany. At the invitation of the Goethe Institute, the German schools and similar educational institutions Bastian has also completed numerous performances abroad, among others in Montréal ( Canada ), Hungary, Spain, Portugal, South Tyrol (Italy ), England, Egypt. In 2008 he undertook a tour of South America with eight performances in six countries.

Bastian lives and works in Hamburg.

Reception

Sick's books and columns on the one hand perceived as entertaining and instructive, and partly used in the classroom. That he will appeal to a wide audience, is frequently due to the press so that he could explain to understand and humorous, as German grammar working. On the other hand Sicks books by linguists such as Peter Eisenberg, Theodor Ickler, Vilmos Ágel and Anatol Stefanowitsch as too prescriptive and sometimes also criticized factually wrong. For the classroom Sicks works are not suitable. The linguist André Meinunger published a book in which he systematically demonstrates linguistic errors made by Bastian Sick. Once among others Karsten Rinas had described inconsistencies in this book, Meinunger brought out a revised version of the book.

See also: Zwiebelfisch, reception.

Works

  • The dative is the genitive case of his death. A guide through the maze of the German language. Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-462-03448-0. ( Audiobook: ISBN 3-89813-400-8 )
  • The dative is the genitive case of his death. Sequence 2 News from the maze of the German language. Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne 2005, ISBN 3-462-03606-8. ( Audiobook: ISBN 3-89813-445-8 )
  • The dative is the genitive case of his death. Episode 3 even more new out of the maze of the German language. Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-462-03742-0. ( Audiobook: ISBN 3-89813-566-7 )
  • The dative is the genitive case of his death. This Just In episode 4 of the maze of the German language. Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-462-04164-4.
  • Happy Aua. A picture book of the maze of the German language. Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-462-03903-0.
  • Happy Aua 2 A picture book of the maze of the German language. Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Köln 2008, ISBN 978-3-462-04028-9.
  • Here is fun au gratin. A picture book of the maze of the German language. Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-462-04223-8.
  • How good is your German? The big test. Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-462-04365-5.
  • The dative is the genitive case of his death. Episode 5 Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne, 2013, ISBN 978-3-462-04495-9.

Audiobooks

  • The dative is the genitive case of his death. Read by Rudolf Kowalski, The Audio Publishers (DAV ), Berlin, 2005, ISBN 978-3-89813-400-2 ( reading, 2 CDs, 153 min)
  • The dative is the genitive case of his death, episode 2 Read by Bastian Sick, The Audio Publishers (DAV ), Berlin, 2005, ISBN 978-3-89813-445-3 ( reading, 2 CDs, 151 min)
  • The dative is the genitive case of his death, episode 3 Read by Bastian Sick, The Audio Publishers (DAV), Berlin, 2006, ISBN 978-3-89813-566-5 ( reading, 2 CDs, 146 min)
  • Bastian Sick Live. Read by Bastian Sick, The Audio Publishers (DAV), Berlin, 2007, ISBN 978-3-89813-646-4 (Live Reading, 1 CD, 76 minutes)
  • "Happy Aua ." - Tour 2008 Read by Bastian Sick, The Audio Publishers (DAV ), Berlin, 2008, ISBN 978-3-89813-737-9 (Live Reading, 1 CD, 73 minutes)
  • The dative is the genitive case of his death, episode 4 Read by Bastian Sick, The Audio Publishers (DAV), Berlin, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89813-881-9 ( reading, 2 CDs, 159 min)
  • The dative is the genitive case of his death, episode 5 Read by Bastian Sick, The Audio Publishers (DAV ), Berlin, 2012, ISBN 978-3-86231-273-3 ( reading, 2 CDs, 168 min)

Honors

  • 2004: True Language of the year the German language world
  • 2005: Honorary Membership in the Association German Language
  • 2006: Guinness certificate for the world record for "The large largest language lesson being taught at the Cologne Arena in Cologne, Germany, on 13 March 2006 "
  • 2010: Presentation of six golden books for a total of 4 million copies sold by the Kiepenheuer & Malevich
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