Frank Goosen

Frank Goosen ( born May 31, 1966 in Bochum) is a cabaret artist and novelist.

Career

After graduating from high school at the east ring in 1986, he studied history, German language and politics to 1992 at the Ruhr- University Bochum.

From 1992 to 2000, he joined together with Jochen Malmsheimer as a duo Tresenlesen with great success, especially in North Rhine -Westphalia on. The duo was the winner of the Audience Award Applauded & booed at the Prix Pantheon 1997, the Salzburg Bull 1998. Differences after it came to the resolution of the counter readers.

Since then, Goosen has been a successful novelist and solo cabaret artist. His subjects are mainly the sensibilities of his generation, the top - forty-somethings, but also the Ruhr area, its people and peculiarities as well as the theme of football. The novels are also available as audiobooks. His novel Learning to Lie was filmed in 2003.

Goosen had been the Director of the sponsoring organization of the Prince Regent Theatre.

In addition, he published since 2007 humorous columns and essays, including the kicker sports magazine and newspaper in the stadium of VfL Bochum, which appears for every home game. In October 2010, the author was elected by a large majority in the Supervisory Board of VfL Bochum. As vice chairman of the association since he directs with the fortunes of his club.

Goosen lives with his wife and two sons in Bochum.

Works

CD releases with Tresenlesen

  • Günther ( 1995)
  • Raw Festival ( 1996)
  • The eye reads (2CD ) (1997 )
  • Kloidt Ze Di Penussen! (1998)
  • Dignified & Inexpensive (1999)
  • Retrospective 1993-2000 ( 2000) ( box set, limited to 300 copies)

Novels and stories

  • Learning to Lie. Novel, Eichborn Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2000, ISBN 3-8218-0854-3
  • Pokorny laughs. Novel, Eichborn Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-8218-0918-3
  • My ego and his life. Narratives, Eichborn -Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2003, ISBN 3-8218-0921-3
  • Fritz Walter, Franz and we. Our world championships. Narratives, various authors ( 2004), ISBN 3-8218-48847
  • Pink Moon. , Novel, Eichborn Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-8218-0919-1
  • Six Silver Strings - A Christmas Carol, Eichborn Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 978-3821849638
  • So much time. Novel, Eichborn Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 3-8218-0920-5
  • Because Saturday is. Football stories. Narratives, Eichborn Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-8218-6046-6
  • Radio home. Stories from home. Narratives, Eichborn Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-8218-6072-5
  • Summer festival. Novel, Kiepenheuer & Petrovich, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-462-04386-0
  • Rocket Men. Novel, Kiepenheuer & Petrovich, Cologne 2014, ISBN 978-3-462-04620-5

Solo programs on CD

  • Always kill your darlings or all in good fun ( 1999) ( live)
  • Nativity Blues ( 2000) ( live)
  • Indiscreet - Comic Stories (2001)
  • A40 - tales from here ( 2007) ( live)
  • Genuine Leather (2008)
  • Found is also Christmas - Nativity Blues Reloaded ( 2010) ( live)

Audiobooks ( read by Frank Goosen )

  • Lying learn ( 3CDs ) (2000 )
  • Pokorny laughs ( 4CDs ) (2003 )
  • My ego and his life ( 2CDs ) (2004 )
  • Fritz Walter, Franz and we ( 1CD ) (2004 )
  • Pink Moon ( 4CDs ) (2005 )
  • So much time ( 4 CDs ) (2007 )
  • Radio home (2 CDs ) (2010 )
  • Summer Festival (6 CDs) (2012 )

Others

  • The literary card game, 32 cards on which 32 works of world literature are summarized in a few sentences (2006), ISBN 3821857889

Awards

  • 2003: Prize for Literature Ruhr
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