Michael Rutschky

Michael Rutschky ( born May 25, 1943 in Berlin ) is a German writer.

Life

Michael Rutschky grew up in Spangenberg / Hesse. From 1963 to 1971 he studied sociology, literature and philosophy at the universities of Frankfurt am Main ( inter alia, by Theodor W. Adorno and Jürgen Habermas), Göttingen and University of Berlin. From 1969 to 1978 he worked as a social researcher at the Free University of Berlin; In 1978 he received his doctorate there as a doctor of philosophy. From 1979 to 1984 he lived in Munich. There he was 1979/80 on the editorial board of the journal Mercury and 1980/81 the editors of Transatlantic. Since 1985 he lives and works in Berlin again. From 1985 to 1997 he was editor of the daily life. The sensations of the ordinary.

As author Michael Rutschky has developed in the 1980s and 1990s, an original version of the essay: ". As an essayist he was almost his own style by bringing fictional, but very plausible scale figures to talk " He has also insightful for the essay genre theory submitted reflections. In Rutschkys texts go narrative passages and sociological interpretations of the presence of everyday life an original connection - with often comic effect. It is attributed to him the dictum: "Children are a very poor substitute dogs ".

Michael Rutschky is a member of PEN Center Germany. In 1997 he received the Heinrich Mann Prize; In 1999 he held the poetry chair at the University of Heidelberg. 2008/2009 he was a fellow of the International Künstlerhaus Villa Concordia in Bamberg.

He was an educator and journalist Catherine Rutschky ( "Black Education"; † 14 January 2010), married.

Works

  • Students in literature classes. (together with Hartmut Eggert and Hans Christoph Berg ), Kiepenheuer & Petrovich, Cologne 1975, ISBN 3-462-01081-6.
  • Studies on the psychoanalytic interpretation of literature. Free University of Berlin, German, Dissertation, 1978.
  • Experience hunger. An essay on the seventies. Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne 1980, ISBN 3-462-01381-5.
  • Reading of the soul. A historical study of the psycho- analysis of the literature. Ullsteinhaus, Frankfurt am Main [ua ], 1981, ISBN 3-548-35106-9.
  • Waiting time. A genre picture. Kiepenheuer and Malevich, Cologne 1983, ISBN 3-462-01582-6.
  • For ethnography of domestic. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-518-37525-3.
  • When traveling. A photo album. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3- 518-37768 -X, image band.
  • What you need to know to live. A Vademecum. Haffmans, Zurich 1987, ISBN 3-251-00108-6, with 25 drawings by FW Bernstein.
  • Thomas - take a picture of us! (together with Thomas Karsten and Peter Brasch ), Bucher, München [ua ] 1988, ISBN 3-7658-0578-5, nude photography, photo book.
  • Journey through the awkwardness and other masterpieces. Haffmans, Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-251-00157-4.
  • With Dr. Siebert in America. The everyday, Zurich [ua ], 1991, ISBN 3-905080-12-5, illustrated book.
  • Dream messages. Hersbrucker Books workshop, Hersbruck 1991.
  • Heading in the acceding territory. Steidl, Göttingen 1994, ISBN 3-88243-297-7.
  • The opinion of joy. Anthropological feature articles. Steidl, Göttingen 1997, ISBN 3-88243-460-0, essays.
  • The hidden Brecht. A Berlin city tour. (together with Juergen Teller ), Scalo, Zurich [ua ] 1997, ISBN 3-931141-71-3, accompanying the exhibition.
  • Life novels. Ten chapters on delirium. Steidl, Göttingen 1998, ISBN 3-88243-606-9.
  • Berlin. The city as a novel. Ullsteinhaus, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89834-040-6.
  • As we were Americans. A German development history. Ullsteinhaus, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-550-07586-3.
  • The instruction book. A Father's Story. Suhrkamp, ​​Berlin 2012, ISBN 978-3-518-42265-6.

Editorship

  • Achievements. A case report. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1982, ISBN 3-518-11101-9.
  • 1982nd An annual report. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1983, ISBN 3-518-37371-4.
  • 1983rd day after day. The annual report. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-518-37474-5.
  • The other chronicle. In 1987. Kiepenheuer & Petrovich, Cologne 1987, ISBN 3-462-01851-5.
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