Nik Cohn

Nik Cohn (* 1946 in London) is a British- American music journalist and travel writer. King Cohn is regarded as the father of a new type of music, travel and social journalism.

Life

Cohn grew up in Ireland. His father was the historian Norman Cohn. Since he was 15, he published articles and books on rock music, popular and underground culture. In 1969 he published his book Pop from the Beginning ( German title AWopBopaLooBop ALopBamBoom, 1971), an entertaining history of modern pop music and youth culture, and the first pop chronology at all. In 1973 he published together with the Belgian artist Peellaert the rock storybook skirt Dreams, " a heated, sultry dream in candy colors " (TAZ ).

Cohn moved mid 70s to New York and was there to report shortly after his arrival on the newly emerging disco scene. His article Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night ( " tribal rites of the new saturday night " ) from 1975 became the basis of the disco movie Saturday Night Fever ( Saturday Night Fever ). Later, Cohn admitted that he had not understood the New York disco scene and had thought the article based on his knowledge of the British Mod scene.

The early 1990s Cohn made ​​by a successful New York - book attention to themselves: " The Heart of the World " won the Thomas Cook Prize for the best travel documentary of the year. In 1997, the writer published his apocalyptic novel "Need " again a story from the urban jungle. In 1999 he delivered a report on the multi-ethnic sub- cultures and youth noticeably converted his native England. The quality of his journalistic work is compared by some critics with the social reportage George Orwell. Nik Cohn writes regularly for the British newspaper "The Guardian".

Nik Cohn lives alternately in the U.S. and in England.

Works

  • Triksta: Life and Death and New Orleans Rap. (2005) German: Triksta: Life, Death and New Orleans Rap ( Hanser 2008)
  • Rock Dreams ( with color illustrations by Guy Peellaert ) (1973, new edition 2003, also German language edition )
  • Twentieth Century Dreams ( with color illustrations by Guy Peellaert ) (2001 )
  • Yes We Have No: Adventures in the Other England (1999)
  • Need. A Novel (1997), German: Manhattan Babylon (1999/ 2001)
  • The Heart of the World ( 1992), German: The Heart of the World (1992/ 94)
  • Rock from the Beginning (1969 ), German: AWopBopaLooBop ALopBamBoom (1971 ), new edition 2001, Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag GmbH, ISBN 3-499-11542-5
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