Ralf Isau

Ralf Isau ( born 1 November 1956 in Berlin ) is a German writer.

Life

He first worked as an organization programmers, computer resellers, systems analyst and branch manager of a software company, project manager and since 1996 as an independent IT consultant. At that time he had already published a children's book and three novels. For writing, he came in 1988 when he joined the Neschan trilogy with the work. In 1992, he handed Michael Ende on reading a small, self- bound book of fairy tales ( The Dragon Gertrude ), which he had written for his daughter. Recommended him to the end Thienemann Verlag, where Ralf Isau published since then more than a dozen novels for younger and older readers who have been translated into fifteen languages ​​and have won several prizes. Since 2002 he has devoted himself entirely to writing.

A feature of his novels, which he himself describes as " Phantagone ", is the mixing of fiction with historical facts. With novels such as The Silver Sinn ( 2003) and The Lord of the unrest (2004) dared Ralf Isau the step from YA to adult literature. In the novel, The Gallery of lies Or: the unwary sleeper (2005) he deals with the Darwinian theory of evolution, which he rejects in favor of a based on Intelligent Design perspective.

In the language Ralf Isau sees a cultural asset that needs to be maintained and preserved. It can resonate in his stories This concern with the means of fantasy often. The clearest he addresses it in his novel Pala and the strange disappearance of words (2002 ), in which an entire city is attacked by a mysterious speechlessness. To enhance the everyday language by good lyrics, he founded in the fall of 2012 an agency for text development, which he called Phantagon.

Isau lives with his wife in Asperg near Ludwigsburg.

Awards

  • The Museum of the stolen memories: Buxtehude bulls for Best Youth Book of the Year 1997 Book of the Year 1998 ( JuBuCrew Göttingen), Book of the Month February 1998 ( JuBuCrew Göttingen), sponsored by Inter Nations
  • The power of shadows: Book of the Year 1999 ( JuBuCrew Göttingen), 3rd place at the price of Moers - YA - jury 1999/2000

Works

Single novels

  • The dragon Gertrude. 1994, ISBN 3-522-17358-9
  • The Museum of the stolen memories. 1997, ISBN 3-522-17579-4
  • The echo of your Wrangler. 1998, ISBN 3-522-17193-4
  • The network of shadows. 1999, ISBN 3-522-17257-4
  • Pala and the strange disappearance of the words. 2002, ISBN 3-522-17432-1
  • The Silver sense. 2003, ISBN 3-404-15234-4
  • The invisible pyramid. 2003, ISBN 3-522-17594-8
  • The lighthouse in the desert. 2004, ISBN 3-522-17663-4
  • The Lord of the unrest. 2004, ISBN 3-431-03392- X
  • The Gallery of lies. 2005, ISBN 3-431-03636-8
  • The Dark. 2007, ISBN 3-492-70139-6
  • Minik - at the sources of the night. 2008, ISBN 3522178734
  • The shadow thief. 2009, ISBN 9783522200295
  • Messiah. 2009, ISBN 3-492-70142-6
  • The Skeleton Key. 2010, ISBN 3570138348
  • The secret of the petrified dreams, 2011, ISBN 3-570-13833- X
  • The Masks of Morpheus, 2013, ISBN 3570138356

Neschan trilogy

  • The dreams of Jonathan Jabbok. 1995, ISBN 3-522-16896-8
  • The secret of the seventh judge. 1996, ISBN 3-522-16901-8
  • The song of liberation Neschans. 1996, ISBN 3-522-16945- X

The circle of Twilight

  • The Circle of the Dawn - Part 1: The century child. 1999, ISBN 3-522-17306-6
  • The Circle of the Dawn - Part 2: The Truth page. 2000, ISBN 3-522-17335- X
  • The circle of Twilight - Part 3: The white walkers. 2001, ISBN 3-522-17401-1
  • The circle of Twilight - Part 4: The invisible friend. 2001, ISBN 3-522-17474-7

The Chronicles of Mirad

  • The mirrored heart. 2005, ISBN 3-522-17745-2
  • The king in the king. 2006, ISBN 3-522-17746-0
  • The water of Silmao. 2006, ISBN 3-522-17747-9

The Circle of Phantanauten

  • The Palace of Tears. 2008, ISBN 978-3-522-18087-0
  • Metropoly. 2008, ISBN 978-3-522-18088-7
  • The Fire Crystal. 2009, ISBN 978-3-522-18171-6

Legends of fantasies

  • The Secret Library of Thaddaeus Tillman defiance, 2003, ISBN 3-401-02461-2

The Broken World

  • The Broken World, 2011 ISBN 3-492-70191-4
  • Fire victims, 2011, ISBN 3-492-70192-2
  • World Twilight, 2012, ISBN 3-492-70235- X
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