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Nils Mohl
Nils Mohl (born July 31, 1971, in Hamburg) is a German writer. Life and work Mohl grew up the oldest of two siblings on the outskirts of Hamburg. He studied New German Literary Studies, Linguistics, Ethnology and Cultural Management in Kiel, Tübingen, Berlin and Weimar. He published several books, including Short story, short stories, which were particularly successful; his story ''Tanzen gehen'', which won a prize in the MDR-Literaturpreis, MDR Literature Contest in 2016, is now read in schools. In 2012, Mohl conducted the first ''Berlin Masterclass'', a cooperation between the Berlin International Literature Festival, International Literature Festival Berlin and the ''Treffen Junger Autoren'' (Meeting of Young Authors). Within this context he was juror for the Berlin International Literature Festival#Das außergewöhnliche Buch, ''Das außergewöhnliche Buch'' (The Extraordinary Book) award. His novel ''Es war einmal Indianerland'' (''Once upon a time: Indigenous Country'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nils Mohl 2012
Nils is a Scandinavian given name, a chiefly Norwegian, Danish, Swedish and Latvian variant of Niels, cognate to Nicholas. People and animals with the given name *Nils Elias Anckers (1858–1921), Swedish naval officer *Nils Beckman (1902–1972), Swedish jurist and civil servant *Nils Bergström (ice hockey), Nils Bergström (born 1985), Swedish ice hockey player *Nils Björk (1898–1989), Swedish Army lieutenant general *Nils Dacke (died 1543), Swedish rebel *Nils-Joel Englund (1907–1995), Swedish cross-country skier *Nils Ericson (1802–1870), Swedish inventor and engineer *Nils Frahm (born 1982), German pianist and producer *Nils Frykdahl, American musician *Nils Grandelius, Swedish chess grandmaster *Nils Gründer (born 1997), German politician *Nils Hald (1897–1963), Norwegian actor *Nils Haßfurther (born 1999), German basketball player *Nils-Göran Holmqvist (born 1943), Swedish politician *Nils Kreicbergs (born 1996), Latvian handball player *Nils Liedholm (1922– ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
White Ravens
The White Ravens is a catalog published annually in English by the International Youth Library as a recommendation list for international children's and youth literature. The most recent White Ravens catalog is presented each year in October at the Frankfurt Book Fair and the following spring at the Bologna Children's Book Fair in Italy. The first catalog was issued in 1986. Selection From the large quantity of the review and donation copies, which the library receives from publishing houses, institutions, organizations and other friends of the library, the language specialists (''lektors'') select 200 new releases from over 40 countries in more than 30 languages. The White Raven label is given to books which are chosen "based on the universal relevance of the themes they address, their literary and pictorial qualities, or their innovative approaches or design." Each title listed in the catalog is briefly described with a short annotation and several keywords that capture content a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Writers From Hamburg
A writer is a person who uses written words in different writing styles, genres and techniques to communicate ideas, to inspire feelings and emotions, or to entertain. Writers may develop different forms of writing such as novels, short stories, monographs, travelogues, plays, screenplays, teleplays, songs, and essays as well as reports, educational material, and news articles that may be of interest to the general public. Writers' works are nowadays published across a wide range of media. Skilled writers who are able to use language to express ideas well, often contribute significantly to the cultural content of a society. The term "writer" is also used elsewhere in the arts and music, such as songwriter or a screenwriter, but also a stand-alone "writer" typically refers to the creation of written language. Some writers work from an oral tradition. Writers can produce material across a number of genres, fictional or non-fictional. Other writers use multiple media such ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Young Adult Novels
Young adult literature (YA) is typically written for readers aged 12 to 18 and includes most of the themes found in adult fiction, such as family dysfunction, substance abuse, alcoholism, and sexuality. It is characterized by simpler world building than adult literature as it seeks to highlight the experiences of adolescents in a variety of ways. There are various genres within young adult literature. The earliest known use of term ''young adult'' occurred in 1942. Prior to the 1930s teenagers, adolescents and young adults were still considered children in society. Following the recognition of teenagers as a distinct group of people, the designation of young adult literature was developed by librarians to help teenagers make the transition between children's literature and adult literature. According to a study conducted in 2023, 55% of young adult literature consumers were over 18 years of age. 78% of adult consumers purchased with the intent to read themselves. Of these adult ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German-language Literature
German literature () comprises those literary texts written in the German language. This includes literature written in Germany, Austria, the German parts of Switzerland and Belgium, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, South Tyrol in Italy and to a lesser extent works of the German diaspora. German literature of the modern period is mostly in Standard German, but there are some currents of literature influenced to a greater or lesser degree by dialects (e.g. Alemannic). Medieval German literature is literature written in Germany, stretching from the Carolingian dynasty; various dates have been given for the end of the German literary Middle Ages, the Reformation (1517) being the last possible cut-off point. The Old High German period is reckoned to run until about the mid-11th century; the most famous works are the ''Hildebrandslied'' and a heroic epic known as the ''Heliand''. Middle High German starts in the 12th century; the key works include ''The Ring'' () and the poems of Oswald ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
21st-century Literature
The 21st century in literature refers to world literature produced during the 21st century. The measure of years is, for the purpose of this article, literature written from (roughly) the year 2001 to the present. * 2001 – ''The Corrections'' by Jonathan Franzen; '' Seabiscuit: An American Legend'' by Laura Hillenbrand; ''Life of Pi'' by Yann Martel; Nobel Prize: V. S. Naipaul * 2002 – ''Atonement'' by Ian McEwan; ''Middlesex'' by Jeffrey Eugenides; ''Everything is Illuminated'' by Jonathan Safran Foer; Nobel Prize: Imre Kertész * 2003 – ''The Da Vinci Code'' by Dan Brown; '' Roman Triptych (Meditation)''; Nobel Prize: J. M. Coetzee * 2004 – Nobel Prize: Elfriede Jelinek * 2005 – Nobel Prize: Harold Pinter * 2006 – ''The Road'' by Cormac McCarthy; ''Les Bienveillantes'' by Jonathan Littell; ''Against the Day'' by Thomas Pynchon; Nobel Prize: Orhan Pamuk * 2007 – ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutsches Theater Berlin
The Deutsches Theater is a theater in Berlin, Germany. It was built in 1850 as Friedrich-Wilhelm-Städtisches Theater, after Frederick William IV of Prussia. Located on Schumann Street (Schumannstraße), the Deutsches Theater consists of two adjoining stages that share a common, classical facade. The main stage was built in 1850, originally for operettas. Adolf L'Arronge founded the Deutsches Theater in 1883 with the ambition of providing Berliners with a high-quality ensemble-based repertory company on the model of the German court theater, the Meiningen Ensemble, which had been developed by Georg II, Duke of Saxe-Meiningen and his colleagues to become "the most widely admired and imitated company in Europe", thanks to its historically accurate sets and costumes, vividly-realized crowd scenes, and meticulous directorial control.Banham (1998a) and (1998b). Otto Brahm, the leading exponent of theatrical Naturalism in Germany, took over the direction of the theater in 1894, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Halina Kirschner
Halina is a given name. Notable people with the name include: *Halina Aszkiełowicz (1947–2018), Polish former volleyball player and 1968 Olympic medallist * Halina Balon (born 1948), Polish fencer * Halina Biegun (born 1955), Polish luger who competed during the late 1970s * Halina Birenbaum (born 1929), Holocaust survivor, writer, poet and translator *Halina Buyno-Łoza (1907–1991), Polish theatre actress and dancer *Halina Chrostowska (1929–1990), Polish visual artist *Halina Czerny-Stefańska (1922–2001), Polish pianist * Halina Górecka (born 1938), former Polish and German sprinter and Olympic gold and bronze medal winner * Halina Górska (1898–1942), Polish writer and a communist activist * Halina Harelava (born 1951), Belarusian contemporary composer * Halina Kanasz (born 1953), Polish luger who competed during the 1970s *Halina Karnatsevich (born 1969), Belarusian long-distance runner *Halina Konopacka (1900–1989), famous athlete, first Polish Olympic Champion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Katharina Greve
Katharina is a feminine given name. It is a German form of Katherine. Notable people with this name include: Television and film *Katharina Bellowitsch, Austrian radio and TV presenter *Katharina Mückstein, Austrian film director *Katharina Thalbach, German actress and film director *Katherine Pierce, a character in ''The Vampire Diaries'' originally named Katharina Petrova Arts * Katharina Bergobzoomová (1755–1788), Czech opera singer *Katharina Fröhlich (1800–1879), Austrian lover of Franz Grillparzer, patron of artists and writers * Katharina Rapp (born 1948), German artist * Katja Oxman (born 1942), born Katharina Protassowsky, German-born American visual artist Alpine skiers * Katharina Gallhuber, Austrian alpine skier *Katharina Huber, Austrian alpine skier *Katharina Liensberger, Austrian alpine skier *Katharina Truppe, Austrian alpine skier Other *Katharina Baunach, German footballer * Katharina Dalton, British physician and pioneer in the research of ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rowohlt Verlag
Rowohlt Verlag is a German publishing house based in Hamburg, with offices in Reinbek and Berlin. It has been part of the Georg von Holtzbrinck Group since 1982. The company has been dissolved and restarted twice since its creation in 1908. History Rowohlt Verlag was founded in 1908 in Leipzig by Ernst Rowohlt and was renamed to Kurt Wolff Verlag in February 1913. After Ernst Rowohlt was banned from the publishing industry in 1938, the company became a subsidiary of Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, until it was closed in 1943. On 9 November 1945, Rowohlt's oldest son, Heinrich Maria Ledig, relaunched the publishing house in Stuttgart. Notable authors * Paul Auster * Simone de Beauvoir * Wolfgang Borchert * Albert Camus * C. W. Ceram * A. J. Cronin * Buddy Elias * Jeffrey Eugenides * Hans Fallada * Jon Fosse * Jonathan Franzen * Max Goldt * Ernest Hemingway * Felicitas Hoppe * Siri Hustvedt * Heinrich Eduard Jacob * Elfriede Jelinek * Daniel Kehlmann * Imre Kertész * Georg Klein (Ger ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MDR Kultur
MDR Kultur is a German public radio station owned and operated by Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk (MDR). It broadcasts a culture format with current news and talk programs, along with classical, jazz and folk music. Between 1 January 2004 and 2 May 2016, the station was known as MDR Figaro. FM frequencies MDR Kultur is also available via DAB+, DVB-C, DVB-S and livestreaming Livestreaming, live-streaming, or live streaming is the streaming of video or audio in real time or near real time. While often referred to simply as ''streaming'', the real-time nature of livestreaming differentiates it from other non- liv ... References Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk Radio stations in Germany Radio stations established in 1992 1992 establishments in Germany Mass media in Halle (Saale) {{Germany-radio-station-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
