Detlef Grumbach (born 1955 in

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) is a German

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and

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Life

After school Grumbach worked as a journalist. Topics of his works are

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and events in life of people. Grumbach wrote as journalist articles for different German newspapers (such as

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, Deutsches Allgemeines Sonntagsblatt,

Süddeutsche Zeitung The ''Süddeutsche Zeitung'' (; ), published in Munich, Bavaria, is one of the largest and most influential daily newspapers in Germany. The tone of ''SZ'' is mainly described as centre-left, liberal, social-liberal, progressive-liberal, and ...

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Frankfurter Rundschau The ''Frankfurter Rundschau'' (''FR'') is a German daily newspaper, based in Frankfurt am Main. The ''Rundschaus editorial stance is social liberal. It holds that "independence, social justice and fairness" underlie its journalism. In Post-wa ...

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and

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). Grumbach wrote radio features over Martin Dannecker,

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, Christian Dietrich Grabbe, Christian Geissler,

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, Richard Plant,

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and Feridun Zaimoglu. As author Grumbach wrote several books. He lives in

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Selected works

* ''Die Linke und das Laster. Schwule Emanzipation und linke Vorurteile''. Hamburg 1995. * ''Was heißt hier schwul. Politik und Identitäten im Wandel''. Hamburg 1997. * ''Over the Rainbow. Ein Lesebuch zum Christopher-Street-Day''. Hamburg 2001. * ''"... und nichts als nur Verzweiflung kann uns retten"''. A book to Christian Dietrich Grabbe (1801–1836). Aisthesis-Verlag 2001 * ''Genossenschaften. Engagierte Gemeinschaften für Unabhängigkeit, Qualität und gesellschaftliche Innovation'', with drawings by Tom Krüger. Berlin 2006. * ''Schwule Nachbarn. 22 Erlebnisse.'' Hamburg 2007.

Awards

* 1999: Felix-Rexhausen-Award

References

External links

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Official Homepage by Grumbach

Articles by Grumbach in DLF
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