Marc-Uwe Kling (; born 1982) is a German songwriter, author, and ''

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'' (political stand-up comedy) artist. He studied philosophy and drama at

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. Since 2003, Kling regularly performs on various stages in

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. Frequently, he performs at literary and ''Kabarett'' events as well as poetry slams. In 2004, he founded a serial public literary event called ''Lesedüne'' (a pun made of the German words ''Lesebühne'', "lecture stage", and ''Düne'', "dune"). Since 2005, Kling tours with his program ''Wenn alle Stricke reißen, kann man sich nicht mal mehr aufhängen'' (If all ropes snap, you can't even hang yourself anymore), which is also the title of his first album. Every first Tuesday of the month, he organizes and hosts the ''

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Slam'' in the ''Lido'' (formerly ''Kato'') location, and every first Wednesday the ''Poetry Slam of Studentisches Kulturzentrum'' in

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. Kling hosts the weekly podcast ''Neues vom Känguru'' ("News from the Kangaroo") for

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, a Potsdam-based radio station, which deals with the same theme as his book ''Die Känguru-Chroniken'' ( The Kangaroo Chronicles): A "phlegmatic anarchist" who lives with a talking, "pragmatically

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" kangaroo as his roommate. In 2017, Kling published a comedic dystopian novel titled ''QualityLand''. In March 2019,

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announced that they would create a series based on the book, directed by

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Publications

Books

'' The Kangaroo Chronicles'' (German: ''Die Känguru-Chroniken'')

* , 272 pp * * , 304 pp * , 400 pp * , 208 pp * , 976 pp * , 1184 pp

=''Die Känguru-Comics''

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''QualityLand''

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=''QualityLand'' Comics

= * , with Zachary Tallent * , 176 pp, with Zachary Tallen

Children's books

* illustrations by Astrid Henn, 36 pp * * illustrations by Astrid Henn, 48 pp * illustrations by Astrid Henn, 54 pp

=''Der Tag, an dem...'' series

= * illustrations by Astrid Henn. * illustrations by Astrid Henn. * illustrations by Astrid Henn. * illustrations by Astrid Henn.

Calendars

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Anthologies (selection)

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Audio (selection)

''Die Känguru-Chroniken''

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''QualityLand''

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Children's books

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Others

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Games

''Die Känguru-Chroniken''

* ''Halt mal kurz!'', card game, Kosmos 2016, EAN 4002051740382. * ''Game of Quotes'', card game, Kosmos 2017, EAN 4002051692926. * ''More Game of Quotes'' card game, Kosmos-Verlag 2019. * ''EXIT. Das Spiel: Die Känguru-Eskapaden'' (with Inka and Markus Brand), Kosmos 2019, EAN 4002051695071. * ''Die Würfel-WG'', Gesellschaftsspiel (Authors: Johannes Krenner, Alexander Pfister), Kosmos 2019, EAN 4002051693176. * ''Voll auf die 18'', card game, Pegasus Spiele 2022, EAN 4250231734366.

Others

* ''Quiztopia'', board games (with Maria Kling), Kosmos 2019, EAN 4002051694296. * ''Das NEINhorn'', card game, Kosmos 2021, EAN 4002051680848. * ''Abrakadabrien'', card game (Illustrations: Johannes Lott), Kosmos 2022.

Filmography

* 2020: '' The Kangaroo Chronicles'', German: ''Die Känguru-Chroniken'', writer * 2022: ', German: ''Die Känguru-Verschwörung'', writer and director

Awards (selection)

2006 * Bielefelder Kabarettpreis ''1. Preis'' * Grazer Kleinkunstvogel * Winner of the German National Poetry Slam competition (single) * Münchner Kabarett Kaktus 2007 * Der Rostocker Koggenzieher in Gold * Silberner Stuttgarter Besen * Gewinner der deutschsprachigen Poetry-Slam-Meisterschaften (single) * Fohlen von

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2010 * Förderpreis Mindener Stichling * Deutscher Radiopreis in the Best Comedy category for ''Neues vom Känguru'' (together with the production team at Radio Fritz) 2011 * Bayerischer Kabarettpreis ''Senkrechtstarter-Preis'' 2012 * Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis in the ''Kleinkunst'' division 2013 * Deutscher Hörbuchpreis in the Best Audiobook / Best Entertainment category for ''Die Känguru-Chroniken. Live und ungekürzt'' 2018 * Hörbuch-Award: ''QualityLand'' (Platinum) * Hörbuch-Award: ''Die Känguru-Chroniken'' (7x Gold) * Hörbuch-Award: ''Das Känguru-Manifest'' (2x Platinum) * Hörbuch-Award: ''Die Känguru-Offenbarung'' (2x Platinum) * Hörbuch-Award: ''Die Känguru-Apokryphen'' (Gold) *

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for ''QualityLand'' 2021 * Jonathan-Swift-Preis

References

External links

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November 2008 interview with Marc-Uwe Kling
by ''

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Works by and about Marc-Uwe Kling
in the catalogue of the German National Library {{DEFAULTSORT:Kling, Marc-Uwe 1982 births Living people Writers from Stuttgart Mass media people from Stuttgart Free University of Berlin alumni German male comedians Comedians from Baden-Württemberg