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Martin Mosebach (born 31 July 1951, in
Mosebach Winner of Büchnerpreis
1951 births 20th-century German novelists 21st-century German novelists German traditionalist Catholics Traditionalist Catholic writers Living people German Roman Catholics German Catholic poets Kleist Prize winners Georg Büchner Prize winners Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin German male essayists German male novelists German male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century German dramatists and playwrights 21st-century German dramatists and playwrights 20th-century German essayists 21st-century German essayists 20th-century German male writers 21st-century German male writers {{Germany-novelist-stub
Martin Mosebach (born 31 July 1951, in Frankfurt am Main
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) is a German writer.
Biography
He has published novels, stories, and collections of poems, written scripts for several films, opera libretti, theatre and radio plays. His first major non-fiction work is the book '' The 21 - A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs'' detailing his visit to Egypt to examine the lives of the 21 Coptic martyrs beheaded by ISIS in 2015. TheGerman Academy for Language and Literature
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praised him for "combining stylistic splendour with original storytelling that demonstrates a humorous awareness of history."
He is a Traditionalist Roman Catholic. Among Mosebach's works translated into English is '' The Heresy of Formlessness'', a collection of essay
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s on the Latin language
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Tridentine Mass
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and its replacement by the vernacular
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Mass of Paul VI
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, as viewed from the perspective of a Catholic author and intellectual. It has been published in the United States by Ignatius Press
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It was founded in 1978 by Father Joseph Fessio, a former pupil of both Henri de Lubac and Pope Benedict XVI. Named after Ignatiu ...
. The book argues for a return to the Tridentine Mass
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, about which the 2007 motu proprio ''Summorum Pontificum
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'' declared that, rather than a "rite", it is a form of the one Roman Rite
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, stating also that the 1962 Roman Missal
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History
Before the Council of Trent (1570)
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, which contained its final form, had never been formally abrogated.
Other works include ''The Turkish Woman'', ''The Tremor'', ''The Long Night'' and ''Prince of Mist'', in which the author examines the motives behind man's eternal search for a meaning.
Awards
Mosebach was awarded theKleist Prize
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in 2002. In 2007, he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize
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.
Publications
The following is a partial list of publications written by Mosebach:Novels
* 1983: ''Das Bett'' (''The Bed'') * 1985: ''Ruppertshain'' 3-423-13159-4 * 1992: ''Westend'' * 1999: ''Die Türkin'' (''The Turkish Woman'') * 2000: ''Eine lange Nacht'' (''A Long Night'') * 2001: ''Der Nebelfürst'' (''Prince of the Mist'') * 2005: ''Das Beben'' (''The Tremor'') * 2007: ''Der Mond und das Mädchen'' (''The Moon and the Maiden'') * 2010: '' What Was Before'' (''Was davor geschah'') * 2014: ''Das Blutbuchenfest''Short story collections
* 1995 ''Das Kissenbuch : Gedichte und Zeichnungen'' * 1995 ''Stilleben mit wildem Tier: Erzählungen'' * 1996 ''Das Grab Der Pulcinellen: Erzählungen, Pasticci, Phantasien'' * 1997 ''Die Schöne Gewohnheit zu Leben: eine italienische Reise'' * 2008 ''Stadt der wilden Hunde: Nachrichten aus dem alltäglichen Indien''Essays
* 2002 '' Häresie der Formlosigkeit. Die römische Liturgie und ihr Feind'' (''The Heresy of Formlessness'') * 2002 ''Mein Frankfurt'' * 2006 ''Schöne Literatur: Essays'' * 2012 ''Der Ultramontane''Non-fiction
* 2019 ''The 21: A Journey into the Land of Coptic Martyrs''References
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1951 births 20th-century German novelists 21st-century German novelists German traditionalist Catholics Traditionalist Catholic writers Living people German Roman Catholics German Catholic poets Kleist Prize winners Georg Büchner Prize winners Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin German male essayists German male novelists German male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century German dramatists and playwrights 21st-century German dramatists and playwrights 20th-century German essayists 21st-century German essayists 20th-century German male writers 21st-century German male writers {{Germany-novelist-stub