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Ralf Rothmann (born 10 May 1953, in
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Ralf Rothmann (born 10 May 1953, in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig (, , ; ; South Jutlandic: ''Sljasvig''; ) is a town in the northeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the ''Districts of Germany, Kreis'' (district) Schleswig-Flensburg. It has a population of about 27,000, t ...
) is a German novelist, poet, and dramatist. His novels have been translated into several languages, with Knife Edge (''Messers Schneide''), Young Light (''Junges Licht''), Fire Doesn't Burn (''Feuer brennt nicht''), To Die in Spring (''Im Frühling sterben'') and The God of that Summer (''Der Gott jenes Sommers'') being translated into English.
The main subjects of his work are the bourgeois and proletarian realities of life in the Ruhr area (e.g., ''Stier'', ''Wäldernacht'', ''Milch und Kohle'' and ''Junges Licht'') as well as Berlin (''Flieh mein Freund'', ''Hitze'', ''Feuer brennt nicht''), with an autobiographically colored focus on alienation, the attempt to escape these situations, and common solitude. With the major novels ''Im Frühling sterben'', ''Der Gott jenes Sommers'' and ''Die Nacht unterm Schnee'', Rothmann goes back to the time of the Second World War and explores the horrors for the individual.
The four volumes of short stories ''Ein Winter unter Hirschen'', ''Rehe am Meer'', ''Shakespeares Hühner'' and ''Hotel der Schlaflosen'' complete the author's extensive oeuvre.
Works
* ''Messers Schneide'' (stories). 1986. - engl. edition as ''Knife Edge''. New Directions, 1992. * ''Kratzer und andere Gedichte'' (poems). 1987. * ''Der Windfisch'' (story). 1988. * ''Stier'' (novel). 1991. * ''Wäldernacht'' (novel). 1994. * ''Berlin Blues. Ein Schauspiel'' (play). 1997. * ''Flieh, mein Freund!'' (novel). 1998. * ''Milch und Kohle'' (novel). 2000. * ''Gebet in Ruinen'' (poems). 2000. * ''Ein Winter unter Hirschen'' (stories). 2001. * ''Hitze'' (novel). 2003. * ''Junges Licht'' (novel). 2004. - engl. edition as ''Young Light''. Seagull Books, 2010. * ''Rehe am Meer'' (stories). 2006. * ''Vollkommene Stille'' (speech at the presentation of the Max Frisch Prize). 2006. * ''Feuer brennt nicht'' (novel). 2009. - engl. edition as ''Fire Doesn't Burn''. Seagull Books, 2012. * ''Shakespeares Hühner'' (stories). 2012. * ''Im Frühling sterben'' (novel). 2015. - engl. edition as ''To Die in Spring''. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2017. and Picador (Pan Macmillan), 2017. * ''Der Gott jenes Sommers'' (novel). 2018. - engl. edition as ''The God of that Summer''. Picador (Pan Macmillan), 2022. * '' Hotel der Schlaflosen'' (stories). 2020. * '' Die Nacht unterm Schnee'' (novel). 2022. * '' Theorie des Regens'' (notes). 2023.Awards
*1986: for ''Kratzer'' *1992: *1992/1993:Stadtschreiber von Bergen
The Stadtschreiber von Bergen ('City clerk of Bergen') is an annual German literary award. The prize money is €20,000 with one year of free living in the town clerk's house in Bergen-Enkheim, Frankfurt, "An der Oberpforte 4". It was the first S ...
*1996:
*2001: Hermann-Lenz-Preis
Hermann-Lenz-Preis was a literary prize of Germany from 1999 to 2009. The award for German-language poetry is named after the writer Hermann Lenz, who died 1998. The prize money was €15.000 donated by publisher Hubert Burda. Successor is the Pe ...
*2002: Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis
Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis is a literary prize of Germany. The Deutscher Literaturfonds (German Literature Fund) based in Darmstadt has been awarding the prize since 1983. The prize money was raised in 2019 from €20,000 to €30,000. In addi ...
*2003: Evangelischer Buchpreis
*2004: Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize
*2004: Rheingau Literatur Preis
Rheingau Literatur Preis is a literary prize of Hesse. It is awarded annually since 1994 by the which follows the Rheingau Musik Festival. An author is awarded whose prose gained the attention of the literary critics ("")
The prize of 11,111 Eu ...
*2005: Heinrich-Böll-Preis
The Heinrich-Böll-Preis (Heinrich Böll Prize for Literature) is a literary prize of Germany, awarded by the City of Cologne in memory of Nobel Prize winner Heinrich Böll. The prize money is €30,000. The prize is awarded "for outstanding ach ...
*2006: Max Frisch Preis of the City of Zürich
*2007: Erik-Reger-Preis
*2008: Literaturpreis der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
Literaturpreis der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung is a literary prize of Germany. The prize money is €20,000 and the prize ceremony takes place in Weimar. The first winner was Sarah Kirsch. The prize is awarded "to authors who give freedom their wor ...
*2008: Hans Fallada Preis
*2010:
*2013: Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis
Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis is a German literary prize. It was established in 1983. The City of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe awards the prize annually in June. It is endowed with 20,000 euros and is awarded as a general literary award for outstanding ...
of the City of Bad Homburg
Bad Homburg vor der Höhe (, ) is the district town of the Hochtaunuskreis, Hesse, Germany, on the southern slope of the Taunus mountains. Bad Homburg is part of the Frankfurt Rhein-Main urban area. The town's official name is ''Bad Homburg ...
*2014:
*2016: Stefan-Andres-Preis
*2017: Kleist Preis
*2017: Gerty-Spies-Literaturpreis
*2018: Premio San Clemente (Spain)
*2018: Uwe Johnson Preis
*2018: HWA Gold Crown for Historical Fiction (England)
*2023: Thomas-Mann-Preis
Thomas Mann Prize (''German'': Thomas-Mann-Preis) is a literary prize of Germany. In full the title is "Thomas Mann Prize of the city of Lübeck and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts". It is given in alternate years in Lübeck and in Munich. The ...
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