Thomas Brussig

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Thomas Brussig (born 1965 in Berlin) is a German writer. After having visited the "Heinrich-Hertz" School, he went on to train as a builder. In 1984 he finished school and training, and served in the National "Volksarmee". Brussig found difficulty in wielding a weapon and had a hard time. He worked as a Museum guard, cleaner and Hotelportier among a viarity of other odd jobs until the early 90's. In 1990 he studied Sociology at a University in Berlin. He changed Universities 3 years later to study the art of Film-making. He graduated in the year of 2000. He is now a well-known German author, with 5 successful books under his belt. Thomas Brusig commutes back and forth, from Berlin to Mecklenburg as a writer, and is married.

[edit] Works

All of Brussig's published novels to date (2004) deal with the German Democratic Republic in a satirical manner:

Wasserfarben (Watercolors) (1991)
Helden wie wir (Heroes Like Us) (1995)
Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee (At the Shorter End of Sonnenallee) (1999)
Leben bis Männer (Living Like Men) (2001)
Wie es leuchtet (How it shines) (2004)

Brussig studied sociology and dramaturgy. He also uses Cordt Berneburger as a pseudonym. Two movies of his books have been released, "Helden wie wir" and "Sonnenallee"