Ralf Rothmann

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Ralf Rothmann.

Ralf Rothmann (born May 10, 1953 in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein) is a German novelist, poet, and dramatist. His novels have been translated into several languages with Knife Edge (Messers Schneide) and Young Light (Junges Licht) being translated into English.^[1] Main subject of his work are both the bourgeois and proletarian reality of life in the Ruhr Metropolitan area (e.g., Stier, Wäldernacht, Milch und Kohle) 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. His novel "Feuer brennt nicht" (2009) is a very moving portrait of an artist-writer torn between two women paying a high price for his infidelity. It is now (2012) available in English translation as "Fire doesn't burn" published by Seagull Books.

Works

Messers Schneide (stories). 1986. ISBN 3-518-38133-4 - engl. edition as Knife Edge. 1992
Kratzer und andere Gedichte (poems). 1987. ISBN 3-518-02657-7
Der Windfisch (story). 1988. ISBN 3-518-40129-7
Stier (novel). 1991. ISBN 3-518-22364-X
Wäldernacht (novel). 1994. ISBN 3-518-39082-1
Berlin Blues. Ein Schauspiel (play). ISBN 3-518-39082-1
Flieh, mein Freund! (novel). 1998. ISBN 3-518-45505-2
Milch und Kohle (novel). 2000. ISBN 3-518-39809-1
Gebet in Ruinen (poems). 2000. ISBN 3-518-41168-3
Ein Winter unter Hirschen (stories). 2001. ISBN 3-518-45524-9
Hitze (novel). 2003. ISBN 3-518-41396-1
Junges Licht (novel). 2004. ISBN 3-518-41640-5 - engl. edition Young Light. 2010
Rehe am Meer (stories). 2006. ISBN 3-518-41825-4
Feuer brennt nicht (novel). 2009. ISBN 3-518-42063-1 - engl. edition Fire Doesn't Burn. Seagull Books, ISBN : 9780857420473, 2012

Awards

1986: de:Märkisches Stipendium für Literatur for Kratzer
1992/1993: de:Stadtschreiber von Bergen
1996: de:Literaturpreis Ruhr
2001: Hermann-Lenz-Preis
2002: Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis
2003: Evangelischer Buchpreis
2004: Rheingau Literatur Preis, de:Wilhelm-Raabe-Literaturpreis
2005: Heinrich-Böll-Preis
2006: de:Max-Frisch-Preis
2007: Erik-Reger-Preis
2008: Literaturpreis der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
2008: Hans Fallada Prize
2010: de:Walter-Hasenclever-Literaturpreis

Web sources

↑ Knife Edge translated by Breon Mitchell

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Name	Rothmann, Ralf
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Short description	German writer
Date of birth	May 10, 1953
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