Ralf Rothmann (born May 10, 1953 in

Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig (, , ; da, Slesvig; South Jutlandic: ''Sljasvig''; nds, Sleswig; archaic English: ''Sleswick'') is a town in the northeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the '' Kreis'' (district) Schleswig-Flensburg. It ...

) 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. 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. - engl. edition as ''Knife Edge''. 1992 * ''Kratzer und andere Gedichte'' (poems). 1987. * ''Der Windfisch'' (story). 1988. * ''Stier'' (novel). 1991. * ''Wäldernacht'' (novel). 1994. * ''Berlin Blues. Ein Schauspiel'' (play). * ''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 ''Young Light''. 2010 * ''Rehe am Meer'' (stories). 2006. * ''Feuer brennt nicht'' (novel). 2009. - engl. edition ''Fire Doesn't Burn''. Seagull Books, , 2012 * ''Im Frühling sterben'' (novel). 2015. - engl. edition ''To Die in Spring''. Farrar, Straus and Giroux, , 2017 * ''Der Gott jenes Sommers'' (novel). 2018.

Awards

*1986: for ''Kratzer'' *1992: *1992/1993: Stadtschreiber von Bergen *1996: *2001:

Hermann-Lenz-Preis Hermann-Lenz-Preis was a literary prize of Germany 1999–2009. Recipients * 1999: Josef W. Janker * 2000: Johannes Kühn * 2001: Ralf Rothmann * 2002: Erich Wolfgang Skwara * 2003: Joseph Zoderer * 2004: Walter Kappacher * 2005: Franz W ...

*2002:

Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis is a literary prize of Germany. The Deutsche 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-Literaturpreis *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 E ...

Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize The Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize () is a German literary award established in 2000 by the city of Braunschweig and the radio broadcaster Deutschlandradio. It is named after the 18th-century writer Wilhelm Raabe and is awarded for an individual ...

*2005:

Heinrich-Böll-Preis The Heinrich-Böll-Preis 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 achievements – even by still unknown au ...

*2006:

Max Frisch Prize The Max Frisch Prize of the City of Zürich, created in 1996, is usually awarded every four years to writers in German-speaking countries. The prize is named after the Swiss writer Max Frisch (1911–1991). The literary award is endowed with a priz ...

of the City of Zürich *2007:

Erik-Reger-Preis Erik-Reger-Preis was a literary prize of Germany from 1999 to 2009. *1999 Ernst-Wilhelm Händler *2001 Mark Siemons *2003 Uwe Timm *2005 Peter Rühmkorf *2007 Ralf Rothmann Ralf Rothmann (born May 10, 1953 in Schleswig, Schleswig-Holstein ...

*2008: Literaturpreis der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung *2008:

Hans Fallada Prize The Hans Fallada Prize is a German literary prize given by the city of Neumünster in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Since 1981 it typically awarded every two years to a young author from the German-speaking world. It is named in honor o ...

*2010: *2013:

Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis is a German literary prize. It was established in 1983. In June, the City of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe annually awards the prize. It is endowed with 20,000 euros and is awarded as a general literary award for outstanding ...

of the City of Bad Homburg *2014: *2016: Stefan-Andres-Preis *2017:

Kleist Prize The Kleist Prize is an annual German literature prize. The prize was first awarded in 1912, on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the death of Heinrich von Kleist. The Kleist Prize was the most important literary award of the Weimar Repu ...

*2017: Gerty-Spies-Literaturpreis *2018:

Premio San Clemente (Spain) The and its twin the are sedans sold in Japan from 2001 to 2021 by Toyota. The sedans are designated as a compact car by Japanese dimension regulations and the exterior dimensions do not change with periodic updates. Unlike Toyota's other v ...

*2018:

Uwe Johnson Prize The Uwe Johnson Prize is an annual German literary award. The award is named after the writer Uwe Johnson (1934–1984) and was first awarded in 1994. It is awarded for "outstanding literary works in which there are links to the poetics of Uwe John ...

*2018:

HWA Gold Crown for Historical Fiction (England) HWA or hwa may refer to: * Hwa, a type of traditional Korean boots * HWA (group), an American female rap group * HWA Team, a motor racing team * Hargeisa Water Agency * Heartland Wrestling Association * Hemlock woolly adelgid * Hillwood Airways, US ...

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