Frank Goosen (born 31 May 1966) is a German cabaret artist and author.

Biography

Goosen was born on 31 May 1966 in Bochum,

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. He went the

Ruhr University Bochum The Ruhr University Bochum (, ) is a public research university located in the southern hills of the central Ruhr area, Bochum, Germany. It was founded in 1962 as the first new public university in Germany after World War II. Instruction began in ...

majoring in

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, German studies and

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graduating in 1992 with a Magister degree. Afterward, he founded the stand up-comedy team ''Tresenlesen'' with Jochen Malmsheimer. They won the Prix Pantheon, a German cabaret award, in 1997 but later parted ways. Since then, Goosen has worked as an author, writing novels that take place in the

Ruhr area The Ruhr ( ; german: Ruhrgebiet , also ''Ruhrpott'' ), also referred to as the Ruhr area, sometimes Ruhr district, Ruhr region, or Ruhr valley, is a polycentric urban area in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a population density of 2,800/km ...

during the Cold War. His most popular novel, ''liegen lernen'', '' Learning to Lie'', is a story about a young man in the 1980s and 1990s searching for love. It was made into a movie in 2003.Robert Koehler
"Learning to Lie"
Movie review. ''Variety'' (Jan. 14, 2004) Retrieved April 27, 2010 On 4 October 2010 Goosen was voted into the supervisory board of the

VfL Bochum Verein für Leibesübungen Bochum 1848 Fußballgemeinschaft, commonly referred to as simply VfL Bochum (), is a German association football club based in the city of Bochum, North Rhine-Westphalia. The club has spent 35 seasons in the Bundeslig ...

. Since 20 December 2010 Goosen serves as vice-chairman of the supervisory board.

Works

References

External links

Official homepage

Official movie website

in:

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