Thomas Brussig
Thomas Brussig (born 1964) is a German writer best known for his satirical novels that deal with the German Democratic Republic.
Life
Brussig was born in East Berlin. After attending the "Heinrich-Hertz" School, he went on to train as a builder. In 1984 he finished school and training, and served in the East German National People's Army (German: Nationale Volksarmee or NVA). Brussig found it difficult to wield a weapon and had a hard time. He worked as a museum guard, cleaner and hotel porter among a variety of other odd jobs until the early 90s. In 1990 he studied sociology at the Free University of Berlin. He changed universities 3 years later to study the art of film-making. He graduated in the year 2000.
Thomas Brussig commutes back and forth from Berlin to Mecklenburg as a writer and is married.
Works
Brussig's first novel, Wasserfarben ("Watercolors") was published in 1991 under the pseudonym "Cordt Berneburger." In 1995, he published his breakthrough novel, Helden wie wir (Heroes Like Us, FSG 1997), which dealt with the fall of the Berlin Wall. The book was a critical and commercial success and was later turned into a movie.[1] Two movies of his books have been released, "Helden wie wir" and "Sonnenallee".
Bibliography
- Brussig, Thomas (2016). Wasserfarben Roman (in German). Berlin: Aufbau Taschenbuch Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7466-3205-6. OCLC 929992845.
- Brussig, Thomas (2015). Helden wie wir Roman (in German). Fischer. ISBN 978-3-10-403760-8. OCLC 993037044.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Brussig, Thomas (2001). Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee (in German). Frankfurt am Main. ISBN 3-596-14847-2. OCLC 48094410.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - Brussig, Thomas (2005). Leben bis Männer (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag. ISBN 3-596-16962-3. OCLC 237770616.
- Brussig, Thomas (2004). Wie es leuchtet. Roman (in German). Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer. ISBN 3-10-009580-4. OCLC 56583257.
- Brussig, Thomas (2007). Berliner Orgie. München: Piper. ISBN 978-3-492-05037-1. OCLC 86075439.
- Brussig, Thomas (2007). Schiedsrichter Fertig: Eine Litanei (in German). St. Pölten: Residenz. ISBN 978-3-7017-1481-0. OCLC 173602240.
Filmography
- 1999: Sonnenallee – Dir. Leander Haußmann (with Detlev Buck, Robert Stadlober, Alexander Beyer)
- 1999: Heroes Like Us – Dir. Sebastian Peterson
Awards
- 2000 Hans Fallada Prize
External links
- Official website
- ub.fu-berlin.de – Thomas Brussig link collection
- Thomas Brussig at IMDb
References
- ^ "Thomas Brussig". Archived from the original on 24 August 2010. Retrieved 20 July 2010.
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