Andreas Mand
Andreas Mand (born 14 December 1959[1]) is a German contemporary author of novels, short stories and essays and a playwright. He is one of the representatives of the German Popular literature,[2] and in addition a stay-at-home dad, because he wanted to be an active part of his children's lives.
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Born | Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | 14 December 1959
Occupation | Novelist, playwright, short story writer, essayist, |
Language | German |
Education | Magister in Media Studies |
Alma mater | University of Osnabrück |
Period | 1982–present |
Genre | Novels, short stories, essays, rock music (lyrics), plays, |
Subject | Personal life |
Literary movement | contemporary literature |
Notable works | Child of father (Vaterkind), ISBN 3-7017-1262-X. |
Notable awards | Candide Preis |
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Education and life
Andreas Mand was born in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany as the son of a parson.[3]
After elementary school he attended the Fichte- Gymnasium Krefeld. Then he studied at the University of Osnabrück and attained the Magister degree in Media Studies. Later he lived for a while in Berlin and Duisburg. Several years he has been working as a stay at home father, and only wrote in his leisure, while his wife works outside of the home. Sometimes, the role of stay-at-home dad was difficult for him, because in Germany, this practice is less common. Mand is working and living in Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia.
Work
Novels
- 1982 Walks away. A school article (Haut ab. Ein Schulaufatz), Nemo Press, Hamburg, ISBN 3-922513-09-3
- 1984 Internal unrests (Innere Unruhen), Kellner-Verlag, Hamburg, ISBN 3-922035-27-2.
- 1990 Grovers invention (Grovers Erfindung), List-Taschenbuchverlag, Munich, ISBN 3-612-65032-7.
- 1992 The dream of the Konditor (Der Traum des Konditors), Unabhängige Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin, ISBN 3-86172-029-9.
- 1993 Grover at the lake (Grover am See), 2. Aufl. MaroVerlag, Augsburg, ISBN 3-87512-213-5.
- 1994 Peng, Edition Solitude, Stuttgart, ISBN 3-929085-13-5.
- 1994 The red ship, (Das rote Schiff), MaroVerlag, Augsburg, ISBN 3-87512-225-9.
- 1996 Small Town heroes, (Kleinstadthelden), Ammann Verlag, Zurich, ISBN 3-250-10292-X.
- 1998 Cataloguing of childhood memories:[4] The great Groverbook, (Das Große Grover Buch), Ammann Verlag, Zurich, ISBN 3-250-60016-4.
- 2001 Child of father (Vaterkind), Residenz-Verlag, Salzburg, ISBN 3-7017-1262-X.
- 2004 Bad night-narrative (Schlechtenachtgeschichte), MaroVerlag, Augsburg, ISBN 3-87512-272-0.
- 2006 Paul and the Beatmashine (Paul und die Beatmaschine), MaroVerlag, Augsburg, ISBN 978-3-87512-278-7.
- 2015 The second Garden (Der zweite Garten), MaroVerlag, Augsburg, ISBN 978-3-87512-471-2.[5]
Short stories and essays
- 2009 Fairport Convention in: Rock Stories: Fifty short stories about music and their significance,[6] Verlag Langen Müller, ISBN 978-3-7844-3195-6
- 2011 Essay in: Rumba with the Rum drunkards (Rumba mit den Rumsäufern), Frank Schäfer, Oktoberverlag Münster, ISBN 978-3-941895-14-0
- 2011 Short stories in: Hyde Park-Memories. A music club of Osnabrück and the history (stories) (Hyde Park-Memories. Ein Osnabrücker Musikclub und seine Geschichte(n)),[7] Harald Keller/Reiner Wolf, Oktoberverlag Münster, ISBN 978-3-941895-16-4
Plays
- 2010 The Grover game (Das Grover Spiel) and Practice room eternity (Proberaum Ewigkeit), MaroVerlag, Augsburg, ISBN 978-3-87512-289-3.
Compact Disc
- Some time from 1984 to 1989 he was singer-songwriter of his own band of musicians that plays popular music and
in 2007 he published a Demo Compact Disc Popmusik: A little file[8] (Eine kleine Feile), which today can probably be attributed to the musical movement Hamburger Schule. - Siebenkäs songs (Siebenkäs-Lieder), based on the novel Siebenkäs, by Jean Paul (Demo, 2 tapes), 1998[9]
Awards
- 1992 Literary award of Lower Rhine
- 1996 Nominated for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize[10]
- 2000 Candide Preis
See also
References
- author Andreas Mand Retrieved 13 December 2011
- Andreas Mand at perlentaucher.de Retrieved 13 December 2011 (German)
- Andreas Mand at lyrikwelt.de Archived 29 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 December 2011 (German)
- Anxiety and the Archive: Constructing Value and Identity in the Pop-Lit Novels Soloalbum and Generation Golf in German Life and Letters, Volume 59, Retrieved 1 October 2016
- The second Garden at the german edition of Rolling Stone, Retrieved 17 April 2016 (German)
- Fairport Convention Retrieved 12 December 2011 (German)
- Hyde Park-Memories Archived 6 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 December 2011 (German)
- CD A little file Archived 30 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 December 2011 (German)
- Siebenkäs songs at Helvetic Archives, Swiss National Library, Retrieved 10 October 2016.
- Ingeborg Bachmann Prize – Nominated authors 1996 (ORF), Retrieved 10 October 2016
External links
- about Andreas Mand at the site of Virtual International Authority File (VIAF)
- Literature by and about Andreas Mand in the German National Library catalogue
- Review of the Grover books at schoenerlesen.de (German)
- Andreas Mand in: NRW Literatur im Netz (in German)