Ralph Hammerthaler Explained

Ralph Hammerthaler (born 2 December 1965) is a German writer.

Life

Born in Wasserburg am Inn, Hammerthaler studied in Munich, Berlin and Jena and wrote a dissertation on political public sphere in sociology. After eight years as a writer in the feature section of the Süddeutsche Zeitung, including two years as culture editor in Berlin, he began writing novels, stories and essays as well as plays and opera libretti. His libretto Die Bestmannoper about the Nazi war criminal Alois Brunner was set to music by Alex Nowitz and premiered in 2006 in the presence of Serge and Beate Klarsfeld.[1] His plays have been translated into several languages. He was a guest dramaturge at the Schaubühne am Lehniner Platz and he is Socio Honorario of the Teatro Sombrero Azul in Mexico City. He was city writer in Dresden,[2] Rheinsberg,[3] Prishtina and Split[4] as well as street writers in Oberhausen. His literary work has won many awards. The Süddeutsche Zeitung praised his novel "Unter Komplizen" (Among Accomplices) as a "contemporary artist's novel with an auspicious drive".[5]

Work

Novels

Plays

Opera libretti

Narratives, Essays, Biographies

Publisher

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rap for the Murderer . 11 February 2021.
  2. Web site: Ralph Hammerthaler is Dresden city writer 2011. Landeshauptstadt Dresden . dresden. de . 3 February 2011. 11 February 2021.
  3. Web site: City Writer to Rheinsberg. 11 February 2021.
  4. Web site: Hammerthaler introduces himself in Split . 11 February 2021.
  5. Book: Meike Fessmann . Wie man lernt, mit Kobolden zu kämpfen . sueddeutsche.de . 2018-09-02 . 0174-4917 . 11 February 2021.
  6. Web site: Ralph Hammerthaler - Autorenlexikon - Literaturport.de . 11 February 2021.