Ralph Hammerthaler

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

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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]

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Opera libretti

Narratives, Essays, Biographies

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References

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  2. "Ralph Hammerthaler is Dresden city writer 2011". dresden. de. Landeshauptstadt Dresden. 3 February 2011. Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  3. "City Writer to Rheinsberg" (PDF). Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  4. "Hammerthaler introduces himself in Split" . Retrieved 11 February 2021.
  5. Meike Fessmann (2018-09-02). Wie man lernt, mit Kobolden zu kämpfen. ISSN   0174-4917 . Retrieved 11 February 2021.{{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
  6. "Ralph Hammerthaler - Autorenlexikon - Literaturport.de" . Retrieved 11 February 2021.