Andreas Mand

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Andreas Mand
Born (1959-12-14) 14 December 1959 (age 63)
Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
OccupationNovelist, playwright,
short story writer,
essayist,
LanguageGerman
Education Magister in Media Studies
Alma mater University of Osnabrück
Period1982–present
GenreNovels, short stories,
essays, rock music (lyrics), plays,
SubjectPersonal life
Literary movementcontemporary literature
Notable worksChild of father (Vaterkind), ISBN   3-7017-1262-X.
Notable awards Candide Preis

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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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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

Short stories and essays

Plays

Compact Disc

Awards

See also

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References

  1. author Andreas Mand Retrieved 13 December 2011
  2. Andreas Mand at perlentaucher.de Retrieved 13 December 2011 (German)
  3. Andreas Mand at lyrikwelt.de Archived 29 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 December 2011 (German)
  4. 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
  5. The second Garden at the german edition of Rolling Stone, Retrieved 17 April 2016 (German)
  6. Fairport Convention Retrieved 12 December 2011 (German)
  7. Hyde Park-Memories Archived 6 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 December 2011 (German)
  8. CD A little file Archived 30 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 13 December 2011 (German)
  9. Siebenkäs songs at Helvetic Archives, Swiss National Library, Retrieved 10 October 2016.
  10. Ingeborg Bachmann Prize – Nominated authors 1996 (ORF), Retrieved 10 October 2016