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Uwe Tellkamp

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Uwe Tellkamp

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1968-10-28 (Dresden, East Germany)
国籍
German
言語
German

経歴

職業
Novelist, Physician
活動期間
1996年〜

受賞歴

German Book Prize
2008
対象作品: Der Turm (The Tower)
主催: Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Der Hecht, die Träume und das Portugiesische Café

2000年 Novel

An early collection containing novellas and prose pieces focusing on dreams, memory, and fragments of urban life.

memorydreamsurban life

Der Eisvogel

2005年 Novel

A novel weaving personal and social observation with detailed character and landscape descriptions.

individual and societymemory

Der Turm (The Tower)

2008年 Historical novel / Social novel

A sweeping novel depicting life in 1980s East Germany (GDR), addressing family and neighborhood relations, bureaucracy, and everyday surveillance.

East Germanyfamilysurveillancepolitics and everyday life

Reise zur Blauen Stadt

2009年 Travel writing / Essay

An essayistic work exploring regional history and culture through travel and landscapes.

travellandscapeculture

Die Schwebebahn: Dresdner Erkundungen

2012年 Non-fiction / Essays

An essay collection centered on Dresden, including cityscapes, history, and personal recollections.

cityhistorypersonal recollection

全著作

  • Der Hecht, die Träume und das Portugiesische Café (2000)
  • Der Eisvogel (2005)
  • Der Turm (2008)
  • Reise zur Blauen Stadt (2009)
  • Die Schwebebahn: Dresdner Erkundungen (2012)

作風・主題

文体
detailed realist descriptionepic narratives that weave social and historical contexts
頻出モチーフ
memory and revisiting the pasteveryday surveillance and bureaucracyfamily and neighborhood relationships

評価・遺産

Recognized for in-depth portrayals of everyday life and the regime in East Germany; gained international attention after winning the 2008 German Book Prize. Some political statements have generated controversy.

引用

  • "Most [refugees] are not trying to escape war and persecution but come [to Germany] to migrate into the social support system, more than 95%."
    出典: Statement reported in 2018 ahead of the Leipzig Book Fair (press coverage) (2018年)

豆知識

  • Was once conscripted into the National People's Army (NVA) as a tank crewman and was imprisoned in October 1989 for refusing orders to break up a demonstration.
  • Worked as a practicing physician until 2004.