Sven Regener
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Sven Regener became known to a wide audience as a writer with his debut novel Herr Lehmann (2001). Other novels by Regener include Neue Vahr Süd, Der kleiner Bruder and Magical Mystery or die Rückkehr des Karl Schmidt. Regener is also the founder and singer of the successful band "Element of Crime", for which he has written numerous and always original German-language song lyrics. He wrote the screenplay for the film adaptation of Herr Lehmann.
As a guest professor, Regener will be giving a public lecture at the end of May on the topic of "Between depression and addiction to jokes: Humor in Literature". This will be followed by a public reading of his novel Neue Vahr Süd and the seminar "Erzählperspektive bei Herr Lehmann", which is also open to interested parties. The exact dates are yet to be announced.
Image: JCS (Wikimedia Commons; CC-BY-3.0)"As the singer and songwriter of the band 'Element of Crime', Sven Regener has been one of the most inspiring German-language artists for more than 30 years, writing music history not only in Germany with 'Weißes Papier' (1993) and 'Mittelpunkt der Welt' (2005)," said Dr. Stefan Greif, Professor of Modern German Literature at the University of Kassel. "With his Lehmann trilogy, he has also produced his very own, unusually humorous pop-literary treatment of the 'Wende era', which is now also being adapted for the theater stage, in comics and films. Not forgetting his audio book productions and film projects, which make Sven Regener one of the most versatile contemporary authors."
Publication
<link www.etk-muenchen.de/search/Details.aspx Greif, Nils Lehnert, Anna-Carina Meywirth (ed.): Sven Regener. TEXT+KRITIK. Journal for literature. Issue 224 (2019).
