Thomas Brussig
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Thomas Brussig (born 1964 in Berlin) is a German writer. After attending the "Heinrich-Hertz" School, he went on to train as a builder. In 1984 he finished school and training, and served in the National "Volksarmee". Brussig found difficulty in wielding a weapon and had a hard time. He worked as a Museum guard, cleaner and Hotelportier among a variety of other odd jobs until the early 90s. In 1990 he studied sociology at a university in Berlin. He changed universities 3 years later to study the art of filmmaking. He graduated in the year 2000. He is now a well-known German author, with 5 successful books under his belt. Thomas Brussig commutes back and forth from Berlin to Mecklenburg as a writer and is married.
[edit] Works
All of Brussig's published novels to date (2004) deal with the German Democratic Republic in a satirical manner:
- Wasserfarben (Watercolors) (1991)
- Helden wie wir (Heroes Like Us) (1995)
- Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee (At the Shorter End of Sonnenallee) (1999)
- Leben bis Männer (Life until the Men's Team) (2001)
- Wie es leuchtet (How It Shines) (2004)
Brussig studied sociology and dramaturgy before turning to writing. During the writing of his first novel, he used Cordt Berneburger as a pseudonym. Two movies of his books have been released, "Helden wie wir" and "Sonnenallee".
[edit] External links
- www.thomasbrussig.de - Homepage of the author.
- ub.fu-berlin.de - Thomas Brussig link collection
- Thomas Brussig at the Internet Movie Database
[edit] Filmography
- 1999: Sonnenallee - Dir. Leander Haußmann (with Detlev Buck, Robert Stadlober, Alexander Beyer)
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