WRITER

Ingo Schulze

1962 - Today

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Ingo Schulze (born 15 December 1962) is a German writer born in Dresden in former East Germany. He studied classical philology at the University of Jena for five years, and, until German reunification, was an assistant director (dramatic arts advisor) at the State Theatre in Altenburg 45 km south of Leipzig for two years. After sleeping through the events of the night of 9 November 1989, Schulze started a newspaper with friends. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Ingo Schulze has received more than 55,729 page views. His biography is available in 18 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 17 in 2019). Ingo Schulze is the 6,613th most popular writer (down from 6,102nd in 2019), the 5,843rd most popular biography from Germany (down from 5,198th in 2019) and the 363rd most popular German Writer.

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  • 18

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 2.80

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  • 3.12

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Notable Works

Neue Leben
German fiction, OUR Brockhaus selection
Handy: dreizehn Geschichten in alter Manier
German fiction, OUR Brockhaus selection
33 Augenblicke DES Glucks
1997
33 Moments of Happiness
Short Stories, Fiction, Short stories
An intriguing, fabulously bizarre debut collection of short stories by prize-winning German writer Ingo Schulze, author of Simple Stories.These thirty-three macabre, often comical short pieces revolve around moments of odd bliss--moments seized by characters who have found ways to conquer the bleakness of everyday life in the chaotic world of post-communist Russia. Peopled by Mafia gunmen, desperate young prostitutes, bewildered foreign businessmen, and even a trio of hungry devils, the stories are by turns tragic and bleakly funny. From a sly retelling of the legend of St. Nicholas featuring a rich American named Nick, to a lavish gourmet feast in which the young female cook ends up as the main dish, these stories are above all playful and even surreal--and many of them are masterful tributes to Russian writers from Gogol to Nabokov.Translated by John E. Woods.From the Trade Paperback edition.
1998
Simple Storys
Fiction, Social life and customs, Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
1998
33 Momentos De Felicidad
2002
Die rechtschaffenen Mörder
2021
Neue Leben
Fiction, general, Germany, fiction, Fiction
2005
Simple Storys
Fiction, Social life and customs, Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany, 1961-1989
1998
33 Moments of Happiness
Short Stories, Fiction, Short stories
An intriguing, fabulously bizarre debut collection of short stories by prize-winning German writer Ingo Schulze, author of Simple Stories.These thirty-three macabre, often comical short pieces revolve around moments of odd bliss--moments seized by characters who have found ways to conquer the bleakness of everyday life in the chaotic world of post-communist Russia. Peopled by Mafia gunmen, desperate young prostitutes, bewildered foreign businessmen, and even a trio of hungry devils, the stories are by turns tragic and bleakly funny. From a sly retelling of the legend of St. Nicholas featuring a rich American named Nick, to a lavish gourmet feast in which the young female cook ends up as the main dish, these stories are above all playful and even surreal--and many of them are masterful tributes to Russian writers from Gogol to Nabokov.Translated by John E. Woods.From the Trade Paperback edition.
1998
33 Augenblicke des Glücks
Social life and customs, Fiction, Translations into Russian
1995
Simple Stories
Germany, fiction, Fiction, general
2001

Among WRITERS

Among writers, Ingo Schulze ranks 6,613 out of 7,302. Before him are Paolo Bacigalupi, Ann C. Crispin, Dulce Chacón, Nat Hentoff, John Patrick Shanley, and Alan Dundes. After him are Parveen Shakir, Melissa Rosenberg, Nagaru Tanigawa, Ananda Devi, Sui Ishida, and Philip Freneau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1962, Ingo Schulze ranks 605. Before him are Kevin Eastman, Mustapha Moussa, Cheri Oteri, Jaya Prada, Boris McGiver, and Thomas Hylland Eriksen. After him are Viorica Ioja, Melissa Rosenberg, Wilbert Suvrijn, Galina Malchugina, Beatie Edney, and Masanao Sasaki.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Ingo Schulze ranks 5,843 out of 7,253. Before him are Günter Haritz (1948), Diana Gansky (1963), Kurt Dossin (1913), Michael Bartels (1968), René Müller (1959), and Christine Laser (1951). After him are Erik Durm (1992), Roland Brückner (1955), Erhard Wunderlich (1956), Gentleman (1975), Curro Torres (1976), and Sabine Braun (1965).

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Among WRITERS In Germany

Among writers born in Germany, Ingo Schulze ranks 363. Before him are Jenny Erpenbeck (1967), Denis Johnson (1949), Ralf Rothmann (1953), Sibylle Lewitscharoff (1954), Nele Neuhaus (1967), and Judith Hermann (1970). After him are Thomas Brussig (1964), Marius von Mayenburg (1972), Albrecht Behmel (1971), Juli Zeh (1974), Sibylle Berg (1968), and Durs Grünbein (1962).

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