Stephan Reimertz

Stephan Reimertz (born 4 March 1962 in Aachen, Germany) is an art historian and novelist. He lives in Paris.

Life

Reimertz received a doctorate in art history and travelled extensively for many years. Besides working in media and commerce, he taught at Juniata College in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania and was a research fellow at Washington University in St. Louis. He is the grandnephew of Nikolaus Groß.

Works

Reimertz wrote widely read novels and biographies as well as a cultural history of tea. In 2001, he authored ’Papiergewicht’ (“Paper Weight”), a novel on the social changes of the early Seventies, set in a German upper-class family. The novel features the 1971 New York fight between Muhammad Ali and Joe Frazier, the so-called Fight of the Century.

Selected Bibliography

Novels

* "Eine Liebe im Porträt". Rowohlt, Reinbek 1996. ISBN 3-499-22768-1
* "Papiergewicht". Luchterhand, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-630-87086-4

Non Fiction

* "Max Beckmann", (rororo-Monographie). Rowohlt, Reinbek 1995. ISBN 3-499-50558-4
* "Vom Genuß des Tees. Eine heitere Reise durch alte Landschaften, ehrwürdige Traditionen und moderne Verhältnisse, inklusive einer kleinen Teeschule". Gustav Kiepenheuer, Leipzig 1998, ISBN 3-378-01023-1
* "Woody Allen. Eine Biographie". Rowohlt, Reinbek 2000, ISBN 3-499-61145-7
* "Max Beckmann. Biographie". Luchterhand, Munich 2003. ISBN 3630880061
* "Woody Allen" (rororo-Monographie). Rowohlt, Reinbek 2005, ISBN 3-499-50410-3

External links

* [http://www.randomhouse.de/author/author.jsp?per=74437 Random House Site on Stephan Reimertz]
* [http://www.lyrikwelt.de/autoren/reimertz.htm Lyricswelt Encyclopedia Entry]