Thomas Brussig

Thomas Brussig (born 1965 in Berlin) is a German writer. After having visited 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 viarity of other odd jobs until the early 90's. In 1990 he studied Sociology at a University in Berlin. He changed Universities 3 years later to study the art of Film-making. He graduated in the year of 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.

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" (Living Like Men) (2001)
* "Wie es leuchtet" (How it shines) (2004)

Brussig studied sociology and dramaturgy. He also uses Cordt Berneburger as a pseudonym. Two movies of his books have been released, "Helden wie wir" and "Sonnenallee"

External links

* [http://www.thomasbrussig.de/index2.htm www.thomasbrussig.de] - Homepage of the author.
* [http://www.ub.fu-berlin.de/internetquellen/fachinformation/germanistik/autoren/multi_ab/brussig.html ub.fu-berlin.de] - Thomas Brussig link collection
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Filmography

*1999: "Sonnenallee" - Dir. Leander Haußmann (with Detlev Buck, Robert Stadlober, Alexander Beyer)

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