Martin Mosebach

Martin Mosebach (born 1951), has published novels, stories, and collections of poems, written scripts for several films, opera libretti, theatre and radio plays.

The German Academy for Language and Literature praised him for "combining stylistic splendour with original storytelling that demonstrates a humorous awareness of history."

Among his works translated into English is The Heresy of Formlessness, a collection of essays on the liturgy and its recent reform told from the perspective of a literary writer. It has been published in the United States by Ignatius Press.

The book argues for a return to the Tridentine Rite of the Mass, the form of the Roman Rite before the Second Vatican Council, the use of which, in accordance with the Roman Missal of 1962, is authorized, under certain conditions, by the 2007 motu proprio Summorum Pontificum.

Other works include The Turkish Woman, "The Tremor," "The Long Night" and "Prince of Mist," in which the author examines the motives behind man's eternal search for a meaning.

Awards

Martin Mosebach was awarded the Kleist Prize in 2002. In 2007, he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize.

Publications

The following is a partial list of publications written by Mosebach:

Novels

• 1983: Das Bett (The Bed)
• 1985: Ruppertshain
• 1992: Westend
• 1999: Die Türkin (The Turkish Woman)
• 2000: Eine lange Nacht (A Long Night)
• 2001: Der Nebelfürst (Prince of the Mist)
• 2005: Das Beben (The Tremor)
• 2007: Der Mond und das Mädchen (The Moon and the Maiden)
• 2010: Was davor geschah (What Happened Before)

Short story collections

• 1995 Das Kissenbuch : Gedichte und Zeichnungen
• 1995 Stilleben mit wildem Tier: Erzählungen
• 1996 Das Grab Der Pulcinellen: Erzählungen, Pasticci, Phantasien
• 1997 Die Schöne Gewohnheit zu Leben: eine italienische Reise
• 2008 Stadt der wilden Hunde: Nachrichten aus dem alltäglichen Indien

Essays

• 2002 Häresie der Formlosigkeit : die römische Liturgie und ihr Feind (The Heresy of Formlessness)
• 2002 Mein Frankfurt
• 2006 Schöne Literatur: Essays

External links

• Martin Mosebach in the German National Library catalogue (German)
• Mosebach Winner of Büchnerpreis

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