Martin Mosebach
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Martin Mosebach 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.
in 2002. In 2007, he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize
.
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
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
by Ignatius Press
Ignatius Press
Ignatius Press, named for Ignatius Loyola, founder of the Jesuit Order, is a Catholic publishing house based in San Francisco, California, USA. It was founded in 1978 by Father Joseph Fessio SJ, a Jesuit priest and former pupil of Pope Benedict XVI...
.
The book argues for a return to the Tridentine Rite of the Mass, the form of the Roman Rite
Roman Rite
The Roman Rite is the liturgical rite used in the Diocese of Rome in the Catholic Church. It is by far the most widespread of the Latin liturgical rites used within the Western or Latin autonomous particular Church, the particular Church that itself is also called the Latin Rite, and that is one of...
before the Second Vatican Council
Second Vatican Council
The Second Vatican Council addressed relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the modern world. It was the twenty-first Ecumenical Council of the Catholic Church and the second to be held at St. Peter's Basilica in the Vatican. It opened under Pope John XXIII on 11 October 1962 and closed...
, the use of which, in accordance with the Roman Missal
Roman Missal
The Roman Missal is the liturgical book that contains the texts and rubrics for the celebration of the Mass in the Roman Rite of the Catholic Church.-Situation before the Council of Trent:...
of 1962, is authorized, under certain conditions, by the 2007 motu proprio Summorum Pontificum
Summorum Pontificum
Summorum Pontificum is an Apostolic Letter of Pope Benedict XVI, issued "motu proprio" . The document specified the rules, for the Latin Rite of the Catholic Church, for celebrating Mass according to the "Missal promulgated by John XXIII in 1962" , and for administering most of the sacraments in...
.
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 PrizeKleist Prize
The Kleist Prize is an annual German literature prize. The prize was first awarded in 1912, on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the death of Heinrich von Kleist. The Kleist Prize was the most important literary award of the Weimar Republic, but was discontinued in 1933.In 1985 the prize...
in 2002. In 2007, he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize
Georg Büchner Prize
The Georg Büchner Prize is the most important literary prize of Germany. It was created in 1923 in memory of Georg Büchner and was only given to artists who came from or were closely tied to Büchner's home of Hesse...
.
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