Peter Klusen
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Peter Klusen is a German writer, translator and cartoonist
Cartoonist
A cartoonist is a person who specializes in drawing cartoons. This work is usually humorous, mainly created for entertainment, political commentary or advertising...

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Life and work

Peter Klusen was born in Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach
Mönchengladbach , formerly known as Münchengladbach, is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located west of the Rhine half way between Düsseldorf and the Dutch border....

. He is a German writer and cartoonist. After studying at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz and RWTH Aachen University (German language, journalism
Journalism
Journalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...

 and social science) he worked as a teacher at FernUniversität Hagen
FernUniversität Hagen
The University of Hagen, is the largest and the only state-run distance teaching university in Germany. The Headquarters are located in Hagen, Germany....

, the only state funded distance education university in Germany, and Mönchengladbach Franz-Meyers
Franz Meyers
Franz Meyers was a German politician and Minister-President of North Rhine-Westphalia . He was born and died in Mönchengladbach.- External links :...

 High School.

Up from 1980 he started writing plays
Play (theatre)
A play is a form of literature written by a playwright, usually consisting of scripted dialogue between characters, intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. There are rare dramatists, notably George Bernard Shaw, who have had little preference whether their plays were performed...

 for children and teenagers. His subjects are often the problems of outsiders and peer pressure
Peer pressure
Peer pressure refers to the influence exerted by a peer group in encouraging a person to change his or her attitudes, values, or behavior in order to conform to group norms. Social groups affected include membership groups, when the individual is "formally" a member , or a social clique...

 as well as the formation and effects of prejudice
Prejudice
Prejudice is making a judgment or assumption about someone or something before having enough knowledge to be able to do so with guaranteed accuracy, or "judging a book by its cover"...

. But Klusen has also written enchanting fairy-tale plays, poems, narrations, crime stories and revised versions of classical children's literature.

Peter Klusen was a permanent co-worker of the German annual Muschelhaufen
Muschelhaufen
Muschelhaufen is a German annual, originally combining literature and graphic arts. It was founded by Erik Martin from Viersen in 1969 and published - with an interruption of 11 years - until 2008, when the last issue came out Muschelhaufen (heap of shells) is a German annual, originally...

(edited by Erik Martin
Erik Martin
Erik Martin is a German writer, songwriter and composer of songs. He is the founder and editor of the literature and art magazine Muschelhaufen.-Life and work:...

) from 1994 - 2008. In 1998 he was awarded the Bad Wildbad Prize of Children's Literature and in 2007 the F&F Prize of Literature (Frankfurt/M.).

Klusen translated Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Samuel Langhorne Clemens , better known by his pen name Mark Twain, was an American author and humorist...

's novel The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper
The Prince and the Pauper is an English-language novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada before its 1882 publication in the United States. The book represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction...

(Prinz und Bettelknabe, 1996) and also made it into a play that was first performed at the Schauspielhaus Bochum
Schauspielhaus Bochum
The Schauspielhaus Bochum is one of the largest and most notable theatres in Germany. It is located in the city of Bochum....

 (Theater unter Tage) in 2003. His cartoons are found in journals, calendars and the German satirical magazine Eulenspiegel.

Peter Klusen is married and lives in Viersen
Viersen
Viersen is the capital of the district of Viersen, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany.-Geography:Viersen is situated approximately 8 km north-west of Mönchengladbach, 15 km south-west of Krefeld and 20 km east of Venlo ....

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Poems, Narrations, Crime stories and Novels

  • Riesenfrieder, Kuchenkrümel und der große Bär. Die Geschichte von einem, der auszog das Fürchten zu verlernen. 1991, ISBN 3-926525-09-6
  • Gullivers Reisen. (Gulliver's Travels
    Gulliver's Travels
    Travels into Several Remote Nations of the World, in Four Parts. By Lemuel Gulliver, First a Surgeon, and then a Captain of Several Ships, better known simply as Gulliver's Travels , is a novel by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift that is both a satire on human nature and a parody of...

    ). Translation. 1993, ISBN 3-401-04474-5
  • lichterloh im siebten himmel. Poems. 1994, ISBN 3-922690-51-3
  • Die wunderbare Reise des kleinen Nils Holgersson mit den Wildgänsen. (The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
    The Wonderful Adventures of Nils
    The Wonderful Adventures of Nils is a work of fiction by the Swedish author Selma Lagerlöf. It was published in two books, The Wonderful Adventures of Nils in 1906 and Further Adventures of Nils in 1907...

    ). Translation. 1994, ISBN 3-401-04496-6
  • Nußknacker und Mausekönig (The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
    The Nutcracker and the Mouse King
    The Nutcracker and the Mouse King is a story written in 1816 by E. T. A. Hoffmann in which young Marie Stahlbaum's favorite Christmas toy, the Nutcracker, comes alive and, after defeating the evil Mouse King in battle, whisks her away to a magical kingdom populated by dolls...

    ). Neubearbeitung. 1995, ISBN 3-401-04431-1
  • Rettet dem Lehrer. Cartoons. (Editor). 1996, ISBN 3-87038-282-1
  • Prinz und Bettelknabe. (The Prince and the Pauper.) Translation. 1996, ISBN 3-401-04629-2
  • Märchen aus 1001 Nacht. (One Thousand and One Nights.) Nacherzählungen ausgewählter Geschichten. 1999, ISBN 3-401-04941-0
  • Der Tod kostet mehr als das Leben. Crime stories. 2004, ISBN 3-88081-538-0
  • augenzwinkernd. eine lyrische kammersinfonie in drei sätzen. Poems. 2008, ISBN 978-3-88081-505-6
  • Der lächerliche Ernst des Lebens. Novel. 2010, ISBN 978-3-88081-518-6

Plays

  • Das Wunderelixier. Ein Schulmärchen. 1984, ISBN 3-7695-1510-2
  • Die chinesischen Gartenzwerge. Eine Farce voller Vorurteile. 1984, ISBN 3-7695-0586-7
  • Die computergesteuerte Regenmaschine. Eine turbulente Gangsterjagd. 1986, ISBN 3-7695-0599-9
  • Riesenfrieder, Kuchenkrümel und der große Bär. 1987, ISBN 3-7695-0332-5
  • Das Fest der Frösche. Ein gewagtes Spiel mit Musik. 1993, ISBN 3-7695-0326-0
  • Desperado oder Jeder ist seines Glückes Schmied. Deutscher Theaterverlag. Weinheim 1993, ISBN 3-7695-0326-0
  • Klapsmühle. Sketche. 1998, ISBN 3-89778-704-0
  • Das Zauberkissen. Märchenspiel. 2002, ISBN 3-7695-1728-8

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