Stephan Reimertz
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Stephan Reimertz is an art historian and novelist. He lives in Paris
.
. His grandfather was a democratic major and politician from Westphalia. His father was a mining engineer and met his mother, a Baltic German pharmacist from Riga, at RWTH Aachen
. Reimertz was raised at Kronberg, the widow seat of the German empress, where he received an intense artistic training. At junior high, Reimertz co-founded a student magazine to prevent the downgrading of his secondary school
into a comprehensive school
and to go up against the so called Change Through Rapprochement policy of the West-German government. A grantee of the German National Merit Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service
, etc., Reimertz went to college at LMU Munich and graduated with an MA in comparative literature and a doctorate in art history and philosophy from FU Berlin. He taught at Juniata College
in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
, was a Fulbright grantee at University of Texas at Austin
and a research fellow at Washington University in St. Louis. During the German Reunification he was a host and speaker in major broadcasts and contributed to national dailies.
. 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
.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
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Life
Stephan Reimertz, 1962 born writer is the grandnephew of Nikolaus GroßNikolaus Groß
Nikolaus Gross was a German resistance fighter in the time of the Third Reich who was later beatified by Pope John Paul II at St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican City on 7 October 2001.-Life:...
. His grandfather was a democratic major and politician from Westphalia. His father was a mining engineer and met his mother, a Baltic German pharmacist from Riga, at RWTH Aachen
RWTH Aachen
RWTH Aachen University is a research university located in Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany with roughly 33,000 students enrolled in 101 study programs....
. Reimertz was raised at Kronberg, the widow seat of the German empress, where he received an intense artistic training. At junior high, Reimertz co-founded a student magazine to prevent the downgrading of his secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
into a comprehensive school
Comprehensive school
A comprehensive school is a state school that does not select its intake on the basis of academic achievement or aptitude. This is in contrast to the selective school system, where admission is restricted on the basis of a selection criteria. The term is commonly used in relation to the United...
and to go up against the so called Change Through Rapprochement policy of the West-German government. A grantee of the German National Merit Foundation, the German Academic Exchange Service
German Academic Exchange Service
The German Academic Exchange Service or DAAD is the largest German support organisation in the field of international academic co-operation....
, etc., Reimertz went to college at LMU Munich and graduated with an MA in comparative literature and a doctorate in art history and philosophy from FU Berlin. He taught at Juniata College
Juniata College
Juniata College is a private liberal arts college located in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania. It is named after the Juniata River — one of the principal tributaries of the Susquehanna River. In 1876 it became the first college founded by the Church of the Brethren and has been co-educational since...
in Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Huntingdon, Pennsylvania
Huntingdon is a borough in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. It is the county seat of Huntingdon County. It is located along the Juniata River, west of Harrisburg, about halfway between Pittsburgh and Harrisburg, in an agricultural and fruit-growing region, with valuable forests and deposits of...
, was a Fulbright grantee at University of Texas at Austin
University of Texas at Austin
The University of Texas at Austin is a state research university located in Austin, Texas, USA, and is the flagship institution of the The University of Texas System. Founded in 1883, its campus is located approximately from the Texas State Capitol in Austin...
and a research fellow at Washington University in St. Louis. During the German Reunification he was a host and speaker in major broadcasts and contributed to national dailies.
Works
Reimertz wrote widely read novels and biographies as well as a cultural history of teaTea
Tea is an aromatic beverage prepared by adding cured leaves of the Camellia sinensis plant to hot water. The term also refers to the plant itself. After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world...
. 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
Muhammad Ali
Muhammad Ali is an American former professional boxer, philanthropist and social activist...
and Joe Frazier
Joe Frazier
Joseph William "Joe" Frazier , also known as Smokin' Joe, was an Olympic and Undisputed World Heavyweight boxing champion, whose professional career lasted from 1965 to 1976, with a one-fight comeback in 1981....
, the so-called Fight of the Century
Fight of the Century
Fight of the Century was the promotional nickname given to the first boxing match between champion Joe Frazier and challenger Muhammad Ali , held on March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York....
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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