Thomas Brussig is a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 writer

Writer

A writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....

 best known for his satirical novels that deal with the German Democratic Republic.

Life

After attending the "Heinrich-Hertz" School, Brussig went on to train as a builder. In 1984 he finished school and training, and served in the East German National People’s Army (German: Nationale Volksarmee or NVA). Brussig found it difficult to wield a weapon and had a hard time. He worked as a museum guard, cleaner and hotel porter among a variety of other odd jobs until the early 90s. In 1990 he studied sociology at the Free University of Berlin

Free University of Berlin

Freie Universität Berlin is one of the leading and most prestigious research universities in Germany and continental Europe. It distinguishes itself through its modern and international character. It is the largest of the four universities in Berlin. Research at the university is focused on the...

. He changed universities 3 years later to study the art of film-making. He graduated in the year 2000.

Thomas Brussig commutes back and forth from Berlin to Mecklenburg as a writer and is married.

Works

Brussig's first novel, Wasserfarben ("Watercolors") was published in 1991 under the pseudonym

Pseudonym

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 "Cordt Berneburger." In 1995, he published his breakthrough novel, Helden wie wir (Heroes Like Us, FSG 1997), which dealt with the fall of the Berlin Wall. The book was a critical and commercial success and was later turned into a movie. Two movies of his books have been released, "Helden wie wir" and "Sonnenallee

Sonnenallee

Sonnenallee is a 1999 comedy film about life in East Berlin in the late 1970s. The movie was directed by Leander Haußmann. The film was released shortly before the corresponding novel, Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee...

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Filmography

• 1999: Sonnenallee
  Sonnenallee
  Sonnenallee is a 1999 comedy film about life in East Berlin in the late 1970s. The movie was directed by Leander Haußmann. The film was released shortly before the corresponding novel, Am kürzeren Ende der Sonnenallee...
  
  - Dir. Leander Haußmann
  Leander Haußmann
  Leander Haußmann is a German theatre and film director.The son of actor Ezard Haußmann and costume designer Doris Haußmann, he attended the Ernst Busch theatre school in Berlin....
  
   (with Detlev Buck
  Detlev Buck
  Detlev Buck is a German film director and actor.-Life and work:From his first short film at the age of 21 in 1982, Erst die Arbeit und dann?, he has remained one of the most important filmmakers working in Germany...
  
  , Robert Stadlober
  Robert Stadlober
  Robert Stadlober is an Austrian actor and musician. His sister is Anja Stadlober, also an actress.-Biography:Robert Stadlober was born 3 August 1982 in the Austrian province of Carinthia and grew up in Puchfeld in the Steiermark and in Berlin...
  
  , Alexander Beyer
  Alexander Beyer
  Alexander Beyer is a German actor.He was born in Erfurt, East Germany. He has appeared in such films as: Volker Schloendorff's The Legend of Rita , Leander Haussmann's Sun Alley , Johannes Kiefer's Gregor's Greatest Invention , which was nominated for an...
  
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External links

• www.thomasbrussig.de - Homepage of the author.
• ub.fu-berlin.de - Thomas Brussig link collection