Ulrich Karger
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Author
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and teacher of religion at a school for speech disabled children in Berlin
Berlin
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His publications are aimed at children and adults. The complete retelling of Homer
Homer
In the Western classical tradition Homer , is the author of the Iliad and the Odyssey, and is revered as the greatest ancient Greek epic poet. These epics lie at the beginning of the Western canon of literature, and have had an enormous influence on the history of literature.When he lived is...
s Odyssey
Odyssey
The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second—the Iliad being the first—extant work of Western literature...
in prose form in a book for young people, which received acclaim from critics in the complete German linguistic area, is one of his most successful works. This work also forms the basis of the "piece of read-music" Odyssey
Odyssey
The Odyssey is one of two major ancient Greek epic poems attributed to Homer. It is, in part, a sequel to the Iliad, the other work ascribed to Homer. The poem is fundamental to the modern Western canon, and is the second—the Iliad being the first—extant work of Western literature...
1-5-9 that Ulrich Karger developed together with the Berlin
Berlin
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jazz
Jazz
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-composer
Composer
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Gernot Reetz. Beside other several languages is his picture book for children Geisterstunde im Kindergarten being published in English as The Scary Sleepover
The Scary Sleepover
The Scary Sleepover is a children's picture book, written for children between three and six years of age. The story is written by Ulrich Karger and illustrated by Uli Waas.- Plot summary :...
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In addition, for years he has been writing also many book reviews for various daily papers and magazines. He is a member of VS Berlin (writers' association within the German trade union ver.di
Ver.di
-External links:* * on the ver.di homepage...
). He established the freely accessible online review archives Buechernachlese in 1999. Under this have to be called over 1,500 of his book reviews and short indications for fiction and poetry, non-fiction book as well as children's books and literature for young people.
Poetry & Prose
- Zeitlese (poetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
, texts & 14 vignettesVignette (literature)In theatrical script writing, sketch stories, and poetry, a vignette is a short impressionistic scene that focuses on one moment or gives a trenchant impression about a character, an idea, or a setting and sometimes an object...
) 1982 - Gemischte Gefühle (poetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
and short proseProseProse is the most typical form of written language, applying ordinary grammatical structure and natural flow of speech rather than rhythmic structure...
) 1985, ISBN 3-925122-00-1 - Verquer (novelNovelA novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
collageCollageA collage is a work of formal art, primarily in the visual arts, made from an assemblage of different forms, thus creating a new whole....
) 1990, ISBN 3-900959-02-1 - Mitlesebuch Nr.26 (poetryPoetryPoetry is a form of literary art in which language is used for its aesthetic and evocative qualities in addition to, or in lieu of, its apparent meaning...
and short prose) 1997 - KopfSteinPflasterEchos (grotesque stories) 1999, ISBN 3-932325-56-7
- Kindskopf - Eine Heimsuchung (novellaNovellaA novella is a written, fictional, prose narrative usually longer than a novelette but shorter than a novel. The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Nebula Awards for science fiction define the novella as having a word count between 17,500 and 40,000...
and variation on the Book of JonahBook of JonahThe Book of Jonah is a book in the Hebrew Bible. It tells the story of a Hebrew prophet named Jonah ben Amittai who is sent by God to prophesy the destruction of Nineveh but tries to escape the divine mission...
) 2002, ISBN 3-928832-12-3 - Vom Uhrsprung und anderen Merkwürdigkeiten (fairy taleFairy taleA fairy tale is a type of short story that typically features such folkloric characters, such as fairies, goblins, elves, trolls, dwarves, giants or gnomes, and usually magic or enchantments. However, only a small number of the stories refer to fairies...
s and parableParableA parable is a succinct story, in prose or verse, which illustrates one or more instructive principles, or lessons, or a normative principle. It differs from a fable in that fables use animals, plants, inanimate objects, and forces of nature as characters, while parables generally feature human...
s) 2010, ISBN 978-3-8391-6942-1
Children's Book
- Familie Habakuk und die Ordumok-Gesellschaft (children's book) 1993, ISBN 3-414-83534-7
- Dicke Luft in Halbundhalb (children's book) 1994, ISBN 3-414-83602-5, paperback new edition 2011 ISBN 978-3-8391-6460-0
- Homer: Die Odyssee (retelling) 1996, ISBN 3-429-01809-9, paperback new edition 2004, ISBN 3-12-262460-5
- Geisterstunde im Kindergarten (picture bookPicture bookA picture book combines visual and verbal narratives in a book format, most often aimed at young children. The images in picture books use a range of media such as oil paints, acrylics, watercolor and pencil.Two of the earliest books with something like the format picture books still retain now...
) 2002, ISBN 3-314-01151-2
- translated from the German
- English by J. Alison James: The Scary SleepoverThe Scary SleepoverThe Scary Sleepover is a children's picture book, written for children between three and six years of age. The story is written by Ulrich Karger and illustrated by Uli Waas.- Plot summary :...
, 2002 ISBN 0-7358-1712-X - Dutch by Sander Hendriks: Spoken in de speelzaal, 2002 ISBN 90-5579-684-0
- French by Anne Ruck-Sultan: Halloween à l'école, 2002 ISBN 3-314-21536-3
- Italian by Alessandra Valtieri: Halloween all'asilo, 2002 ISBN 88-8203-504-2
- Slovenian by Andreja Sabati-Suster: Ples duhov v otroškem vrtcu, 2002 ISBN 86-7823-284-6
External links
- Homepage with bibliography, parts of his texts and book reviews
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