Andreas Mand

• Name — Andreas Mand • Born — 14 December 1959 • Birthplace — Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany • Occupation — Novelist, playwright, short story writer, essayist, • Language — German • Education — Magister in Media Studies • Alma Mater — University of Osnabrück • Period — 1982–present • Genre — Novels, short stories, essays, rock music (lyrics), plays, • Subject — Personal life • Movement — contemporary literature • Notable Works — Child of father (Vaterkind),. • Awards — Candide Preis

Andreas Mand was born in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany as the son of a parson. After elementary school he attended the Fichte- Gymnasium Krefeld. Then he studied at the University of Osnabrück and attained the Magister degree in Media Studies. Later he lived for a while in Berlin and Duisburg. Several years he has been working as a stay at home father, and only wrote in his leisure, while his wife works outside of the home. Sometimes, the role of stay-at-home dad was difficult for him, because in Germany, this practice is less common. Mand is working and living in Minden, North Rhine-Westphalia.

• 1982 Walks away. A school article (Haut ab. Ein Schulaufatz), Nemo Press, Hamburg, • 1984 Internal unrests (Innere Unruhen), Kellner-Verlag, Hamburg,. • 1990 Grovers invention (Grovers Erfindung), List-Taschenbuchverlag, Munich,. • 1992 The dream of the Konditor (Der Traum des Konditors), Unabhängige Verlagsbuchhandlung, Berlin,. • 1993 Grover at the lake (Grover am See), 2. Aufl. MaroVerlag, Augsburg,. • 1994 Peng, Edition Solitude, Stuttgart,. • 1994 The red ship, (Das rote Schiff), MaroVerlag, Augsburg,. • 1996 Small Town heroes, (Kleinstadthelden), Ammann Verlag, Zurich,. • 1998 Cataloguing of childhood memories: The great Groverbook, (Das Große Grover Buch), Ammann Verlag, Zurich,. • 2001 Child of father (Vaterkind), Residenz-Verlag, Salzburg,. • 2004 Bad night-narrative (Schlechtenachtgeschichte), MaroVerlag, Augsburg,. • 2006 Paul and the Beatmashine (Paul und die Beatmaschine), MaroVerlag, Augsburg,. • 2015 The second Garden (Der zweite Garten), MaroVerlag, Augsburg,.

• 2009 Fairport Convention in: Rock Stories: Fifty short stories about music and their significance, Verlag Langen Müller, • 2011 Essay in: Rumba with the Rum drunkards (Rumba mit den Rumsäufern), Frank Schäfer, Oktoberverlag Münster, • 2011 Short stories in: Hyde Park-Memories. A music club of Osnabrück and the history (stories) (Hyde Park-Memories. Ein Osnabrücker Musikclub und seine Geschichte(n)), Harald Keller/Reiner Wolf, Oktoberverlag Münster,

• 2010 The Grover game (Das Grover Spiel) and Practice room eternity (Proberaum Ewigkeit), MaroVerlag, Augsburg,.

• Some time from 1984 to 1989 he was singer-songwriter of his own band of musicians that plays popular music and in 2007 he published a Demo Compact Disc Popmusik: A little file (Eine kleine Feile), which today can probably be attributed to the musical movement Hamburger Schule. • Siebenkäs songs (Siebenkäs-Lieder), based on the novel Siebenkäs, by Jean Paul (Demo, 2 tapes), 1998