Kai Twilfer
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Kai Henrik Twilfer (b. 1976 in Gelsenkirchen) is a German merchant and author.
Personal history
Kai Twilfer studied economics in Bochum. While a student, he founded a production company for für advertising movies. Apart from that, he worked at Westdeutscher Rundfunk in Cologne. In 2002 he founded a wholesale company for regional gift merchandise from the Ruhr region. He is the managing director of the Industriekult-Verlags GmbH.[1]
Career
In February 2013, he published his first book entitled Schantall, tu ma die Omma winken! (Schantall, go ahead and wave at Grandma) through Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, which became a bestseller. In this book, using satire, he describes the experiences of a social worker named Jochen (given name), concerning the fictitious lower class family “Pröllmann”. His attempts to establish education fail spectacularly. The book was an online book report number one seller during 2013.[2]
Publications
- Together with Susanne Granas (Illustrator): Schantall, tu ma die Omma winken! Aus dem Alltag eines unerschrockenen Sozialarbeiters. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-86265-219-8. Translated title: “Schantall, go ahead and wave at Grandma! The latest news from the everyday life of a fearless social worker“
- 111 Gründe, den Ruhrpott zu lieben. Eine Liebeserklärung an die großartigste Region der Welt. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-89602-973-7. Translated title: “111 Reasons to love the Ruhr region”
- Schantall, tu ma die Omma Prost sagen! Neues aus dem Alltag des unerschrockenen Sozialarbeiters. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86265-382-9. Translated title: “Schantall, go ahead and tell Grandma Cheers! The latest news from the everyday life of a fearless social worker”
- As an audio book: Schantall, tu ma die Omma Prost sagen! Neues aus dem Alltag des unerschrockenen Sozialarbeiters. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-86265-383-6.
- Schantall, tu ma die Omma Tschüss rufen! Unglaubliches aus dem Alltag des unerschrockenen Sozialarbeiters. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2016, ISBN 978-3-86265-570-0. Translated title: “Schantall, go ahead and wave Grandma good-bye! The latest news from the everyday life of a fearless social worker”
- Finn-Luca, komm bei Fuß! Der verrückte Familienhorror von nebenan. Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2016, ISBN 978-3-596-03217-4. Translated title: “Finn-Luca, heel! The crazy family-horror next door”.
- Ich hab keine Macken! Das sind Special Effects. Bastei Lübbe, Köln 2017, ISBN 978-3-404-60957-4. Translated title: “I don’t have any faults! These are special effects”.
See also
References
- ^ "Industriekult" (in German).
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External links
- Literature by and about Kai Twilfer in the German National Library catalogue
- Kai Twilfer’s homepage
- Antonia Lange: Kai Twilfter and his second part of “Ruhr-region-Schantall“. In: Berliner Morgenpost dated 26 September 2014.
- Schantall, tu ma die Omma winken! at the Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag.
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