Sven Regener

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Sven Regener, born January 1, 1961 in Bremen, is a German musician and writer living in Berlin. In 1982 he recorded his first LP with the band Zatopek and in 1984 he joined Neue Liebe.^{[citation needed]} In 1985 he founded the Berlin band Element of Crime together with Jakob Friderichs. He writes almost all their lyrics as well as playing trumpet.^{[citation needed]}

In 2001 he published his first novel, Berlin Blues (original title Herr Lehmann), achieving great success with sales of around one million copies.^{[citation needed]} The book is about Frank Lehmann and takes place in autumn 1989 in Berlin. Regener was awarded the Deutscher Filmpreis for the screenplay to the film of the same name.^{[citation needed]}

His second novel, Neue Vahr Süd, was released in 2004 and follows the life of Frank Lehmann while serving in the Bundeswehr in 1980 in Bremen. Regener plans to write a concluding third part which will deal with the time between 1980 and 1989.^{[citation needed]}

[edit] References

http://www.randomhouse.ca/author/results.pperl?authorid=48827

[edit] Bands

• Zatopek
• Toten Piloten
• Neue Liebe
• Element of Crime

[edit] Works

• Herr Lehmann (2001) English translation: Berlin Blues (2003)
• Neue Vahr Süd (2004)
• "Das Element-of-Crime-Weblog" for the German newspaper, Die Zeit (2005)
• Angulus Durus (2006), with Germar Grimsen