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. 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. In 2001 he published his first novel, Berlin Blues (original title Herr Lehmann), achieving great success with sales of around one million copies. 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. 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.
References
http://www.randomhouse.ca/author/results.pperl?authorid=48827
Bands
- Zatopek
- Toten Piloten
- Neue Liebe
- Element of Crime
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
