In the volume "Internal Investigations," Ralph Schock gathers stories that are dedicated to memories and experiences with revered people, such as Giwi Margwelaschwili. It deals with fathers in uniform, aunts in marriages of convenience, the wisdom of a demented mother, violence and destruction, silk threads in Greece, accidents in Croatia, an improper photo album, succulent friendships, and thoughts from the window. In all these texts, a history of the Federal Republic is simultaneously written. In his own unmistakable way, Ralph Schock always narrates unusually soberly and laconic, sometimes with very subtle humor, about the extraordinary in everyday life.
Ralph Schock was born in Ottweiler in 1952.
1984 dissertation: "Gustav Regler - Literature and Politics (1933 – 1940)". Member of the Writers' Association (VS) since 1978, PEN since 2010. Literature editor at Saarländischer Rundfunk from 1987 to 2017.
Literary, journalistic, and scientific publications. Editor of the book series "Spuren" (11 volumes) and "Abiturreden" (18 volumes). Co-editor of the Gustav Regler complete works edition.
Publications on contemporary German-language literature as well as on Saarland's regional and literary history.
Latest publications as editor "After Kolchis – Fascination Georgia – Travel Impressions" (Verbrecher-Verlag, Berlin 2021). "Edith Aron: "On Roads and Paths – A Reader" (Conte-Verlag,
St. Ingbert 2023) Georg K. Glaser: "The History of Sorrow" (Narrative) Works Vol. 4, ça ira Verlag
(Freiburg/Vienna 2023)
„Coffee Smugglers and Socket Mice - A Childhood in the 1950s“ (Verbrecher-Verlag, Berlin 2017).
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