Biografia
Ingo Niermann, born 1969 in Bielefeld, is a novelist, writer, and artist. Niermann studied Philosophy in Berlin and had his literary debut in 2001 with the novel Der Effekt. In 2003 Minusvisionen was published, a chronicle of company foundations, followed in 2006 by Umbauland. The latter contains ten “provoking” suggestions for radical reforms in Germany. In 2010 Deutscher Sohn (together with Alexander Wallasch) was published, a much discussed novel about a German soldier who was seriously injured during an attack in Afghanistan. Niermann furthermore contributes to the Süddeutschen Zeitung and the Frankfurter Allgemeinen Sonntagszeitung, as well as selected magazines. In 2004 he curated the exhibition Atomkrieg at the Kunsthaus Dresden together with Antje Majewski. In 2007 he began to realize the Great Pyramid, a project he had already described in his book Umbauland. He resumed the idea of the pyramid’s construction in a slightly changed form in the documentary movie The Future of Art (2010), produced by Erik Niedling.
Works:
Der Effekt, Berlin Verlag 2001
Minusvisionen, Suhrkamp Verlag 2003
Umbauland, Suhrkamp Verlag 2006
Metan (with Christian Kracht), Rogner & Bernhard 2007
Breites Wissen. Die seltsame Welt der Drogen und ihrer Nutzer (with Adriano Sack), Eichborn Verlag 2007
Ich allein, SuKuLTuR, 2008 (Schöner Lesen Nr. 74)
China ruft dich, Rogner & Bernhard 2008
Solution 9. The Great Pyramid (edited by Jens Thiel), Sternberg Press 2008
Deutscher Sohn (with Alexander Wallasch), Blumenbar Verlag 2010
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