Marc-Uwe Kling


Marc-Uwe Kling is a German songwriter, author, and Kabarett artist. He studied philosophy and drama at Freie Universität Berlin.
Since 2003, Kling regularly performs on various stages in Berlin. Frequently, he performs at literary and Kabarett events as well as poetry slams. In 2004, he founded a serial public literary event called Lesedüne. Since 2005, Kling tours with his program Wenn alle Stricke reißen, kann man sich nicht mal mehr aufhängen, which is also the title of his first album. Every first Tuesday of the month, he organizes and hosts the Kreuzberg Slam in the Lido location, and every first Wednesday the Poetry Slam of Studentisches Kulturzentrum in Potsdam.
Kling hosts the weekly podcast Neues vom Känguru for Fritz, a Potsdam-based radio station, which deals with the same theme as his book Die Känguru-Chroniken : A "phlegmatic anarchist" who lives with a talking, "pragmatically communist" kangaroo as his roommate.
In 2017, Kling published a comedic dystopian novel titled QualityLand.
In March 2019, HBO announced that they would create a series based on the book, directed by Mike Judge.
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Publications

Books

''[The Kangaroo Chronicles]'' (German: ''Die Känguru-Chroniken'')

  • , 272 pp
  • , 304 pp
  • , 400 pp
  • , 208 pp
  • , 976 pp
  • , 1184 pp
    ''Die Känguru-Comics''
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''QualityLand''

  • ''QualityLand'' Comics
  • , with Zachary Tallent
  • , 176 pp, with Zachary Tallen

Children's books

  • illustrations by Astrid Henn, 36 pp
  • illustrations by Astrid Henn, 48 pp
  • illustrations by Astrid Henn, 54 pp
    ''Der Tag, an dem...'' series
  • illustrations by Astrid Henn.
  • illustrations by Astrid Henn.
  • illustrations by Astrid Henn.
  • illustrations by Astrid Henn.

Calendars

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Anthologies (selection)

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Audio (selection)

''Die Känguru-Chroniken''

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''QualityLand''

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Children's books

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Others

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Games

''Die Känguru-Chroniken''

Halt mal kurz!, card game, Kosmos 2016, EAN 4002051740382.Game of Quotes, card game, Kosmos 2017, EAN 4002051692926.More Game of Quotes card game, Kosmos-Verlag 2019.EXIT. Das Spiel: Die Känguru-Eskapaden, Kosmos 2019, EAN 4002051695071.Die Würfel-WG, Gesellschaftsspiel, Kosmos 2019, EAN 4002051693176.Voll auf die 18, card game, Pegasus Spiele 2022, EAN 4250231734366.

Others

Quiztopia, board games, Kosmos 2019, EAN 4002051694296.Das NEINhorn, card game, Kosmos 2021, EAN 4002051680848.Abrakadabrien, card game, Kosmos 2022.

Filmography

  • 2020: The Kangaroo Chronicles, German: Die Känguru-Chroniken, writer
  • 2022: , German: Die Känguru-Verschwörung, writer and director

Awards (selection)

2006
  • Bielefelder Kabarettpreis 1. Preis
  • Grazer Kleinkunstvogel
  • Winner of the German National Poetry Slam competition
  • Münchner Kabarett Kaktus
2007
  • Der Rostocker Koggenzieher in Gold
  • Silberner Stuttgarter Besen
  • Gewinner der deutschsprachigen Poetry-Slam-Meisterschaften
  • Fohlen von Niedersachsen
2010
2011
  • Bayerischer Kabarettpreis Senkrechtstarter-Preis
2012
  • Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis in the Kleinkunst division
2013
2018
  • Hörbuch-Award: QualityLand
  • Hörbuch-Award: Die Känguru-Chroniken
  • Hörbuch-Award: Das Känguru-Manifest
  • Hörbuch-Award: Die Känguru-Offenbarung
  • Hörbuch-Award: Die Känguru-Apokryphen
  • Deutscher Science Fiction Preis for QualityLand
2021
  • Jonathan-Swift-Preis