{{short description|German cabaret artist and author (born 1966)}} thumb|Goosen in 2012 '''Frank Goosen''' (born 31 May 1966) is a German cabaret artist and author.
== Biography == Goosen was born on 31 May 1966 in Bochum, West Germany. He went the Ruhr University Bochum majoring in history, German studies and political science graduating in 1992 with a Magister degree.
Afterward, he founded the stand up-comedy team ''Tresenlesen'' with Jochen Malmsheimer. They won the Prix Pantheon, a German cabaret award, in 1997<ref>[http://www.pantheon.de/prix/prix_alt.htm#1996 Prix Pantheon list of winners 1995-1998] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100429060208/http://www.pantheon.de/prix/prix_alt.htm#1996 |date=2010-04-29 }} Official website. Retrieved April 27, 2010 {{in lang|de}}</ref> but later parted ways.
Since then, Goosen has worked as an author, writing novels that take place in the Ruhr area during the Cold War. His most popular novel, ''liegen lernen'', ''Learning to Lie'', is a story about a young man in the 1980s and 1990s searching for love. It was made into a movie in 2003.<ref>Robert Koehler, [https://www.variety.com/review/VE1117922827.html?categoryid=31&cs=1 "Learning to Lie"] Movie review. ''Variety'' (Jan. 14, 2004) Retrieved April 27, 2010</ref>
On 4 October 2010 Goosen was voted into the supervisory board of the VfL Bochum. Since 20 December 2010 Goosen serves as vice-chairman of the supervisory board.
==Works== * {{cite book | last=Goosen | first=Frank | publisher=Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch | title=Liegen lernen Roman | publication-place=Köln | date=2015 | isbn=978-3-462-04818-6 | oclc=909790046 | language=de}}
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== External links == * [https://www.frankgoosen.de/ Official homepage] {{in lang|de}} * [https://www.liegenlernen.de/ Official movie website] {{in lang|de}} * [http://www.nrw-literatur-im-netz.de/datenbank/autoren/586-goosen-frank.html Frank Goosen]{{Dead link|date=April 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} in: NRW Literatur im Netz {{in lang|de}}
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