Leif Randt (born 14 October 1983 in Frankfurt am Main) is a German writer.
Life
Randt grew up as the son of a manager and a vocational schoolteacher in Maintal-Höchstadt near Frankfurt. His parents separated when he was 15. He studied creative writing and cultural journalism at the University of Hildesheim. In 2006 he was a finalist at the 14th Open Mikee of the Literaturwerkstatt Berlin, and in 2007 with the “Vli-Mintstroem-Projekt” at the Plopp! Radio Play Award.
He wrote a screenplay under the title Innocence for a Razor film production and performed at the PROSANOVA festival in 2008. In 2009 he won the jury prize of the KulturSPIEGEL competition and in the same year his debut novel Leuchtspielhaus was published by Berlin Verlag. In 2010, Randt won the 1st prize of the MDR Literature Prize and received the Nicolas Born Debut Prize of the Lower Saxony Literature Commission. The award statement states that Randt “presents youth scenes as highly complex dynamic cultural machines that are designed to produce new lifestyle effects again and again.”
Books in order of publication (In English and German):
Leuchtspielhaus. Roman. Berliner Taschenbuch-Verlag, Berlin 2010
Shimmering haze over CobyCounty. Roman. Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2011
Planet Magnon. Roman. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2015
Allegro Pastel. Roman. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2020
Let’s Talk About Feelings. Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Cologne 2025
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