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Andrea Maria Schenkel

アンドレア・マリア・シェンケル

Andorea Maria Shenkeru

Profile

Gender
Female
Born
1962-03-21 (Regensburg)
Nationality
Germany
Languages
German
Residence History
near Regensburg

Career

Occupations
novelist, crime fiction writer
Active Years
2006-2024

Awards

Corine Literature Prize
2007
Work: Tannöd
Result: 受賞
Deutscher Krimi Preis
2007
Work: Tannöd
Category: 最優秀国内犯罪スリラー
Result: 受賞
Deutscher Krimi Preis
2008
Work: Kalteis
Category: 最優秀国内犯罪スリラー
Result: 受賞
Martin Beck Award
2008
Work: Tannöd
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Tannöd

2006 crime novel

Fictional account based on the Hinterkaifeck murders, set in 1950s Bavaria where a family is brutally killed, told through witness statements.

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Adaptations
  • [film] Tannöd (2009)
Translations
  • French (Actes Sud)
  • Italian (Riuniti)
  • Dutch (Signature)
  • Swedish (Ersatz)
  • Norwegian
  • Danish

Bibliography

  • Tannöd (2006)
  • Kalteis (2007)
  • Bunker (2009)
  • Finsterau (2012)
  • Täuscher (2013)
  • Als die Liebe endlich war (2016)

Adaptations

  • Tannöd (film, 2009)

Translations of Works

  • The Murder Farm (English, 2008)
  • Ice Cold (English, 2009)
  • The Dark Meadow (English, 2014)

Style & Themes

Literary Style
direct and merciless narrativewitness statementssuspenseful
Recurring Motifs
serial killershistorical crimesdark side of rural life

Legacy

Debut novel Tannöd sold over a million copies in Germany, translated into over 20 languages. Known as a popular crime novelist.

Trivia

  • First novel won Deutscher Krimi Preis two years in a row
  • Featured in New York Times profile