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Georg Klein

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Georg Klein

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1953-01-01 (Augsburg, Germany)
国籍
German
言語
German
居住地歴
Ditzumerverlaat (Bunde, Lower Saxony, Germany)

経歴

職業
novelist, writer, ghost-writer
活動期間
1998年〜

受賞歴

Brothers Grimm Prize of the City of Hanau
1999
主催: City of Hanau
結果: 受賞
Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
2000
主催: Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
結果: 受賞
Leipzig Book Fair Prize (Fiction)
2010
部門: フィクション
主催: Leipzig Book Fair
結果: 受賞
Lower Saxony State Prize
2012
主催: State of Lower Saxony
結果: 受賞
Großer Preis des Deutschen Literaturfonds
2022
主催: Deutscher Literaturfonds
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Libidissi

1998年 novel

An experimental novel noted for hybrid narrative techniques and modernist influences.

identitylanguage and narrationcontemporary society

Anrufung des blinden Fisches

1999年 short stories

A collection of short stories exploring everyday strangeness and fractured human relationships.

madnessrelationshipssocial observation

Barbar Rosa

2001年 detective novel

The detective story that brought Klein wider recognition after years as a ghost-writer.

mysterymemoryprofession and self

Von den Deutschen

2002年 short stories

A satirical collection of stories examining aspects of German society.

social satirenational charactermodernity

Die Sonne scheint uns

2004年 novel

A novel focusing on human relationships and memory, noted for sensory detail and psychological nuance.

memoryrelationshipstime

Sünde Güte Blitz

2007年 novel

An experimental novel probing morality, violence, and ethical boundaries.

ethicsviolencesocial criticism

Roman unserer Kindheit

2010年 novel

A novel about childhood and memory where nostalgia and critical perspective intersect.

childhoodnostalgiamemory

Die Zukunft des Mars

2013年 novel

A novel dealing with the future, technology, and the interplay of hope and anxiety.

futuretechnologyanxiety

Miakro

2018年 novel

One of his recent major works, portraying aspects of contemporary society in his distinctive style.

contemporary societylinguistic experimentationindividual and collective

全著作

  • Libidissi. Fest, Berlin 1998.
  • Anrufung des blinden Fisches. short stories. Fest, Berlin 1999.
  • Barbar Rosa. Eine Detektivgeschichte. Fest, Berlin 2001.
  • Von den Deutschen. short stories. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2002.
  • Die Sonne scheint uns. novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2004.
  • Sünde Güte Blitz. novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2007.
  • Schlimme schlimme Medien. 2-CD set. supposé, Köln 2007.
  • Roman unserer Kindheit. novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2010.
  • Die Logik der Süße. short stories. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2010.
  • Schund & Segen 77 Abverlangte Texte. Rowohlt, 2013.
  • Die Zukunft des Mars. novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2013.
  • Miakro. novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek 2018.

作風・主題

文体
experimental narrationmodernist techniquesblack humour and satire
頻出モチーフ
memorylimits of languageobservation of modern society

評価・遺産

Georg Klein emerged in the late 1990s and 2000s as a notable German writer known for blending experimental narration with social critique. He has received several major literary prizes and is regarded as an important figure in contemporary German literature.

豆知識

  • After years working as a ghost-writer, he was discovered with the detective novel Barbar Rosa in 2001.
  • His wife, Katrin de Vries, is also a writer.
  • He was a keynote speaker at the British Council-sponsored Edinburgh World Writers' Conference in Berlin in 2012.