Friedrich Glauser

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Friedrich Glauser's grave in Zurich
Friedrich Glauser's grave in Zurich

Friedrich Charles Glauser (b. February 4, 1896 in Vienna; d. December 8, 1938 in Genoa) was a German-language Swiss writer. He was a morphine and opium addict for most of his life, and begun writing his novel Thumbprint while he was an inmate at Waldau, a Swiss insane asylum.

One of Germany's best-known crime writing awards is the Glauser prize.

[edit] Bibliography

[edit] German Originals

  • 1932 - Der Tee der drei alten Damen
  • 1935 - Wachtmeister Studer
  • 1935 - Die Fieberkurve
  • 1936 - Matto regiert
  • 1936 - Gourrama
  • 1937 - Krock & Co. (aka Die Speiche)
  • 1938 - Der Chinese
  • 1980 - Morphium

[edit] English Translations

  • 2004 - Thumbprint (translation of Wachtmeister Studer by Mike Mitchell)
  • 2005 - In Matto's Realm (translation of Matto regiert by Mike Mitchell)
  • 2006 - Fever
  • 2007 - The Chinaman (translation of Der Chinese)
  • 2008 (UK)/2009 (US) - The Spoke (translation of Die Speiche by Mike Mitchell)