Ulrich Peltzer
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Ulrich Peltzer (born on December 09, 1956 in Krefeld) is a German novelist.
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[edit] Life
Ulrich Peltzer studied philosophy and social psychology in Berlin since 1975. He graduated as psychologist in 1982. Since than he has been working as a free author. He wrote five novels, four of them deal with his experiences in Berlin, one takes place in New York (Bryant Park). In these city novels Peltzer usually denies a conventional realistic description of reality. Rather, the characters are depicted through a stream-of-consciousness technique. Ulrich Peltzer lives in Berlin.
Ulrich Peltzer has received several awards:
- 1992 Bertelsmann-award at the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in Klagenfurt
- 1996 Berliner Literaturpreis of the Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung
- 1997 Anna-Seghers-Preis
- 2000 Preis der SWR-Bestenliste
- 2001 Niederrheinischer Literaturpreis of the city of Krefeld
- 2003 Bremer Literaturpreis
- 2008 Berliner Literaturpreis for lifetime achievement
[edit] Novels
- Teil der Lösung (part of the solution), Ammann-Verlag, Zürich 2007
- Bryant Park, Zürich 2002
- Alle oder keiner (all or no one), Zürich 1999
- Stefan Martinez, Zürich 1995
- Die Sünden der Faulheit (the sins of the laziness), Zürich 1987
[edit] Interviews
- Ich setze mich einfach hin und fange an (I simply sit down and start) – Interview, in: BELLA triste Nr. 10, 2004.
