Wolf Haas
Wolf Haas (born December 14, 1960) is an Austrian writer. He is most widely known for his crime fiction novels featuring detective Simon Brenner, three of which were made into films. He has won several prizes for his works, including the German prize for crime fiction (Deutscher Krimipreis).
Life
Wolf Haas was born in 1960 in Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer, which is part of the Austrian province of Salzburg.[1] After university he worked as an advertising copywriter. Between 1996 and 2003 he wrote seven detective stories, of which six featured detective Simon Brenner. Three were made into films: Komm, süßer Tod (Come Sweet Death), Silentium! and Der Knochenmann (The Boneman).[1] He has won several prizes for his works, including winning the German prize for crime fiction (Deutscher Krimipreis) three times (1997, 1999, 2000).[2][3][4]
Works
Novels
- Brenner detective stories (and where they are set):
- Auferstehung der Toten (Zell am See), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1996, ISBN 3499228319
- Der Knochenmann (Klöch in Styria), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1997, ISBN 3499228327
- Komm, süßer Tod (Vienna), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998, ISBN 3499228149
- Silentium! (Salzburg), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1999, ISBN 3499228300
- Wie die Tiere (Vienna), Rowohlt, Reinbek 2001, ISBN 3499233312
- Das ewige Leben (Graz), Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 349224095X
- Der Brenner und der liebe Gott, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-455-40189-9
- Ausgebremst - Der Roman zur Formel 1, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998, ISBN 3499228688
- The weather fifteen years ago (Das Wetter vor 15 Jahren, 2006), Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2006, ISBN 3455400043, translated version by Stephanie Gilardi and Thomas S. Hansen, Ariadne Press, Riverside California 2009, ISBN 9781572411661[5]
Non-Fiction
- Sprachtheoretische Grundlagen der Konkreten Poesie. Akademischer Verlag Heinz, Stuttgart 1990 ISBN 3880992371
- Die Liebe in den Zeiten des Cola-Rauschs, Verlag Tauschzentrale, Wien 1993, ISBN 3901352015
Children's Books
- Die Gans im Gegenteil. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2010 ISBN 3455402860
Further reading
See also
References
- ^ a b Wolf Haas at the Internet Movie Database Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ German prize for crime fiction 1997 - 3rd place (Deutscher Krimipreis 1997 - 3. Platz), (German), Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ German prize for crime fiction 1999 - 1st place (Deutscher Krimipreis 1999 - 1. Platz), (German), Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ German prize for crime fiction 2000 - 2nd place (Deutscher Krimipreis 2000 - 2. Platz), (German), Retrieved August 3, 2011.
- ^ "Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek". German National Library. https://portal.d-nb.de/opac.htm?method=showFullRecord¤tResultId=Woe%253D118179527%2526any¤tPosition=15. Retrieved July 26, 2011.
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Austrian novelist |
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December 14, 1960 |
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Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer, Austria |
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