- Thomas Glavinic
Thomas Glavinic (born
April 2 ,1972 inGraz ) is anAustria n writer. WithKathrin Röggla andDaniel Kehlmann , he is among those young Austrian authors who are significantly shaping the literary discussion in Austria.Life
The former writer of advertising copy and taxi driver emerged with his 1998 debut novel "Carl Haffner's Love of the Draw". The novel describes the life of
chess masterCarl Schlechter . The book received several awards and has been translated into other languages, but did not make it onto the bestseller lists. The novel hasautobiographical aspects: Thomas Glavinic played his first chess game at the age of five and in 1987 he achieved second place in the Austrian chess rankings for his age group.The novel "Herr Susi" (Mr. Susi) followed in 2000. Written in hard prose, it is a statement against the
football business, and received mainly negative reviews from the critics. In 2001, the criminal novel "Der Kameramörder" (The Camera Murderer) (awarded theFriedrich-Glauser-Prize at theCriminale ) was published and was enthusiastically celebrated by thefeuilleton s due to its criticism of the media. In 2004, Glavinic succeeded in convincing both critics (no. 1 on theORF critics best list ) and readers (no. 1 on the Austrianbestseller list) with his satiric development-novel "Wie man leben soll" (How to Live), written from the perspective of the indefinite "one". In August of 2006, the novel "Die Arbeit der Nacht " (The Work of the Night) was released and scored no. 1 on the critic's list again in the same month. His novel, "Das bin doch ich" (That's Me), appeared in summer of 2007 and was nominated for theGerman Book Prize . It made it onto the short list, a selection of six of the twenty authors originally chosen.Thomas Glavinic is married and lives with his wife and son in
Vienna .Bibliography
* "Carl Haffners Liebe zum Unentschieden". Novel. Volk und Welt, Berlin 1998. ISBN 3-353-01111-0
* "Herr Susi". Novel. Volk und Welt, Berlin 2000. ISBN 3-353-01152-8
* "Der Kameramörder". Novel. Volk und Welt, Berlin 2001. ISBN 3-353-01191-9
* "Wie man leben soll". Novel. dtv, Munich 2004. ISBN 3-423-24392-9
* "Die Arbeit der Nacht". Novel. Hanser, Munich 2006. ISBN 3-446-20762-7
* "Das bin doch ich". Novel. Hanser, Munich 2007. ISBN 978-3-446-20912-1Glavinic's novels have been translated into English, French and Dutch.
English editions
*"Carl Haffner's Love of the Draw". Harvill, 1999. ISBN 1-860-46676-1
French editions
*"Partie remise". Pauvert, Paris 2001. ISBN 2-720-21399-3
Dutch editions
*"Carl Haffners liefde voor remise". Atlas, Amsterdam 2000. ISBN 9-045-00294-9
*"Nachtwerk". Contact, Amsterdam 2007. ISBN 9789025404437Interviews
*"Wir dürfen lügen, das ist schön." in:
BELLA triste No. 18, Hildesheim 2007.Prizes, awards, and scholarships
*1995 Vienna Author's Scholarship
*2001 Project Scholarship of the Austrian Federal Chancellery
*2002 Elias-Canetti-Scholarship of the city of Vienna
*2002 Austrian Federal Scholarship for Literature
*2002Friedrich-Glauser-Preis for "Der Kameramörder"
*2006Great Austrian Federal Prize for Literature
*2007 Finalist for theGerman Book Prize , with "Das bin doch ich"External links
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* [http://www.die-arbeit-der-nacht.de Die Arbeit der Nacht] - A podcast project ofHanser Publishing about Glavinic's novel of the same name
*http://www.perlentaucher.de/buch/5798.html
*http://www.stern.de/unterhaltung/buecher/?id=522149
*http://www.orf.at/060804-2449/index.html
* [http://stalker.hautetfort.com/archive/2007/07/21/le-travail-de-la-nuit-de-thomas-glavinic.html Stalker] Die Arbeit der NachtPersonal data
NAME=Glavinic, Thomas
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SHORT DESCRIPTION=Austrian writer
BIRTH DATE=April 2 1972
BIRTH PLACE=Graz ,Austria
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