Ulrich Peltzer

Ulrich Peltzer (born on December 09, 1956 in Krefeld) is a
German novelist.

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

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

Interviews

* "Ich setze mich einfach hin und fange an" (I simply sit down and start) – Interview, in: BELLA triste Nr. 10, 2004.

External links

* [http://www.westoestlicherdiwan.de/peltzer.html Peltzers biography, German]
* [http://www.faz.net/s/Rub79A33397BE834406A5D2BFA87FD13913/Doc~E4CD190B746E34605B8385E557E196F99~ATpl~Ecommon~Scontent.html review on his novel "Teil der Lösung" in FAZ newspaper, German]