Maxim Biller

Maxim Biller (born 25 August 1960 in Prague, Czech Republic) is a German language writer and columnist.

Born in Prague to Russian Jewish parents, he emigrated with his parents and sister to Germany in 1970, when he was ten years old.[1] After living for a long time in Hamburg and Munich, he now lives in Berlin, frequently writing about issues relating to Jews and Germans.[2]

In 2003 his novel Esra excited attention when its sale was prohibited shortly after its release. Two persons had a provisional order obtained, because they claimed to have seen themselves reflected in characters in the book. A German court obliged their request to take the book from circulation on these grounds.[3][4]

His first works translated into English (by Anthea Bell) are the collection Love Today (2008), some of which appeared in The New Yorker – "The Mahogany Elephant" (July 2007), "The Maserati Years" (September 2007).

Publications

  • Wenn ich einmal reich und tot bin (Erzählungen). (Someday when I’m rich and dead : Narratives) Kiepenheuer und Witsch, Köln 1990, ISBN 3-423-11624-2. (incl. the narrative Harlem Holocaust)
  • Deutsche Zustände
  • Die Tempojahre (Essays und Reportagen). Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, München 1991, ISBN 3-423-11427-4.
  • Aufbruch nach Deutschland : sechzehn Foto-Essays
  • Land der Väter und Verräter (Erzählungen). Kiepenheuer und Witsch, Köln 1994, ISBN 3-423-12356-7.
  • Harlem Holocaust (Kurzroman). Kiepenheuer und Witsch, Köln 1998, ISBN 3-462-02761-1.[5]
  • Die Tochter. Kiepenheuer und Witsch, Köln 2000, ISBN 3-423-12933-6 (Novel about the failure of a love story between an Israeli, who wants to forget his memories as soldier in the Libanonkrieg, and a German.)
  • Der perfekte Roman : das Maxim-Biller-Lesebuch
  • Kühltransport (Ein Drama), 2001
  • Deutschbuch (Essays und Reportagen), 2001
  • Esra, 2003, ISBN 3-462-03213-5 (the distribution was prohibited from publishing by court)
  • Der perfekte Roman (Ein Lesebuch), 2003
  • Bernsteintage (Erzählungen), 2004
  • Maxim Biller Tapes (CD mit Songs und Gedichten), 2004
  • I Love My Leid (Video), 2004
  • Moralische Geschichten (Satirische Kurzgeschichten), Kiepenheuer und Witsch, Köln 2005 ISBN 3-462-03477-4
  • Adas größter Wunsch (Children's book), 2005
  • Menschen in falschen Zusammenhängen (Comedy), 2006
  • Liebe heute (Short stories), 2007
  • Ein verrückter Vormittag (Children's book), 2008
  • Der gebrauchte Jude. (Self portrait), Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2009, ISBN 978-3-462-03703-6.
  • Kanalratten (Theater play). Fischer 2013 ISBN 978-3-596-19007-2.
  • Im Kopf von Bruno Schulz (Novelle). Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2013, ISBN 978-3-462-04605-2.
  • Jack Happy (Children's book), with drawings by Kera Till. Atlantik, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 3-455-37008-X.
  • Biografie (Roman). Kiepenheuer & Witsch, Köln 2016, ISBN 978-3-462-04898-8.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ http://www.literaturfestival.com/archive/participants/authors/2007/maxim-biller?set_language=en
  2. ↑ "A Botanical Garden of Desire: 'Love Today' by Maxim Biller". The New York Sun. 26 June 2008. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  3. ↑ "Top German court confirms ban on true-life novel". Earthtimes.org. 12 October 2007. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 13 January 2010.
  4. ↑ Natascha Freundel (12 April 2007). "The bad German". Haaretz. Retrieved 13 January 2014.
  5. ↑ Rezension von Fritz Gimpl: Maxim Biller: Harlem Holocaust. In: Lit-eX - Magazin für Verrisse aller Art, Ausgabe 2, Dezember 1998, online unter http://www.lit-ex.de/litex24.htm
  6. ↑ Press release by Universität Kassel Archived 2008-12-17 at the Wayback Machine. zur Grimm-Professur, 11. Dezember 2008.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.