Georg Klein (born 1953 in Augsburg) is a German novelist. He lives in (Bunde), Lower Saxony. His wife is also a writer. In September 2012 he was keynote speaker at the British Council sponsored Edinburgh World Writers' Conference in Berlin. Having worked for many years as a ghost-writer Klein was discovered in 2001 with his detective story Barbar Rosa.
Awards
1999: Brothers Grimm Prize of the City of Hanau
2000: Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
2010: Leipzig Book Fair Prize for Fiction
2012: Lower Saxony State Prize
2022: Großer Preis des Deutschen Literaturfonds
Works
Libidissi. novel. Fest, Berlin 1998. Anrufung des blinden Fisches. short stories. Fest, Berlin 1999. Barbar Rosa. Eine Detektivgeschichte. Fest, Berlin 2001. Von den Deutschen. short stories. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2002. Die Sonne scheint uns. novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2004. Sünde Güte Blitz. novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2007. Schlimme schlimme Medien. 2-CD-Set. supposé, Köln 2007. Nacht mit dem Schandwerker. In: pp. 238–258 Roman unserer Kindheit. novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2010. Die Logik der Süße. short stories. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2010. Schund & Segen 77 Abverlangte Texte. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2013, Die Zukunft des Mars. novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2013, Miakro. novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek bei Hamburg 2018,
References
Further reading
External links
Bachmannpreis 2000
Georg Klein im Augsburg-Wiki (German)