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Thomas Glavinic
Thomas Glavinic (born 2 April 1972 in Graz) is an Austrian writer. With Kathrin Röggla and Daniel Kehlmann, he is among other contemporary Austrian authors being perceived as 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 master Carl Schlechter. The book received several awards and has been translated into other languages, but did not make it onto the bestseller lists. The novel has autobiographical 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 Murdere ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Glavinic (13780680264)
Thomas Glavinic (born 2 April 1972 in Graz) is an Austrian writer. With Kathrin Röggla and Daniel Kehlmann, he is among other contemporary Austrian authors being perceived as 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 master Carl Schlechter. The book received several awards and has been translated into other languages, but did not make it onto the bestseller lists. The novel has autobiographical 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 Association football, football business, and received mainly negative reviews from the critics. In 2001, the crime fiction, criminal novel ''Der K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |