Florian Illies (born 1971) is a German writer and art historian.

Life

He was born and raised in the town of Schlitz in

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. His father was the biologist

Joachim Illies Joachim Illies (March 23, 1925 - June 3, 1982) was a German biologist, entomologist and author. Biography Joachim Illies studied biology at the University of Götting and Kiel. He was an honorary professor for zoology at the University of Gieß ...

, and one of his school teachers was the writer

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. He studied art history at the universities of Bonn and Oxford. He worked as culture editor for major German newspapers such as ''

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'' and '' Die Zeit''. In 2004, he cofounded the contemporary art magazine '' monopol'' with his wife Amélie von Heydebreck. In 2011, he became a partner at the

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-based auction house Villa Grisebach. In January 2019, he joined the

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publishing house as a managing director. As a writer, Illies is known for his bestsellers '' Generation Golf'' (2000) and '' 1913: The Year Before the Storm'' (2012). The latter book has been translated into two dozen languages.Bio
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