Gisbert Haefs (born 9 January 1950) is a German writer in several genres and translator. He has written historical novels such as ''Alexander'', won both the

Deutscher Science Fiction Preis Deutscher Science Fiction Preis is a German literary award. Together with the Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis, it is one of the most prestigious awards for German science fiction literature. The award was established in 1985 by the , a German Science Fiction ...

and Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis in science fiction, and placed at the

Deutscher Krimi Preis The Deutscher Krimi Preis, or the ''German Crime Fiction Award'', is the oldest and most prestigious German literary prize for crime fiction. It has been awarded since 1985 by the Bochum Crime Archive. Unlike the Friedrich Glauser Prize, which is a ...

Official website of the Deutscher Krimi Preis, page for 1997 (German)
/ref> for crime fiction. As a translator he worked on a much criticized effort at translating works of

Jorge Luis Borges Jorge Francisco Isidoro Luis Borges Acevedo (; ; 24 August 1899 – 14 June 1986) was an Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, as well as a key figure in Spanish-language and international literature. His best-known bo ...

into German.

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NRW Literatur im Netz NRW Literatur im Netz is a German internet database with short biographies of persons who have lived or worked in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Westphälische Literaturbüro (Westphalian office for literature) in Unna operates the biggest database ...

German crime fiction writers German historical fiction writers German science fiction writers 1950 births Living people German male novelists German translators German male non-fiction writers {{sf-writer-stub