Karsten Kruschel (born 1959 in
Havelberg
Havelberg () is a town in the district of Stendal, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. It is situated on the Havel, and part of the town is built on an island in the centre of the river. The two parts were incorporated as a town in 1875. It has a populati ...
) is a German science fiction writer, essayist and critic, who lives near
Leipzig
Leipzig ( , ; Upper Saxon: ) is the most populous city in the German state of Saxony. Leipzig's population of 605,407 inhabitants (1.1 million in the larger urban zone) as of 2021 places the city as Germany's eighth most populous, as ...
. His best known works are the
Deutscher Science Fiction Preis winning novels ''Vilm'' and ''Galdäa''. Some of his short stories were nominated for or won the
Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis.
Kruschel is the younger son of the writer Heinz Kruschel (1929–2011). He grew up in
Magdeburg
Magdeburg (; nds, label=Low Saxon, Meideborg ) is the capital and second-largest city of the German state Saxony-Anhalt. The city is situated at the Elbe river.
Otto I, the first Holy Roman Emperor and founder of the Archdiocese of Magdebu ...
and studied History and German Philology. Later he became a teacher and a copy editor (amongst others).
He received his doctorate in German Philology in 1991 by writing a dissertation about the science fiction literature in the
GDR. ''"Karsten Kruschel refers to the ambivalence in ambiguous utopie in terms of 'the presence of a variety of possible interpretations'. He uses the category of ambiguous utopia to characterize those novels of this period that were neither utopia or dystopia"'', says Sonja Fritzsche about it.
[Sonja Fritzsche, ''Science Fiction Literature in East Germany'', East German Studies vol. 15, Peter Lang, New York 2006, p. 124]
His first professional publication was a short story, published in 1979 in German magazine ''neues leben''. His books won the
Deutscher Science Fiction Preis twice, in 2010 and 2012. In 2010 he became a freelance writer.
Novels
* ''Vilm''-Series
** ''Vilm. Der Regenplanet'', 2009 (The Rain Planet)
** ''Vilm. Die Eingeborenen'', 2009 (The Indigenes)
** ''Vilm. Das Dickicht'', 2013 (The Thicket)
* ''Galdäa. Der ungeschlagene Krieg'', 2011 (The Unbeaten War)
* ''Das Universum nach Landau. Roman in Dokumenten und Novellen'', 2016 (The Universe According To Landau. Novel In Documents And Novellas)
Short story collections
* ''Raumsprünge'', 1985 (Space Jumps)
* ''Das kleinere Weltall'', 1989 (The Minor Universe)
* ''Armageddon mon amour - Fünf Visionen vom Ende'' (with
Michael Marrak
Michael Marrak (born 1965 in Weikersheim, Baden-Württemberg) is a German science fiction and horror writer. He is also an illustrator and from 1993 to 1996 he edited the magazine ''Zimmerit''. His first novel ''Stadt der Klage'' was published by ...
), 2012 (5 Visions of the Apocalypse)
Others
* ''Spielwelten zwischen Wunschbild und Warnbild. Utopisches und Dystopisches in der SF-Literatur der DDR in den achtziger Jahren'', 1995
Awards
* 2010
Deutscher Science Fiction Preis for the novel ''Vilm''
* 2012
Deutscher Science Fiction Preis for the novel ''Galdäa''
* 2016
Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis for the story ''Was geschieht dem Licht am Ende des Tunnels?'' (''What happens to the light at the end of the tunnel?'')
References
External links
*
Karsten Kruschel's official site*
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1959 births
Living people
German science fiction writers
German male writers