Martin Grzimek (born 1950) is a German author. He was born in
Trutzhain
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. Having spent a number of years living and working in South America and the United States, he now resides in a village near
Heidelberg
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. His work that raised the most interest is ''Shadowlife'', a near-future mystery in which the nature of book itself is questioned. Grzimek is a member of
International PEN
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has won a number of literary prizes.
Works
* ''Berger'', 1980
* ''Stillstand des Herzens'', 1982 (translated as ''Heartstop: Three Stories'' by
Breon Mitchell)
* ''Trutzhain'', 1984
* ''Die Beschattung'', 1989 (translated as ''Shadowlife'' by Breon Mitchell)
* ''Shadowlife'', 1991
* ''El factor tropical'', 1992
* ''Feuerfalter'', 1992
* ''Ein Bärenleben'', 1995 (with Marcus Herrenberger)
* ''Mostar – Skizzen und Splitter'', 1995
* ''Von einem, der verzweifelt versucht, sich zu verlieben'', 1995
* ''Rudi bärenstark'', 1998 (with Marcus Herrenberger)
* ''Das Austernfest'', 2004
* ''Die unendliche Straße'', 2005
Awards
*1980 Hermann-Hesse-Preis
*1981
Rauris Literature Prize
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*1982 Literature award of the Kulturkreis der Deutschen Wirtschaft
*1993 One year scholarship for writers from the Ministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst des Landes Baden-Württemberg
*1993 Deutscher Krimi Preis (second place) for "Feuerfalter".
*1993 Friedrich-Glauser-Preis
*2001 Scholarship from Künstlerhaus Edenkoben
*2012 Friedrich-Gerstäcker-Preis
Literature
Klaus Hoffer, "Diese schreckliche Begierde, eine Beziehung herzustellen. Laudatio auf M.G.s Roman Berger," ''Manuskripte'' 21, H. 74 (1981), pp. 30–2.
External links
Biography in German
{{DEFAULTSORT:Grzimek, Martin
1950 births
Living people
German male writers