Thomas Hettche (born 30 November 1964 in Treis, Hesse)[1] is a German author.
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Hettche completed his Abitur at the Liebigschule Giessen,[2] He studied German studies and philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and completed his PhD in philosophy.[2]
What We Are Made Of, an English translation by Shaun Whiteside of Hettche's novel Woraus wir gemacht sind (2006), was published by Picador in Britain in July 2008, and in the United States in October 2010.[3] Since 2018, he has been honorary professor at the TU Berlin.[4]
Hettche lives in Berlin.[4]
Awards
edit- 1990 Rauris Literature Prize[4]
- 2014 Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize[4]
- 2015 Solothurner Literaturpreis[5]
- 2018 Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis[6]
- 2019 Joseph-Breitbach-Preis[7]
Memberships
editBibliography
edit- Hettche, Thomas (1988). Ludwigs Tod. Frankfurt/Main: PARIA-Verlag. ISBN 3-922952-11-9. OCLC 28238643.
- —— (2002). Ludwig muss sterben : Roman (in German). Köln: DuMont. ISBN 3-8321-6012-4. OCLC 49380095.
- —— (1992). Inkubation. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. ISBN 3-518-40480-6. OCLC 54823512.
- —— (2004). Nox : Roman. Berlin: List Verlag. ISBN 3-548-60459-5. OCLC 66530355.
- —— (1997). Das Sehen gehört zu den glänzenden und farbigen Dingen (in German). Graz: Literaturverlag Droschl. ISBN 3-85420-455-8. OCLC 37487151.
- —— (2017). Der Fall Arbogast Kriminalroman (in German). Köln: Verlag Kiepenheuer & Witsch. ISBN 978-3-462-05032-5. OCLC 964393162.
- —— (2006). Woraus wir gemacht sind : Roman (in German). Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch. ISBN 3-462-03711-0. OCLC 71200253.
- —— (2007). Fahrtenbuch : 1993-2007 (in German). Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch. ISBN 978-3-462-03916-0. OCLC 173602837.[8]
English translation
edit- Hettche, Thomas; Whiteside, Shaun (2008). What we are made of. London: Picador. ISBN 978-0-330-45207-6. OCLC 183915932.
Thesis
edit- Hettche, Thomas (1999). Animationen (in German). Köln: DuMont. ISBN 3-7701-4578-X. OCLC 42668956.[9]
Notes
edit- ^ "Thomas Hettche kehrt zurück zum Treiser Totenberg". Gießener Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). 15 October 2012. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ a b "Hettche, Thomas". Hessischer Literaturrat (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ Pitt, David (15 September 2010). "What We Are Made Of" (review). Booklist. p. 33. Retrieved via Biography In Context database, 6 May 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f "Hettche". Akademie der Künste, Berlin (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Thomas Hettche bekommt Solothurner Literaturpreis". der Standard (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Hermann-Hesse-Preis für Thomas Hettche: Woraus wir gemacht sind". stuttgarter-zeitung.de (in German). 1 November 2018. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Thomas Hettche erhält den Breitbach-Preis 2019". swr.online (in German). 18 July 2019. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ Kreutzträger, Ilka (11 December 2007). "Tageskarte Buch: Die einsame Madonna". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.
- ^ "Biografischer Hintergrund – ger.magazin". ger.magazin (in German). 10 January 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
External links
editWikimedia Commons has media related to Thomas Hettche.
- Official website
- Thomas Hettche at IMDb
- Times Literary Supplement review of What We Are Made Of, by Paul Owen