Wolf Haas
Wolf Haas (born December 14, 1960) is an Austrian writer. He is most widely known for his crime fiction novels featuring detective Simon Brenner, three of which were made into films. He has won several prizes for his works, including the German prize for crime fiction (Deutscher Krimipreis).
Life
Wolf Haas was born in 1960 in Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer, which is part of the Austrian province of Salzburg. After university he worked as an advertising copywriter. Between 1996 and 2003 he wrote seven detective stories, of which six featured detective Simon Brenner. Three were made into films: Komm, süßer Tod (Come Sweet Death), Silentium and Der Knochenmann (The Boneman). He has won several prizes for his works, including placed in the German prize for crime fiction (Deutscher Krimi Preis) three times, including one first place (1997, 1999, 2000. and the Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen 2013.
Works
Novels
- Auferstehung der Toten (Zell am See), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1996, ISBN 3-499-22831-9 (Translated as "Resurrection" and/or "Eternal Life" by Annie Janusch, Melville House, 2014, ISBN 978-1-61219-271-0)
- Der Knochenmann (Klöch in Styria), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1997, ISBN 3-499-22832-7 (Translated as The Bone Man, Melville House, 2013, ISBN 978-1-61219-169-0)
- Komm, süßer Tod (Vienna), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998, ISBN 3-499-22814-9
- Silentium! (Salzburg), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1999, ISBN 3-499-22830-0
- Wie die Tiere (Vienna), Rowohlt, Reinbek 2001, ISBN 3-499-23331-2
- Das ewige Leben (Graz), Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2003, ISBN 3-492-24095-X
- Der Brenner und der liebe Gott, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2009, ISBN 978-3-455-40189-9 (Translated as Brenner and God, Melville House, 2012, ISBN 978-1-61219-113-3)
- Brennerova, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-455-40499-9
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