Martin Grzimek
Martin Grzimek is a German author. He was born in Trutzhain. Having spent a number of years living and working in South America and the United States, he now resides in a village near Heidelberg. 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 has won a number of literary prizes.
Works
Berger, 1980Stillstand des Herzens, 1982 Trutzhain, 1984Die Beschattung, 1989 Shadowlife, 1991El factor tropical, 1992Feuerfalter, 1992Ein Bärenleben, 1995 Mostar – Skizzen und Splitter, 1995Von einem, der verzweifelt versucht, sich zu verlieben, 1995Rudi bärenstark, 1998 Das Austernfest, 2004Die unendliche Straße, 2005Awards
- 1980 Hermann-Hesse-Preis
- 1981 Rauris Literature Prize
- 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 for "Feuerfalter".
- 1993 Friedrich-Glauser-Preis
- 2001 Scholarship from Künstlerhaus Edenkoben
- 2012 Friedrich-Gerstäcker-Preis