Daniel Kehlmann
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Born | Munich, Germany | 13 January 1975
Occupation | Writer |
Nationality | German, Austrian |
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Daniel Kehlmann (German: [ˈdaːni̯eːl ˈkeːlman, -ni̯ɛl -] ⓘ; born 13 January 1975) is a German-language novelist and playwright of both Austrian and German nationality.[1]
His novel Die Vermessung der Welt (translated into English by
All his subsequent novels reached the number one spot on Germany's
Life and career
Kehlmann was born in Munich, the son of the television director Michael Kehlmann and the actress Dagmar Mettler.[10] His family moved to his father's hometown Vienna when Daniel was six years old. His paternal grandparents were born Jewish, and his father was in a concentration camp during WWII.[11] Kehlmann currently lives in Berlin.[12]
Since 2015, Kehlmann has held the Eberhard Berent Chair at New York University. He is a member of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung.
2016–2017 he was a fellow at the New York Public Library's Cullman Center for Writers and Scholars.[13]
The novel Tyll was shortlisted for the International Booker Prize.
Kehlmann also works as a screenwriter and wrote the script for the TV film Das letzte Problem. He adapted
He is married and has a son. [14]
Awards and honors
- 2006 Kleist Prize
- 2007 WELT Literaturpreis
- 2007 Grand Prix du livre des dirigeants
- 2008 Thomas-Mann-Preis
- 2008 PO Enquist Pris
- 2010 Prix Cévennes du roman européen
- 2012 Nestroy Theatre Prize, Best play – Authors prize for Geister in Princeton
- 2018 Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis
- 2018 Frank-Schirrmacher-Preis
- 2019 Anton Wildgans Prize[15]
- 2019 Schubart Literaturpreis
- 2021 Elisabeth-Langgässer-Literaturpreis
Bibliography
Novels
- Beerholms Vorstellung (1997).
- Unter der Sonne (1998).
- Mahlers Zeit (1999).
- Der fernste Ort (2001).
- Ich und Kaminski (2003). Me and Kaminski, translated by Carol Brown Janeway (Pantheon, 2008).
- Die Vermessung der Welt (2005). Measuring the World, translated by Carol Brown Janeway (Pantheon, 2006).
- Requiem für einen Hund (2008).
- Leo Richters Porträt (2009).
- Ruhm. Ein Roman in neun Geschichten (2009). Fame. A Novel in Nine Stories, translated by Carol Brown Janeway (Pantheon, 2010).
- Lob: Über Literatur (2010).
- F. (2013). F. A Novel. Translated by Carol Brown Janeway (Pantheon, 2014).
- Du hättest gehen sollen (2016). You Should Have Left, translated by Ross Benjamin(Pantheon, 2016).
- Tyll (2017). Tyll, translated by Ross Benjamin (Pantheon, 2020).
- Lichtspiel (2023).
Plays
- Geister in Princeton (2013).
- Der Mentor (2014). The Mentor, translated by Christopher Hampton (Faber and Faber, 2017).
- Heilig Abend (2017). Christmas Eve, translated by Christopher Hampton (Faber and Faber, 2017).
- Die Reise der Verlorenen (2018)
Filmography
- Unter der Sonne (directed by Baran Bo Odar, 2006; short story)
- Glory: A Tale of Mistaken Identities (Isabel Kleefeld, 2012; novel)
- Measuring the World (Detlev Buck, 2012; novel and screenplay)
- Me and Kaminski (Wolfgang Becker, 2015; novel)
- Das letzte Problem (Karl Markovics, 2019; screenplay)
- You Should Have Left (David Koepp, 2020; novel)
- Verhör in der Nacht (Matti Geschonneck, 2020; screenplay, based on Kehlmann's stageplay Christmas Eve)
- Bekenntnisse des Hochstaplers Felix Krull (Detlev Buck, 2021; screenplay)
- Nebenan (Daniel Brühl, 2021; screenplay)
References
- ^ Interview with Kehlmann in the Tagesspiegel.
- ISBN 978-3-406-73436-6.
- ^ Hoffman, Jascha. "DATA; COMPARATIVE LITERATURE". query.nytimes.com.
- ^ "The Mentor to transfer to the West End – WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. 18 May 2017.
- ^ "Niamh Cusack and Patrick Baladi to star in Christmas Eve – WhatsOnStage". www.whatsonstage.com. 21 September 2017.
- ^ McNary, Dave (7 June 2018). "Amanda Seyfried Joins Kevin Bacon Thriller 'You Should Have Left'". Variety.
- ^ GmbH, DWDL de. ""Dark"-Macher verfilmen Kehlmann-Roman "Tyll" als Serie". DWDL.de (in German). Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann: 9781524747466 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Today at Frankfurter Buchmesse: Netflix's Kelly Luegenbiehl's CEO Talk". Publishing Perspectives. 16 October 2019. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Contemporary Authors Online". Literature Resource Center (Subscription from EBSCO required). 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2019.
- ^ Herschthal, Eric (6 February 2024). "Waiting For The Right Holocaust Angle". jewishweek.timesofisrael.com.
- ^ "Talk mit Daniel Kehlmann". 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Past Fellows 1999–2018". The New York Public Library.
- ^ "Talk mit Daniel Kehlmann". 8 February 2024.
- ^ "Autor Daniel Kehlmann erhält Anton-Wildgans-Preis 2019". Orf.at. 16 April 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
External links
- Official website
- Daniel Kehlmann at IMDb
- James Wood reviews Daniel Kehlmann's novel Tyll, The New Yorker, February 2020
- Daniel Kehlmann profile, New York Times, February 2020
- Jonathan Franzen interviews Daniel Kehlmann, Salon, August 2014
- The Kraus Project: A Talk by Jonathan Franzen, Daniel Kehlmann, and Paul Reitter. October 2014
- Reading Daniel Kehlmann , by Arnon Grunberg. Words Without Borders, 6 April 2009
- "Humboldt's Gift", The Nation, 30 April 2007.
- Daniel Kehlmann Profile, Guardian, November 2014
- Q & A with Daniel Kehlmann, Financial Times, 24 October 2014