Martin Grzimek

Martin Grzimek (born 1950) 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, 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 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.