Friedrich Christian Delius
Friedrich Christian Delius (born 13 February 1943) is an acclaimed German writer.[1][2]
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| Born | 13 February 1943 Rome |
| Occupation | Novelist |
| Language | German |
| Nationality | German |
| Education | Ph.D. |
| Alma mater | Free University of Berlin, Technical University of Berlin |
| Genre | Novel |
| Notable awards | Georg Büchner Prize, Joseph-Breitbach-Preis |
| Years active | 1966–present |
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He was born in Rome and grew up in Wehrda (since 1971 among the constituent communities of Haunetal) and Korbach in the state of Hesse. He studied German literature at the Free University and the Technical University in Berlin. He graduated in 1970 and went to work in publishing. Between 1970 and 1978, he worked at the publishing firms Klaus Wagenbach and Rotbuch.
He has published more than a dozen novels and a number of poetry collections. His work has been translated into seventeen languages. He has won numerous German literary prizes including the Joseph Breitbach Prize, the Georg Büchner Prize, and the Critics Prize. He is a member of the Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg, the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung and the Academy of Arts, Berlin.
Since the late 1970s, he has divided his time between Berlin and Rome.
Works in English translation
- 1991 Die Birnen von Ribbeck (The Pears of Ribbeck)
- 1994 Der Sonntag, an dem ich Weltmeister wurde (The Sunday I Became World Champion) in Three Contemporary German Novellas
- 2006 Bildnis der Mutter als junge Frau (Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman)
- 2013 Die linke Hand des Papstes (The Pope's Left Hand)
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