Ferdinand von Schirach
Germany
The Spiegel called him a “great narrator“, the New York Times an “exceptional prose stylist”, the Independent compared him with Kafka and Kleist and the Daily Telegraph wrote that he is “one of the most distinctive voices in European fiction”. The story collections “Crime” and “Guilt” and the novels “The Collini Case” and “ The Girl Who Wasn’t There“ („Tabu“) have sold millions of copies worldwide. They have been published in more than 40 countries, yet. “Terror” his latest work, is one of the most successful plays of our time. Ferdinand von Schirach received a number of literary awards. He lives in Berlin.
(Random House/Gustav Kiepenheuer Bühnenvertriebs-GmbH)