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.

Contents

• Works
• Awards
• Literature
• External links

Works

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.

External links

• Biography in German
• Literature Workshop in US