Wolf Haas


Wolf Haas is an Austrian writer. He is most widely known for his crime fiction novels featuring detective Simon Brenner, four of which were made into films. He has won several prizes for his works, including the German prize for crime fiction.

Life

Wolf Haas was born in 1960 in Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer, which is part of the Austrian state of Salzburg. After university he worked as an advertising copywriter. Between 1996 and 2003 he wrote seven detective stories, of which six featured detective Simon Brenner. Four were made into films: Komm, süßer Tod, Silentium, Der Knochenmann and Das ewige Leben. He has won several prizes for his works, including placed in the German prize for crime fiction three times, including one first place, and the Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen 2013.

Works

Detective novels

Simon Brenner detective stories :
  • * Auferstehung der Toten, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1996,
  • * Der Knochenmann, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1997,
  • * Komm, süßer Tod, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998,
  • * Silentium!, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1999,
  • * Wie die Tiere, Rowohlt, Reinbek 2001,
  • * Das ewige Leben, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2003,
  • * Der Brenner und der liebe Gott, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2009,
  • * Brennerova, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2014,
  • * Müll, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2022,

Other novels

Ausgebremst – Der Roman zur Formel 1, Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998, Das Wetter vor 15 Jahren, 2006, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2006,, translated by Stephanie Gilardi and Thomas S. Hansen as The Weather Fifteen Years Ago, Ariadne Press, Riverside California 2009, Verteidigung der Missionarsstellung. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2012, Junger Mann. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2018, Eigentum. Hanser, München 2023,

Non-fiction

Sprachtheoretische Grundlagen der Konkreten Poesie. Akademischer Verlag Heinz, Stuttgart 1990 Die Liebe in den Zeiten des Cola-Rauschs, Verlag Tauschzentrale, Wien 1993,

Children's books

Die Gans im Gegenteil. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2010