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For Hungarian-Swedish Jewish writer Georg Klein, see George Klein (biologist).
Georg Klein at the Leipzig Book Fair 2010

Georg Klein (born 1953 in Augsburg) is a German novelist. He lives in Ditzumerverlaat [de] (Bunde), Lower Saxony. His wife Katrin de Vries [de] is also a writer. In September 2012 he was keynote speaker at the British Council sponsored Edinburgh World Writers' Conference in Berlin. Having worked for many years as a ghost-writer Klein was discovered in 2001 with his detective story Barbar Rosa.

Awards

Klein (left) awarded with the Lower Saxony State Prize 2012 from Ministerpräsident David McAllister

Works

References

  1. "Edinburgh World Writers' Conference in Berlin | British Council Literature". Archived from the original on 2 March 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  2. "GEORG KLEIN – the Future of the Novel: Discussion Continues | Edinburgh World Writers' Conference".
  3. Deutschland – Page 54 Germany. Presse- und Informationsamt – 2001 "In spring 2001. the Augsburg author Georg Klein astonished critics with his detective story Barbar Rosa. For years Klein, born in 1953, had just about managed to make a living as a ghost-writer, while being repeatedly turned down by publishers, that is until young publisher Alexander Fest recognized his great talent."
  4. Neffe, Jürgen (1 April 2001). "Zwanzig Jahre Einsamkeit". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Georg Klein". Rowohlt (in German). 20 August 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
  6. "Ministerpräsident David McAllister verleiht den Niedersächsischen Staatspreis 2012 an den Schriftsteller Georg Klein und an den Wissenschaftler Prof. Dr.-Ing. Ulrich Reimers". Archived from the original on 14 July 2014. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
  7. "Mit 50.000 Euro dotiert: Georg Klein erhält den Großen Preis des Deutschen Literaturfonds". FAZ.NET (in German). 1 January 1970. Retrieved 16 August 2022.
  8. Taberner, Stuart (2002). "A New Modernism or 'Neue Lesbarkeit'?: Hybridity in Georg Klein's Libidissi". German Life and Letters. 55 (2). Wiley: 137–148. doi:10.1111/1468-0483.00220. ISSN 0016-8777.

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