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Austrian literary scholar and author (born 1967)

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Markus Gasser
Gasser at a book signing in 2015
Born1967
Bregenz, Austria
NationalityAustrian
Occupation(s)Literary scholar and author
Websitehttp://m-gasser.ch/home

Markus Gasser (born 1967) is an Austrian literary scholar and author.

Life

Markus Gasser was born in Bregenz in 1967. After the gymnasium, he went to the University of Innsbruck for German, English and American studies. He attained a habilitation in 2007 with the thesis "The collapse of the platonic cave" (German: Die Sprengung der platonischen Höhle).

Markus Gasser lives in Zürich.

Works

  • Die Sprengung der platonischen Höhle: Roman und Philosophie im Widerstreit (in German). Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag. 2007. ISBN 978-3-8353-0139-9.
  • Das Königreich im Meer. Daniel Kehlmanns Geheimnis (in German). Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag. 2010. ISBN 978-3-8353-0617-2.
  • Das Königreich im Meer. Daniel Kehlmanns Geheimnis (in German). Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag. 2013. ISBN 978-3-499-25852-7.
  • Das Buch der Bücher für die Insel (in German). München: Hanser Verlag. 2014. ISBN 978-3-446-24495-5.
  • Eine Weltgeschichte in 33 Romanen (in German). München: Hanser Verlag. 2015. ISBN 978-3-446-24919-6.
  • Die Launen der Liebe. Hanser, München 2019, ISBN 978-3-446-25839-6.
  • Die Verschwörung der Krähen. Novel. C.H.Beck, München 2022, ISBN 978-3-406-78150-6.
  • Lil. Novel. C.H.Beck, München 2024, ISBN 978-3-406-81375-7.

References

  1. Moritz, Rainer (19 July 2014). "Ich bin dann mal lesen". Die Welt. Retrieved 10 December 2018.

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