Wolf Haas

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Wolf Haas reading at the literary festival o-töne, 2009.

Wolf Haas (born 14 December 1960) 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 (Deutscher Krimipreis).

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Life

Wolf Haas was born in 1960 in Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer, which is part of the Austrian state of Salzburg. [1] 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 (Come Sweet Death), Silentium , Der Knochenmann (The Boneman) and Das ewige Leben (Life Eternal). [1] He has won several prizes for his works, including placed in the German prize for crime fiction ( Deutscher Krimi Preis ) three times (1997, 1999, 2000), including one first place, [2] [3] [4] and the Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen 2013. [5]

Works

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Wolf Haas reading at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2009

Detective novels

Other novels

Non-fiction

Children's books

See also

References

Further reading