Norbert Gstrein

Norbert Gstrein (born 1961) is an Austrian writer. He was born in Mils in Tyrol,^[1] the son of the hotelier and ski school director Norbert Gstrein (1931–1988) and Maria Gstrein, née Thurner (born 1935).^[2] He grews up with his five siblings in Vent [de] and attended the secondary school from 1971 to 1979 in Imst.^[2] From 1979 to 1984, Gstrein studied mathematics in Innsbruck, Stanford and Erlangen.^[2] He not completed his PhD (no defense of his thesis Zur Logik der Fragen) in 1988 at the University of Innsbruck, under the supervision of Roman Liedl and Gerhard Frey.^[3]

Gstrein is the author of more than a dozen books, including Winters in the South,^[4] translated into English by Anthea Bell and Julian Evans, and A Sense of the Beginning, translated by Julian Evans.^[5] Gstrein's novels have been translated into more than a dozen languages.^[6] His early books were all based in his native Tyrol.^[7] Among his numerous awards are the Alfred Döblin Prize and the Uwe Johnson Prize.^[8]

Gstrein lives as a freelance writer in Hamburg.^[2]

Awards

• 1989 Rauris Literature Prize^[7]
• 1999 Alfred Döblin Prize^[9]
• 2001 Literaturpreis der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung^[9]
• 2003 Uwe Johnson Prize^[9]
• 2004 Franz Nabl Prize^[10]
• 2013 Anton Wildgans Prize^[11]
• 2021 Thomas Mann Prize^[12][13]

Works

• Gstrein, Norbert (2022). Vier Tage, drei Nächte : Roman (in German). München. ISBN 978-3-446-27398-6. OCLC 1343601336.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)^[14]
• —— (2021). Der zweite Jakob : Roman (in German). München. ISBN 978-3-446-26916-3. OCLC 1240151427.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)^[15]
• —— (2010). Die ganze Wahrheit : Roman (in German). München: C. Hanser. ISBN 978-3-446-23549-6. OCLC 656350271.
• —— (2021). Die kommenden Jahre : Roman (in German). München: Piper Verlag. ISBN 978-3-492-31729-0. OCLC 1289759340.
• —— (2008). Die englischen Jahre Roman (in German). München. ISBN 978-3-446-23123-8. OCLC 276773473.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• —— (2019). Als ich jung war : Roman (in German). München. ISBN 978-3-446-26371-0. OCLC 1114255138.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• —— (2013). Eine Ahnung vom Anfang : Roman (in German). München. ISBN 978-3-446-24334-7. OCLC 854556011.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• ——; Kuhn, Heribert (2005). Einer : Erzählung (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. ISBN 3-518-18861-5. OCLC 62553924.
• —— (2023). Mehr als nur ein Fremder (in German). München. ISBN 978-3-446-27665-9. OCLC 1348182304.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• —— (2010). Das Handwerk des Tötens Roman (in German). München. ISBN 978-3-423-13849-9. OCLC 503454492.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• —— (2011). In der Luft drei lange Erzählungen (in German). München. ISBN 978-3-446-23695-0. OCLC 711862818.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• —— (2016). In der freien Welt : Roman (in German). München. ISBN 978-3-446-25119-9. OCLC 936302511.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• —— (2000). Selbstportrait mit einer Toten (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. ISBN 3-518-41123-3. OCLC 44493647.
• —— (2004). Wem gehört eine Geschichte? : Fakten, Fiktionen und ein Beweismittel gegen alle Wahrscheinlichkeit des wirklichen Lebens (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. ISBN 3-518-41637-5. OCLC 56583390.
• —— (1993). O₂ : Novelle (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. ISBN 3-518-40551-9. OCLC 29253808.
• —— (1992). Das Register : Roman (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. ISBN 3-518-40478-4. OCLC 27054168.
• —— (1989). Anderntags : Erzählung (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. ISBN 3-518-11625-8. OCLC 21139019.
• —— (1995). Der Kommerzialrat : Bericht (in German). Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp. ISBN 3-518-40712-0. OCLC 33257141.

English translations

• Gstrein, Norbert; Translation of: Gstrein, Norbert (2012). Winters in the south. London. ISBN 978-1-906694-30-2. OCLC 815497663.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• ——; Evans, Julian (2016). A sense of the beginning. London. ISBN 978-0-85705-358-9. OCLC 920726910.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• ——; Bangerter, Lowell A. (1995). The register. Riverside, CA: Ariadne Press. ISBN 1-57241-012-4. OCLC 31969062.
• —— (2002). The English years. London: Harvill. ISBN 1-86046-946-9. OCLC 48235557.

French translations

• Gstrein, Norbert; Le Lay, Olivier (2022). Quand j'étais jeune : roman (in French). Paris. ISBN 978-2-246-82586-9. OCLC 1317828424.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
• ——; Boccon-Gibod, Isabelle; Impr. Firmin-Didot (1991). Un d'ici : roman (in French). [Paris]: Gallimard. ISBN 2-07-072228-7. OCLC 406539377.
• —— (2005). À qui appartient une histoire? : des faits, des fictions, ainsi qu'une preuve contre toute vraisemblance de la vie réelle (in French). Paris: Laurence Teper. ISBN 2-9520442-9-5. OCLC 77034448.
• ——; Kowalski, Colette (1994). Le Registre : roman (in French). [Paris]: Gallimard. ISBN 2-07-073208-8. OCLC 31423400.
• ——; Lortholary, Bernard (2002). Les années d'Angleterre (in French). Paris: Gallimard. ISBN 2-07-075812-5. OCLC 401623036.
• ——; Daran, Valérie de; Impr. Laballery (2005). Le métier de tuer (in French). Paris: L. Teper. ISBN 2-916010-00-9. OCLC 469332407.
• ——; Le Lay, Olivier (2016). Une vague idée du début : roman (in French). [Paris]: Gallimard. ISBN 978-2-07-014622-2. OCLC 946034634.

Spanish translations

• Gstrein, Norbert; Blanco, Rosa Pilar (2006). El oficio de matar (in Spanish). Barcelona: Tusquets Editores. ISBN 84-8310-341-9. OCLC 71820857.
• ——; Najmías, Daniel (2001). Los años ingleses (in Spanish). Barcelona: Tusquets Editores. ISBN 84-8310-184-X. OCLC 48637549.

Polish translations

• Gstrein, Norbert; Kalinowska, Elżbieta (2003). Angielskie lata (in Polish). Izabelin: Świat Literacki. ISBN 83-88612-60-3. OCLC 749587030.

Dutch translations

• Gstrein, Norbert; Snick, Els (2005). Een wrede zomer (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Cossee. ISBN 90-5936-052-4. OCLC 67007717.
• ——; Snick, Els (2006). De dag dat ze Jakob kwamen halen (in Dutch). Amsterdam: Cossee. ISBN 90-5936-133-4. OCLC 150276671.

References

Further reading

• Andre, Thomas (25 June 2022). "Norbert Gstrein über Olaf Scholz: "schwache Figur"– ein Interview". Hamburger Abendblatt (in German). Retrieved 30 November 2022.

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