Clemens J. Setz
Austrian writer and translator
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| Intro | Austrian writer and translator | |
| Places | Austria | |
| is | Translator Writer | |
| Work field | Literature | |
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| Birth | 15 November 1982, Graz, Styria, Austria | |
| Age | 42 years | |
| Star sign | Scorpio |
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Biography
Clemens J. Setz, born 15 November 1982 in Graz, is an Austrian writer and translator. He debuted in 2007 with the novel Söhne und Planeten. His second novel, Die Frequenzen, was shortlisted for the German Book Prize. He won the 2011 Leipzig Book Fair Prize with the short story collection Die Liebe zur Zeit des Mahlstädter Kindes. In 2012 he was again shortlisted for the German Book Prize for the novel Indigo, and in 2015 he received the Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize for Die Stunde zwischen Frau und Gitarre.
List of works
- Söhne und Planeten. Novel. Residenz, St. Pölten 2007.
- Die Frequenzen. Novel. Residenz, St. Pölten 2009.
- Die Liebe zur Zeit des Mahlstädter Kindes. Short stories. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2011.
- Zeitfrauen. (Schöner Lesen Nr. 112.) SuKuLTuR, Berlin 2012.
- Indigo. Novel. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2012. Published in English in 2014.
- Die Vogelstraußtrompete. Poems. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2014.
- Glücklich wie Blei im Getreide. Retellings. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2015.
- Die Stunde zwischen Frau und Gitarre. Novel. Suhrkamp, Berlin 2015.