Andreas Eschbach (born with Ulm the September 15th 1959) is regarded as one of the major writer S of the German Science-fiction and one of rare to be translated in several languages.

Biography

In spite of first writings at the eleven years age, Andreas Eschbach made of the “traditional” studies in the aerospace field at the technological university of Stuttgart before working in this city, like Data-processing Developer in , then as Manager in a company of the Council.

Its first professional publication is a Nouvelle, Poupées , which leaves in 1991 in stores data-processing German It T . Its Romance first , Of the billion carpet of hair , published in 1995, meets a great success which launches its career and allows him to live of its feather. Translated inter alia into Czech French, , Italian, Polish, Spanish and English, this book is worth an international repute to him. In 2001, its third novel, video Jesus (1998), is adapted in Téléfilm which is worth with the German chain which diffuses it records of audience, in spite of its poor quality. The novel Thousand billion dollars (2001) was the subject of an adaptation for radio allemande in 2003.

Andreas Eschbach saw since 2003 in Brittany with his Marianne wife. It is one of the rare German writers to popularize the writing by the means of seminars and workshops, in particular with the federal Academy of cultural education of Wolfenbüttel. It in addition publishes novels intended for youth.

Topics

The topics approached by Andreas Eschbach are the Voyage in time (buckles temporal in Jesus Vidéo ), the influence of the Technologie on humanity (Cyborg in the last of its species ), the worlds parallel in the present or a near future (economic fiction in Thousand billion dollars , Politique in solar Station ), the colonized Galaxie (organization socio-policy in Of the billion carpet of hair , research of the planet-mother in Kwest ).

Works

Novels

Novels intended for youth

Selected news

Other publications

Literary prizes

• 1994 : Arno-Schmidt purse;
• 1996 : German Price of science fiction, category better novel, for Of the billion carpet of hair ;
• 1997 : German Price of science fiction, category better novel, for solar Station ;
• 1997 : Price Kurd-Laßwitz of the best novel for solar Station ;
• 1998 : German Price of science fiction, new better category, for wonders of the Universe ;
• 1999 : Fantastic Award, category better novel, for video Jesus ;
• 1999 : German Price of science fiction, category better novel, for video Jesus ;
• 1999 : Price Kurd-Laßwitz of the best novel for Video Jesus ;
• 2000 : Price Kurd-Laßwitz of the best novel for Kelwitts Stern ;
• 2000 : Price Bob-Morane (Belgian) for Of the billion carpet of hair ;
• 2000 : Grand Prix of Imaginary the of the best foreign novel for Of the billion carpet of hair ;
• 2002 : Price Kurd-Laßwitz of the best novel for Kwest ;
• 2004 : Price Kurd-Laßwitz of the best novel for the Last of its species ;
• 2004 : German Price of science fiction, category better novel, for the Last of its species ;
• 2004 : Grand Prix of Imaginary the for the anthology Eine Trillion Euro , European Price category;
• 2005 : German price of fantasy for Quantenmüll .

Internal bonds

• Science fiction of German language

External bonds

• personal page of Andreas Eschbach

• televisual adaptation of '' Video Jesus '' on the IMDB.

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