Clemens Meyer

Clemens Meyer
Meyer at theLeipzig Book Fairin 2010.
Born	(1977-10-03)3 October 1977 Halle an der Saale,Saxony-Anhalt,East Germany
Occupation(s)	Author, screenwriter
Notable work	As We Were Dreaming In the Aisles
Website	www.meyer-clemens.de

Clemens Meyer(born 1977) is a German writer.He is the author ofAls wir träumten(As We Were Dreaming,2006),Die Nacht, die Lichter(All the Lights,2008),Gewalten(Acts of Violence,2010),Im Stein(Bricks and Mortar,2013), andDie stillen Trabanten(Dark Satellites,2017). Of Meyer's works,All the Lights,Bricks and Mortar,andDark Satelliteshave been translated into English.

Early life

Meyer was born on 20 August 1977 inHalle an der Saale.His studies at theGerman Literature Institute,Leipzig, were interrupted by a spell in a youth detention centre. He worked as a security guard, forklift driver and construction worker before he became a published novelist.

Work

Meyer won a number of prizes for his first novelAls wir träumten(As We Were Dreaming), published in 2006,in which a group of friends grow up and go off the rails in East Germany after the fall of the Berlin Wall. He received theRheingau Literatur Preisin 2006. It has been adapted into a filmAs We Were Dreaming,released in 2015.

His second book,Die Nacht, die Lichter(All the Lights,2008), was translated by Katy Derbyshire and published by independent London publisherAnd Other Storiesin 2011.It won theLeipzig Book Fair Prizein 2008. His third book,Gewalten(Acts of Violence), is a diary of 2009 in eleven stories.

His 2013 novelIm Stein(Bricks and Mortar) was translated by Katy Derbyshire and included in the long list for the International Man Booker Prize.The novel won the prestigious Bremer Literaturpreis in 2014, and was shortlisted for the Deutsche Buchpreis in 2013. The English translation won the "Straelener Übersetzerpreis" of theKunststiftung NRWin 2018and was shortlisted for the 2019Best Translated Book Award.

Awards

• Winner of theLeipzig Book Fair Prize2008
• Winner of the German Screenplay Award 2015 forIn the Aisles

Bibliography

Novels

• Als wir träumten(2006). trans. Katy Derbyshire,While We Were Dreaming,London: Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2023.ISBN978-1-8042-7028-8
• Im Stein(2013). trans. Katy Derbyshire,Bricks and Mortar,London: Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2016

Short stories and collected writings

• Die Nacht, die Lichter(2008). trans. Katy Derbyshire,All the Lights,London: And Other Stories, 2011.ISBN978-1-908276-01-8
• Gewalten(Acts of Violence,2010)
• Der Untergang der Äkschn GmbH: Frankfurter Poetikvorlesungen(The Downfall of Action Ltd.: Frankfurt poetics lectures,2016)
• Die stillen Trabanten(2017). trans. Katy Derbyshire,Dark Satellites,London: Fitzcarraldo Editions, 2020.

Other publications

• Zwei Himmelhunde: Irre Filme, die man besser liest(Movies that you better read,with Claudius Nießen, 2016)

Filmography

Screenplays

• Herbert(directed and co-written by Thomas Stuber, 2015)
• Der Dicke liebt(short film, directed and co-written by Alexander Khuon, 2016)
• In the Aisles(directed and co-written by Thomas Stuber, 2018)
• Tatort:Angriff auf Wache 08(TV film, directed and co-written by Thomas Stuber, 2019)

Acting roles

• Als wir träumten(2015)
• Herbert(2015)
• In the Aisles(2018)
• Tatort: Angriff auf Wache 08(2019)

External links

• Official website