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Daniel Kehlmann
Kehlmann in 2023
Kehlmann in 2023
Born(1975-01-13)13 January 1975(age 49)
Munich,Germany
OccupationWriter
NationalityGerman, Austrian
Notable works
Website
www.kehlmann.com

Daniel Kehlmann(German:[ˈdaːni̯eːlˈkeːlman,-ni̯ɛl-]ⓘ;born 13 January 1975) is a German-language novelist and playwright of both Austrian and German nationality.[1]

His novelDie Vermessung der Welt(translated into English byCarol Brown JanewayasMeasuring the World,2006) is the best selling book in the German language sincePatrick Süskind'sPerfumewas released in 1985. In an ironic way, it deals withAlexander von Humboldt,one of the world's best-known naturalists of the 18th and 19th centuries, and Humboldt's relationship with the mathematicianCarl Friedrich Gauss.[2]According toThe New York Times,it was the world's second-best selling novel in 2006.[3]

All his subsequent novels reached the number one spot on Germany'sSpiegelbestseller list and were translated into English. He collaborated withJonathan Franzenand Paul Reitter on Franzen's 2013 bookThe Kraus Project.Kehlmann's playThe Mentor,translated byChristopher Hampton,opened atTheatre Royal, Bath,in April 2017 starringF. Murray Abrahamand transferred to the LondonWest Endin July 2017.[4]In October 2017, his playChristmas Eve,also translated by Christopher Hampton, premiered at the Theatre Royal.[5]His novellaYou Should Have Left(2016) was adapted into a movie starringKevin BaconandAmanda Seyfried.[6]Kehlmann's highly praised novelTyll(2017), which sold more than 600,000 copies in German alone[7]and was published in the US in February 2020,[8]is currently being adapted into a TV series forNetflixby the makers ofDark.[9]The novel was shortlisted for the2020 International Booker Prize.Kehlmann's playDie Reise der Verlorenenwas adapted for BBC radio byTom Stoppardunder the titleThe Voyage of the St. Louis.

Life and career

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Kehlmann was born in Munich, the son of the television directorMichael Kehlmannand the actress Dagmar Mettler.[10]His family moved to his father's hometown Vienna when Daniel was six years old. His paternal grandparents were born Jewish, and his father was in a concentration camp during WWII.[11]Kehlmann currently lives in Berlin.[12]

Since 2015, Kehlmann has held the Eberhard Berent Chair atNew York University.He is a member of theDeutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung.

2016–2017 he was a fellow at theNew York Public Library'sCullman Center for Writers and Scholars.[13]

The novelTyllwas shortlisted for theInternational Booker Prize.

Kehlmann also works as a screenwriter and wrote the script for the TV filmDas letzte Problem.He adaptedThomas Mann's novelConfessions of Felix Krull Confidence Manfor an upcoming movie.

He is married and has a son.[14]

Awards and honors

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Bibliography

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Novels

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  • Beerholms Vorstellung(1997).
  • Unter der Sonne(1998).
  • Mahlers Zeit(1999).
  • Der fernste Ort(2001).
  • Ich und Kaminski(2003).Me and Kaminski,translated by Carol Brown Janeway (Pantheon, 2008).
  • Die Vermessung der Welt(2005).Measuring the World,translated byCarol Brown Janeway(Pantheon, 2006).
  • Requiem für einen Hund(2008).
  • Leo Richters Porträt(2009).
  • Ruhm. Ein Roman in neun Geschichten(2009).Fame. A Novel in Nine Stories,translated by Carol Brown Janeway (Pantheon, 2010).
  • Lob: Über Literatur(2010).
  • F.(2013).F. A Novel.Translated by Carol Brown Janeway (Pantheon, 2014).
  • Du hättest gehen sollen(2016).You Should Have Left,translated byRoss Benjamin(Pantheon, 2016).
  • Tyll(2017).Tyll,translated by Ross Benjamin (Pantheon, 2020).
  • Lichtspiel(2023).

Plays

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  • Geister in Princeton(2013).
  • Der Mentor(2014).The Mentor,translated by Christopher Hampton (Faber and Faber, 2017).
  • Heilig Abend(2017).Christmas Eve,translated byChristopher Hampton(Faber and Faber, 2017).
  • Die Reise der Verlorenen(2018)

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^Interview with Kehlmannin theTagesspiegel.
  2. ^Daum, Andreas(2019).Alexander von Humboldt.Munich: C. H. Beck. p. 58.ISBN978-3-406-73436-6.
  3. ^Hoffman, Jascha."DATA; COMPARATIVE LITERATURE".query.nytimes.com.
  4. ^"The Mentor to transfer to the West End – WhatsOnStage".www.whatsonstage.com.18 May 2017.
  5. ^"Niamh Cusack and Patrick Baladi to star in Christmas Eve – WhatsOnStage".www.whatsonstage.com.21 September 2017.
  6. ^McNary, Dave (7 June 2018)."Amanda Seyfried Joins Kevin Bacon Thriller 'You Should Have Left'".Variety.
  7. ^GmbH, DWDL de.""Dark" -Macher verfilmen Kehlmann-Roman "Tyll" als Serie ".DWDL.de(in German).Retrieved17 October2019.
  8. ^"Tyll by Daniel Kehlmann: 9781524747466 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books".PenguinRandomhouse.com.Retrieved17 October2019.
  9. ^"Today at Frankfurter Buchmesse: Netflix's Kelly Luegenbiehl's CEO Talk".Publishing Perspectives.16 October 2019.Retrieved17 October2019.
  10. ^"Contemporary Authors Online".Literature Resource Center (Subscription from EBSCO required).2015.Retrieved26 March2019.
  11. ^Herschthal, Eric (6 February 2024)."Waiting For The Right Holocaust Angle".jewishweek.timesofisrael.com.
  12. ^"Talk mit Daniel Kehlmann".8 February 2024.
  13. ^"Past Fellows 1999–2018".The New York Public Library.
  14. ^"Talk mit Daniel Kehlmann".8 February 2024.
  15. ^"Autor Daniel Kehlmann erhält Anton-Wildgans-Preis 2019".Orf.at.16 April 2019.Retrieved16 April2019.
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