AD Miller
Andrew D. Miller (* 1974 in London ) is an English journalist and writer .
Life
Miller studied English literature at Cambridge and Princeton . The first journalistic work in the form of travel reports was created in the USA . After returning to London, he worked as a producer of television programs.
In 2000 he became editor of the London weekly The Economist , where he wrote on British politics and culture. From 2004 to 2007 he was Moscow - correspondent of the magazine. Among other things, he reported on the “ Orange Revolution ” in Ukraine , the Yukos affair and the rise of Gazprom . On his return he took over the editorial office for British politics and wrote the weekly " Bagehot " column. In 2010 he became editor for the UK.
In 2006 Miller's first book, The Earl of Petticoat Lane , was published, a family story about "love, friendship, memory, immigration, class, the Blitz and the underwear industry" ("Love, friendship, memory, immigration , social classes , The Blitz and the underwear industry." "). Miller lives in London with his wife and two children.
The freezing season of love
In 2011, Miller's debut novel was published Snowdrops (German: The cold season of love ) about an English lawyer who comes in the wake of Russia's oil boom to Moscow to accompany financial transactions between domestic companies and European donors. In the Russian metropolis, over a cold Moscow winter, he is drawn into the pull of a young Russian woman named Mascha and is involved in criminal machinations.
The title Snowdrops ( snowdrops ) is a Russian slang expression for the dead who remain hidden under the winter layer of snow until they emerge in the spring thaw. For Miller, the expression was indicative of the hard life in Russia and the way Muscovites dealt with the cold winter, but he also saw it as a metaphor for suppressed truths that ultimately catch up with you. The novel he described as "moral thriller" ( "moral thriller "), the story of a moral decay. According to Hans von Trotha, the central themes are the protagonist's identity crisis and “the need to fathom a great, deep love” that applies not to the young Russian, but to the city of Moscow as such.
The novel was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize , the Gold Dagger Award, and the Galaxy National Book Award in 2011 , and the shortlisted for the James Tait Black Memorial Prize the following year . Snowdrops has been published in over twenty languages. The German translation is by Bernhard Robben and was published by S. Fischer Verlag in 2012 . Philipp Moog read in the audio book.
Works
- 2006: The Earl of Petticoat Lane . Heinemann.
- 2011: Snowdrops . Atlantic Books.
- German: The ice cold season of love . S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2012, ISBN 978-3-10-049019-3 .
- 2015: The Faithful Couple . Little, Brown.
Web links
- Literature by and about AD Miller in the catalog of the German National Library
- AD Miller's website .
- Andrew Miller at The Economist .
- AD Miller at the British Council .
- Interviews with debut Booker nominees: AD Miller on the BBC .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b About the author on AD Miller's page.
- ↑ a b Andrew Miller at The Economist .
- ^ About Andrew Miller at S. Fischer Verlag .
- ↑ About the Book on the page on the novel Snowdrops .
- ↑ Hans von Trotha : Moscow as the main character . Deutschlandradio Kultur , January 23, 2013.
- ^ AD Miller at the British Council .
- ↑ Buy the book on the page for the novel Snowdrops .
- ↑ The ice-cold season of love at S. Fischer Verlag .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Miller, AD |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Miller, Andrew D. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British journalist and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |