Boris Hillen
Boris Hillen (born April 12, 1968 in Neuwied ) is a German writer .
life and work
Hillen, born in Neuwied in 1968, first worked as a baker, printer and model after graduating from high school and doing community service. He then studied sport, German and philosophy in Giessen . After completing his studies, he wrote texts for an advertising agency in Cologne. After a long stay abroad, he now works as a teacher at the grammar school of the Schillerschule in Frankfurt am Main
His first novel with the title Mohnzeit was published in 1998. His second book Germ cells , published in 2003, is a biological science fiction that critically reflects on the question of the complete decoding of the human genome and is based on the breadth and tradition of philosophical science fiction with works moved by authors such as Rainer Erler , Aldous Huxley , Robert Sheckley and TC Boyle . In April 2015, Hillen's novel Agfa Leverkusen was published by S. Fischer Verlag .
Hillen now lives in Frankfurt am Main.
bibliography
- Poppy season . Wirth-Verlag, Giessen 1998, 290 pages ISBN 978-3-938462-01-0
- Germ cells . Wirth-Verlag, Giessen 2003, 250 pages, ISBN 978-3-89806-942-7
- Photosynthesis. Anthology , PAHINO-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2006, 226 pages, ISBN 978-3-938462-02-7
- Agfa Leverkusen . S. Fischer-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main, 2015, 448 pages, ISBN 978-3-10-002282-0
Contributions to anthologies:
- The week with Anna . In: Frank / Sonderhüsken (ed.): Hot'n'holy . Knaur-Verlag, Munich 1999
- I see something that you don't see . In: Dechant (Ed.): Overnight stay with breakfast . Knaur-Verlag, Munich 2000
- Return with Yvonne . In: Frank / Sonderhüsken (Ed.): Stories for rainy days . Knaur-Verlag, Munich 2000
- Mole feelings . In: Bollacher, Marie-Sophie (Ed.): Kisses with tongue . Knaur-Verlag, Munich 2001
- The tribunal . In: Palme / Hillen / Nowak (ed.): Photosynthesis . Frankfurt (Main) 2005
- Dying tomorrow . In: Walther, Christian (Ed.): Gothic - Dark Lyrics . Belz & Gelberg, Weinheim Basel 2009
- SilberFest . In: Walther, Christian (Ed.): Gothic - Dark Lyrics . Belz & Gelberg, Weinheim Basel 2009
- Avezzano . In: Koch, Boris (Ed.): Gothic - Dark Stories . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim Basel 2010
- Remus Stebmann's diary . In: Koch, Boris (Ed.): Gothic - Darker Stories . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim Basel 2010
- México 2004 . In: Kallinikou, Vivi (Ed.): Chance hit - Aurélien Tristan Bonnetain and the storytellers . Eriginals Berlin, Berlin 2012
Web links
- Literature by and about Boris Hillen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Boris Hillen's novel: Agfa Leverkusen on Deutschlandfunk
- Boris Hillen in Hessischer Rundfunk - ARD special for the Frankfurt Book Fair 2015
Individual evidence
- ^ Biker, teacher - and writer - Boris Hillen in Die Welt
- ^ Biographical data of Boris Hillen in Gothic: Dark Stories by Boris Koch, 2009, p. 235
- ^ Boris Hillen in Rheinische Post
- ^ A novel by Frankfurter Lehrer - Everything comes differently - Boris Hillen in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Hillen, Boris |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 12, 1968 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Neuwied on the Rhine |