Chris Cleave
Chris Cleave (* 1973 in London ) is a British journalist and writer .
Chris Cleave grew up in Cameroon and Buckinghamshire . After studying psychology at Balliol College , Oxford , he is a. a. has worked as a barman, sea sailor and journalist, has taught marine navigation and founded an internet company.
His debut novel Incendiary (German title: Dear Osama ) appeared in 20 countries and was filmed with Michelle Williams and Ewan McGregor .
His second book The other Hand (German title: Little Bee ) was published in Great Britain in 2008 and was nominated for the Costa Book Awards . The following year it was released in the United States and Canada under the title Little Bee . The novel is being filmed with Nicole Kidman by Blossom Films in cooperation with BBC Films . The German translation jumped to 10th place on the Spiegel bestseller list in 2011.
Chris Cleave continues to write for the English daily newspaper The Guardian and lives in London with his wife and three children.
Prizes and awards
- 2006: Somerset Maugham Award for Incendiary
- 2006: Commonwealth Writers' Prize nominee list also for Incendiary
- 2008: Proposal list for the presentation of the Costa Book Awards for The other Hand
Works
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Incendiary (2005)
- German: Dear Osama. Translated from the English by Marcus Ingendaay , Rowohlt, Reinbek 2006, ISBN 978-3498009328
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The other hand. 2008.
- German: Little Bee . Novel. Translated from the English by Susanne Goga-Klinkenberg , dtv, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-423-24819-8 .
- After the End of the World (2011)
- Gold (2012)
- German: gold. Novel. Translated from the English by Susanne Goga-Klinkenberg, dtv, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-423-24958-4 .
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Everyone Brave Is Forgiven (2016)
- dt .: Love in these times . Novel. Translated from the English by Susanne Goga-Klinkenberg, dtv, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-423-26140-1 .
Audio books
- Dear Obama . Read by Sophie Rois , Argon Verlag , Berlin, 2006, ISBN 3-87024-007-5 (8 CDs with booklet, 565 min.)
- Little Bee . Read by Britta Steffenhagen , Sarah Alles , Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin, 2011, ISBN 978-3-86231-068-5 (reading, 5 CDs, 375 min.)
literature
- Sarah L. Courteau: A Beach Vacation Goes Horribly Awry. In: Washington Post , February 25, 2009.
- Caroline Elkins: Exit Wounds. In: The New York Times , May 15, 2009.
Web links
- Works by Chris Cleave in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website by Chris Cleave (English)
- Meet novelist Chris Cleave on YouTube
- Chris Cleave at dtv
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cleave, Chris |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British author |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1973 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |