Christoph Höhtker
Christoph Höhtker (born 1967 in Bielefeld ) is a German writer .
Life
Höhtker studied sociology and initially worked as a journalist, language teacher and copywriter.
In 2013, the first part of a trilogy was the debut novel The Terrible Reality of Life by My Side . The second part, See All, was nominated for the Swiss Book Prize 2016. The Year of Women , the third part of the Stremmer trilogy, was published in 2017 and was on the long list of the German Book Prize .
Christoph Höhtker has lived in Geneva since 2004 .
Single track
- The terrible reality of life by my side . Berlin Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-8270-1135-0 .
- See everything . Ventil Verlag, Mainz 2015, ISBN 978-3-95575-045-9 .
- The year of women . weissbooks, Frankfurt 2017, ISBN 978-3-86337-118-0 .
- Slaughterhouse and order . weissbooks, Zurich 2020, ISBN 978-3-86337-180-7 .
literature
- Rainer Moritz: The man who needs women . Review. In: NZZ , August 26, 2017, p. 22
Web links
- Works by Christoph Höhtker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and reviews of works by Christoph Höhtker at perlentaucher.de
- Publications by and about Christoph Höhtker in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Christoph Höhtker on his Stremmer trilogy. Video conversation with Thomas Haemmerli .
- Christoph Höhtker reads from The Year of Women , Zurich 2018.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Linus Volkmann: “Then you can really freak out lyrically” Interview with Christoph Höhtker. October 29, 2015, accessed August 5, 2017 .
- ↑ Manuela Hofstätter: Nominated: Christoph Höhtker / See everything. September 21, 2016. Retrieved October 16, 2016 .
- ↑ Jury nominates 20 novels for the long list . Retrieved August 15, 2017.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Höhtker, Christoph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bielefeld |