Claus Probst

Claus Probst (* 1959 ) is a German author who lives in Mannheim .

Life

Claus Probst works as a doctor for child and adolescent psychiatry in Mannheim. In 2008 he published his volume of short stories The Law for the Protection of Darkness in Heidelberg's Lothar-Seidler-Verlag , followed by the novel Vermint in 2010 at Verlag Wellhöfer . He also published in literary magazines and competitive anthologies. The author is a member of the Heidelberg Literature Offensive and has received several prizes and numerous nominations for his work.

Works

Standalone publications

• The law for the protection of darkness (stories), Seidler Verlag, Heidelberg 2008, ISBN 978-3-931382-42-1
• Vermint (Roman), Wellhöfer Verlag , Mannheim 2010, ISBN 978-3-939540-50-2
• Number Two (Thriller), Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2014, ISBN 978-3-596-19691-3
• Spiegelmord (Thriller), Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2015, ISBN 978-3-596-03035-4
• The Hunt - At the Wrong Place (Thriller), Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2017, ISBN 978-3-596-03672-1

Short stories

• Three seconds (short story), in: Hallo, Taxi! - 31 short stories from over 1000 submissions to the "Hello Taxi Competition" 2001 / ed. by Sven Nommensen and Klaus Servene , Andiamo Verlag , Mannheim 2001 ISBN 3-8311-2605-4
• The law for the protection of darkness (short story), in: Colorful dreams - The winning entries of the literary competition of the book fair in Ried / ed. from the municipality of Stockstadt am Rhein, Stockstadt 2003
• Freundinnen (short story), in: Dangerous feelings. The best submissions to the Agatha-Christie-Krimipreis 2006, S. Fischer Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2006, ISBN 978-3596166879
• Alles aus Liebe (short story), in: Ten Years Later - The winning entries in the literature competition at the Book Fair in Ried / ed. from the municipality of Stockstadt am Rhein, Stockstadt 2006
• Farther than heaven (short story), in: The other side - the winning entries in the literary competition of the Book Fair in Ried / ed. from the municipality of Stockstadt am Rhein , Stockstadt 2007
• Rabenmutter , (short story), in: Im Verborgenen, Mannheimer Heinrich Vetter Literature Prize 2010 - Texts by the winners and the nominees, Literarisches Zentrum Rhein-Neckar eV Die Räuber 77, Mannheim 2010
• Seven lives , (short story), in: Cordelia Borchardt and Andreas Hoh (eds.): A feeling for murder . Fischer e-book, Frankfurt / M. 2012, ISBN 978-3-10-402084-6

Awards

• 2003: 2nd prize literary competition of the municipality of Stockstadt am Rhein
• 2004: 1st prize literature competition Signatur eV and Volksbank Backnang
• 2006: 3rd prize literary competition of the municipality of Stockstadt am Rhein
• 2007: 1st prize literary competition of the municipality of Stockstadt am Rhein
• 2012: Agatha Christie Detective Prize for Seven Lives . In: Cordelia Borchardt and Andreas Hoh (eds.): A feeling for murder

Web links

• Literature by and about Claus Probst in the catalog of the German National Library
• Review "Vermint" Szylla's bookmark
• Review of the book of stories by Szyllas Bookmarks
• Wellhöfer Verlag
• Claus Probst at S.Fischer Verlag