Gordon Dahlquist
Gordon Dahlquist (* 1961 in Seattle , Washington ) is an American writer and playwright.
Life
Dahlquist, son of a soldier, has worked and lived in New York City since 1988 , where some of his plays have also been performed. He trained at Reed College, then studied dramaturgy at Columbia University in New York. His plays Mesilina and Delirium Palace received the Garland Playwriting Award ; for Tomorrow Come Today , Dahlquist received the 2015 James Tait Black Memorial Prize . His short films, which he directed himself, have been shown at various festivals.
Dahlquist's debut novel The Glass Books of Dream Eaters , a mixture of detective novel, science fiction and fantasy received very good reviews and also achieved considerable bestseller placements in the USA. Since then, two more volumes in the series have appeared, The Dark Volume (2008) and The Chemickal Marriage (2012). The German translation of the trilogy was published by Blanvalet Verlag .
bibliography
- The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters / Die Glasbücher der Traumfresser (novel trilogy)
- 1 The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters (2006)
- German: The Glass Books of Dream Eaters . Translated by Bernhard Kempen . Blanvalet, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-442-37274-4 .
- 2 The Dark Volume (2008)
- German: Das Dunkelbuch. Translated by Susanna Mende. Blanvalet, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7645-0241-6 .
- 3 The Chemickal Marriage (2012)
- English: The Alchemy of Evil. Translated by Susanna Mende. Blanvalet, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-442-38014-5 .
- Novels
- The Different Girl (2013)
Web links
- Gordon Dahlquist in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Gordon Dahlquist in Fantastic Fiction (English)
- Gordon Dahlquist in the Science Fiction Awards + Database (English)
- Literature by and about Gordon Dahlquist in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gordon Dahlquist in the bibliography of German science fiction ( books , articles )
- Literature by and about Gordon Dahlquist in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- Works by and about Gordon Dahlquist at Open Library
- official authors website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Elmar Krekeler: Dahlquist's orgies are wilder than Kubricks. WELT ONLINE, accessed on November 17, 2008 .
- ↑ http://deposit.dnb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?id=2957443&prov=M&dok_var=1&dok_ext=htm
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Dahlquist, Gordon |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Dahlquist, GW (alternative spelling) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American novelist and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1961 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Seattle , Washington |