Ken Bruen
Ken Bruen (* 3. January 1951 in Galway City ) is an Irish author gloomy Hardboiled - detective novels . He is considered an important representative of Irish Noir .
Life
Ken Bruen attended St. Joseph's College in Galway City, later Trinity College Dublin , where he received his doctorate in metaphysics .
Before starting to write, he had lived and worked as an English teacher in Africa, Japan, Southeast Asia and South America for 25 years. Today he is a member of a literary circle around Jason Starr , Reed Farrel Coleman and Allan Guthrie . His books have been honored with numerous prizes, including a. with the renowned Shamus Award and the French Grand prix de littérature policière .
Bruen lives with his wife and daughter in his native Galway.
Awards
- 2004 Shamus Award - Best Novel category for The Guards ( Jack Taylor flies out . Atrium, Zurich 2009)
- 2005 Macavity Award - Best novel for The Killing of the Tinkers (German: Jack Taylor is wrong . Atrium, Zurich 2010)
- 2007 Barry Award - Best British detective novel category for Priest (German Jack Taylor and the prodigal son . Atrium, Zurich 2011)
- 2007 Shamus Award - Best Novel category for The Dramatist (Ger. A drama for Jack Taylor . Atrium, Zurich 2011)
- 2009 Grand prix de littérature policière - International category for La main droite du diable (Original: Priest )
- 2010 German Crime Prize - Category International (3) for Jack Taylor thrown out (Original: The Guards )
- 2010 Macavity Award - Best Novel for Tower category (together with Reed Farrel Coleman )
Jack Taylor series
Set in Galway, the Jack Taylor novels tell the story of the adventures and misfortunes of the disgraced former cop Jack Taylor, who lives a life ruined by alcohol and drug abuse as an aimless private detective. The series traces the social change in Ireland during Bruen's lifetime; Particular attention is paid to the decline of the Catholic Church as a social and political power. In addition to the aspect of immigration , Ireland's economic development, which has been flourishing since the beginning of the 1990s, is repeatedly discussed. Often this is portrayed as a force that has transformed Ireland into a mentally emaciated and materialistic society in which deep social inequality still prevails.
The German translations of the Jack Taylor series were provided by Harry Rowohlt , with whom Bruen was also a personal friend. After his death, no further Jack Taylor novels have been published in German.
Between 2010 and 2016, a television crime series based on the Jack Taylor book series was produced with Jack Taylor .
Works
Jack Taylor series
- 2001 The Guards
- Jack Taylor is thrown out , German by Harry Rowohlt ; Atrium, Zurich 2009. ISBN 978-3-85535-044-5
- 2002 The Killing of the Tinkers
- Jack Taylor is wrong , German by Harry Rowohlt; Atrium, Zurich 2010. ISBN 978-3-85535-045-2
- 2003 The Magdalen Martyrs
- Jack Taylor goes to hell , German by Harry Rowohlt; Atrium, Zurich 2010. ISBN 978-3-85535-046-9
- 2004 The Dramatist
- A drama for Jack Taylor , German by Harry Rowohlt; Atrium, Zurich 2011. ISBN 978-3-85535-047-6
- 2006 priest
- Jack Taylor and the Prodigal Son , German by Harry Rowohlt; Atrium, Zurich 2011. ISBN 978-3-85535-048-3
- 2007 Cross
- Jack Taylor on the Way of the Cross , German by Harry Rowohlt; Atrium, Zurich 2011. ISBN 978-3-85535-049-0
- 2008 Sanctuary
- Jack Taylor versus Benedictus , German by Harry Rowohlt; Atrium, Zurich 2012. ISBN 978-3-85535-050-6
- 2010 The Devil
- Jack Taylor goes to hell , German by Harry Rowohlt; Atrium, Zurich 2012. ISBN 978-3-85535-051-3
- 2011 Headstone
- A tombstone for Jack Taylor , German by Harry Rowohlt; Atrium, Zurich 2013. ISBN 978-3-85535-052-0
- 2013 Purgatory
- 2015 Green Hell
- 2016 The Emerald Lie
- 2017 The Ghosts of Galway
Detective Sergeant Tom Brant and Chief Inspector James Roberts series
- 1998 A White Arrest
- 1999 Taming the Alien
- 2000 The McDead
- 2002 Blitz
- Brant , German from Len Wanner; Polar, Hamburg 2017. ISBN 978-3-945133-45-3
- 2003 Vixen
- Vixen , German by Karen Witthuhn: Polar, Hamburg 2016. ISBN 978-3-94513-331-6
- 2006 caliber
- Caliber , German by Karen Witthuhn: Polar, Hamburg 2015. ISBN 978-3-945133-12-5
- 2007 ammunition
Max Fisher and Angela Petrakos series
- 2006 Bust (together with Jason Starr )
- Flop , German by Richard Betzenbichler; Rotbuch, Berlin 2008. ISBN 978-3-86789-023-6
- 2007 Slide (together with Jason Starr)
- Crack , German by Richard Betzenbichler; Rotbuch, Berlin 2009. ISBN 978-3-86789-067-0
- 2008 The MAX (together with Jason Starr)
- Attica: Behind bars ... and dangerous , by Richard Betzenbichler; Rotbuch, Berlin 2010. ISBN 978-3-86789-123-3
Single track
- 1993 Shades of Grace
- 1994 Martyrs
- 1996 Rilke on Black
- Rilke on black , German by Brigitte and Niklaus Helbling ; Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998. ISBN 3-499-43282-X
- 1997 The Hackman Blues
- 1998 Her Last Call to Louis MacNeice
- Abgebrannt , German by Brigitte and Niklaus Helbling; Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998. ISBN 3-499-43313-3
- 2001 London Boulevard
- London Boulevard , German by Conny Lösch; Suhrkamp, Berlin 2010. ISBN 978-3-518-46208-9
- 2004 Dispatching Baudelaire
- 2006 American Skin
- 2008 Once Were Cops
- 2008 killer year
- 2009 Tower (together with Reed Farrel Coleman )
- Tower , German by Richard Betzenbichler; Rotbuch, Berlin 2012. ISBN 978-3-86789-162-2
literature
- Paula Murphy: Murderous Mayhem ': Ken Bruen and the New Ireland. In: CLUES: A Journal of Detection . Volume 24, Issue 2, Winter 2006, pp. 3-16
Web links
- Literature by and about Ken Bruen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Ken Bruen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Official website
- An Interview with Ken Bruen, the Duke of Hard-Boiled Crime Noir. In: Dark Party Review
- Crime couch
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bruen, Ken |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 3, 1951 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Galway City |