Martin Arz
Martin Arz (born July 3, 1963 in Würzburg ) is a German writer and visual artist .
Life
After graduating from high school, Martin Arz studied art history , folklore, and prehistory for a year at the Julius Maximilians University in Würzburg . In 1983 he moved to the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich and switched to theater studies , ethnology and art education . During his studies, which he completed with a master's degree, Arz wrote for the Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin and presented his art in exhibitions. Arz then worked as a public relations consultant for McDonald’s before becoming a full painter and author.
As an artist, Arz was influenced by Pop Art and New Objectivity , especially in earlier works . The main topic of his work is people. In his square skulls, Arz moves away from realism and breaks down the portrayed, for example, into colored puzzles.
As a crime writer, he published a work on the amateur detective Felix von Schwind for the first time in 1999; another three Felix novels, written as first-person stories with a strong satirical influence, followed. In 2004 the first crime novel was published with the detective Max Pfeffer, The Gifted Girl , which was selected by Brigitte magazine as one of the 15 best new paperback publications of the year. Both crime series are set almost exclusively in Munich , often in the Glockenbachviertel . It is unusual for German crime novels that both series heroes are homosexual . The Felix series also partly takes place in the gay scene.
Arz also publishes short stories and thrillers and, as a non-fictional author, publishes books on Munich districts. He lives in Munich .
Works
Detective novels
Felix novels
- It is executed , Bruno Gmünder Verlag , Berlin, 1999, ISBN 3-86187-411-3 .
- Seven tubes of corpse blood , Bruno Gmünder Verlag, Berlin, 2000, ISBN 3-86187-412-1 .
- Mords Rummel , Bruno Gmünder Verlag, Berlin, 2000, ISBN 3-86187-414-8 .
- Death of a Slut , Bruno Gmünder Verlag, Berlin, 2004, ISBN 3-86187-594-2 .
Max Pfeffer novels
- The gift girl , Leda Verlag, Leer, 2004, ISBN 3-93492-742-4 .
- Reine Nervensache , Leda Verlag, Leer, 2005, ISBN 3-934927-62-9 .
- The bone seamstress , Querverlag, 2009, ISBN 3-89656-167-7 .
- Pechwinkel , Hirschkäfer Verlag, 2011, ISBN 978-3-940839-18-3 .
- Westend17 , Hirschkäfer Verlag 2014, ISBN 978-3940839-33-6 .
Non-fiction
- The Isarvorstadt, Gärtnerplatz-, Glockenbach- and Schlachthofviertel , Hirschkäfer Verlag, Munich, 2008, ISBN 978-3-940839-00-8 .
- Die Maxvorstadt, The Unknown Beauty (co-author: Ulrich Schall), Hirschkäfer Verlag, Munich, 2008, ISBN 978-3-940839-01-5 .
- Giesing , Hirschkäfer Verlag, Munich, 2014, ISBN 978-3-940839-36-7 .
Exhibitions
- 1997: 3rd EigenArt , Munich
- 1997: Ebersberg Art Prize, Ebersberg
- 1998: Africa , art treatment, Munich
- 2005: Galerie Junge, Berlin
- 2006: Lenbach construction site , art pavilion, Munich
- 2006: KrimiKunst , Günter Grass-Haus, Lübeck
- 2006: Annual exhibition at Kunstverein Ebersberg, Ebersberg
Web links
- Literature by and about Martin Arz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Martin Arz website
- Interview on the book "Die Maxvorstadt"
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Arz, Martin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and visual artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 3rd July 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Wurzburg |