Matthias Robold
Matthias Robold (* 1969 in South Baden) is a German writer , web designer and illustrator .
Life
From 1989 to 1994 Robold trained as a graphic designer at the Basel School of Design and then worked as an illustrator for a number of companies, including Gruner + Jahr , BenQ and others. Robold became known to a larger audience through his novel Hundert Tage auf Stardawn or Der Status des Menschen , which was awarded the German Science Fiction Prize in 2000 and was described as a remarkable debut by Franz Rottensteiner . Today Robold works as an illustrator in Munich.
Works
- Hundert Tage auf Stardawn or Der Status des Menschen , Roman, Fantastische Bibliothek Bd. 366, Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt / Main 1999. ISBN 978-3-518-39516-5
literature
- Florian F. Marzin, Hundert Tage auf Stardawn or Der Status des Menschen , in: Das Science Fiction Jahr Vol. 15 , edited by Wolfgang Jeschke , Munich 2000, pp. 831–833. ISBN 3-453-16183-1
- Franz Rottensteiner : Hundert Tage auf Stardawn or Der Status des Menschen , in: Quarber Merkur , vol. 89/90, Passau 1999, pp. 283–284. ISBN 3-932621-22-0
Web links
- Literature by and about Matthias Robold in the catalog of the German National Library
- Matthias Robold in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
- Short biography and reviews of works by Matthias Robold at perlentaucher.de
- Laudation for the award ceremony
- Review by Thomas Harbach on sf-radio.de
proof
- ↑ http://www.fictionfantasy.de/hund-tage-auf-stardawn-oder-der-status-des-menschen
- ↑ Susanne Kusicke: How to recognize civil servants. Always by the hand: Matthias Robold's new universe. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . August 9, 2000, p. 44 , accessed February 2, 2015 .
- ↑ See Quarber Merkur 1999, Vol. 89/90, pp. 283f.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Robold, Matthias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and illustrator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1969 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | South Baden |