Michael Dibdin

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Michael Dibdin (born March 21, 1947 in Wolverhampton , † March 30, 2007 in Seattle , USA ) was an English-language crime novelist and writer . His works have been translated into numerous languages.

Life

Dibdin went to school in Northern Ireland and Scotland , studied in England and Canada and taught English literature at the University of Perugia for five years. He lived in Seattle, USA until his death.

Works

Dibdin became known for his crime novels about Aurelio Zen , a police superintendent who was born in Venice and lives in Rome. All eleven thrillers with the series hero are set in different Italian cities ( Perugia , Rome , Venice , Naples , Bologna ) or Italian regions ( Sardinia , Sicily , Piedmont , Tuscany , South Tyrol , Calabria ). They include the prevailing social, political and criminal ( Camorra , Mafia ) environment.

Three thrillers have been filmed in a first season of the TV series Zen based on the script by Simon Burke : Vendetta , Cabal and Ratking . Rufus Sewell in the leading role embodies Aurelio Zen. The films were first broadcast in 2011 by the BBC. The Second German Television ( ZDF ), which was a co-producer alongside the Italian Mediaset , broadcast the miniseries from 8-10. January 2013 with the titles "Vendetta", "Ascension" and "Abduction in Italian".

Dibdin has also written psychological thrillers and novels that are set in England and the USA. For Ascension in 1994 he received the prestigious Grand prix de littérature policière .

literature

Aurelio Zen Mysteries

  • Ratking (German title: Abduction in Italian , location: Perugia), 1988
    • Radio play adaptation: The Rat King . Director: Thomas Werner. Prod .: WDR, 1995.
  • Vendetta (German title: Vendetta , venue: Sardinia), 1990
  • Cabal (German title: Himmelfahrt , venue: Rome / Milan), 1992
  • Dead Lagoon (German title: Tödliche Lagune , Venue: Venice), 1994
  • Cosi Fan Tutti (German title: Cosi fan tutti , venue: Naples), 1996
  • A Long Finish (German title: Schwarzer Trüffel , venue: Piemont), 1998
  • Blood Rain (German title: Sicilian Finale , venue: Sicily), 1999
    • Radio play adaptation: Sicilian finale . Director: Christoph Dietrich. Prod .: WDR, 2006.
  • And Then You Die (German title: Roter Marmor , location: Tuscany), 2002
  • Medusa (German title: In the sign of Medusa , venue: South Tyrol), 2003
    • Radio play adaptation: Under the sign of Medusa . Director: Christoph Dietrich. Prod .: WDR, 2006.
  • Back to Bologna (German title: Death on the Piazza , venue: Bologna), 2005
  • End Games (German title: Die in Italian , location: Calabria), December 2007

More novels

  • The Last Sherlock Homes Story (German title: The Last Sherlock Holmes Novel ), 1978
  • A Rich Full Death (German title: Death holds rich harvest ), 1986
  • The Tryst (German title: Der Mann im Schatten ), 1989
  • Dirty Tricks (German title: Schmutzige Tricks ), 1991
  • The Dying of Light (German title: Die in der Twilight ), 1993
  • Dark Specter (German title: Insel der Immortlichkeit ), 1995
  • Thanksgiving (German title: Late Farewell ), 2000.

Awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Peter Guttridge: Zen and the art of cooking tomatoes. The Observer, April 30, 2011, accessed April 30, 2011 .
  2. ↑ List of all episodes for "Zen". IMDb, April 30, 2011, accessed April 30, 2011 .
  3. ↑ Integer in a tailor-made suit . In: FAZ of January 4, 2013, page 39
personal data
SURNAME Dibdin, Michael
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English crime novelist
DATE OF BIRTH March 21, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Wolverhampton
DATE OF DEATH March 30, 2007
Place of death Seattle