Michael K. Iwoleit

Michael K. Iwoleit (born February 22, 1962 in Düsseldorf ) is a German author , critic , translator and editor in the field of science fiction .

Life

After graduating from high school and graduating as a state-certified biological-technological assistant, Iwoleit studied philosophy , German and social sciences in Düsseldorf. He began to write SF stories, some of which were published in other countries. His role models are authors such as JG Ballard , Philip K. Dick and Stanisław Lem . His first novel Rubikon came out in 1984, followed by Behind the Walls of Time (with Horst Pukallus ) in 1989 and On the Edge of the Abyss in 2003 . His award-winning short story Psyhack he expanded into a novel in 2007.

Iwoleit is particularly known for his novels, for which he was awarded the German Science Fiction Prize five times and the Kurd-Laßwitz Prize twice. He has also made a name for himself as an editor, translator and critic. Together with Ronald M. Hahn and Helmuth W. Mommers he founded the science fiction magazine Nova in 2002 and has been the only continuous co-editor since then. He translated novels by Iain Banks , David Wingrove and Cory Doctorow into German.

Works

• Rubikon , Ullstein , Frankfurt / Berlin / Vienna 1984. ISBN 3-548-31091-5 .
• Behind the walls of time (with Horst Pukallus ). Heyne , Munich 1989. ISBN 3-453-03446-5 .
• At the edge of the abyss , Blitz-Verlag, Windeck 2003. ISBN 3-89840-105-7 .
• Psyhack , Fabylon , Markt Rettenbach 2007. ISBN 3-927071-13-7 .
• The last days of eternity , Wurdack Verlag, Nittendorf, 2012. ISBN 978-3-938065-83-9
• Moloh , Millennium Press, Satu Mare, 2013. ISBN 978-606-8113-76-0 (Romanian edition of The Moloch , translated by AR Deleanu)
• Reductio ad absurdum. Eight essays on short science fiction , Dieter von Reeken, Lüneburg 2015. ISBN 978-3-945807-01-9
• The Moloch , Fabylon, Markt Rettenbach 2019. ISBN 978-3-927071-73-5

Awards

• 2002 German Science Fiction Prize for Paths into Light
• 2004 German Science Fiction Award for I'm not afraid of misfortune
• 2006 German Science Fiction Prize for Psyhack
• 2008 Kurd-Laßwitz-Prize for The Moloch
• 2011 Kurd-Laßwitz-Prize for The Threshold
• 2013 German Science Fiction Prize for To celebrate my death
• 2017 German Science Fiction Award for The Network of Outlaws
• 2019 Kurd-Laßwitz-Prize for 16 years of editing Nova

literature

• Franz Rottensteiner : Michael K. Iwoleit's posthuman future , in: Franz Rottensteiner: In the laboratory of visions. Notes on the fantastic literature. 19 articles and lectures from 2000–2012 , Verlag Dieter van Reeken, Lüneburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-940679-72-7 , pp. 205–211.
• Karsten Kruschel : The last days of eternity. In: The Science Fiction Year 2013. Edited by Sascha Mamczak , Sebastian Pirling and Wolfgang Jeschke , Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, Munich 2013, pp. 390–39394, ISBN 978-3-453-53444-5 .
• Karsten Kruschel : Michael K. Iwoleit. In: German Literature Lexicon - the 20th Century, Vol. 22 Imhasly-Jann , columns 191–193. Berlin: De Gruyter, 2014. ISBN 978-3-11-023168-7

Web links

• Literature by and about Michael K. Iwoleit in the catalog of the German National Library
• Michael K. Iwoleit in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• The last days of eternity at SF-Fan.de ( Memento from September 5, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
• Paths into light at SF-Fan.de (PDF file; 157 kB)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ DSFP 2017: The winners. April 23, 2017. Retrieved April 24, 2017 .