Niklas Stiller
Niklas Stiller (born September 19, 1947 in Herrsching am Ammersee ) is a German medic and writer .
Life
Niklas Stiller is the son of a British officer and a German English specialist . He grew up as an adopted child in the family of a physicist. He has lived in Düsseldorf since 1968 . He completed his medical studies with a doctorate on a subject in the field of biochemistry . He worked as a freelance editor for a scientific publisher; today he is the managing director of the Düsseldorf publishing house Omikron Publishing , which specializes in medicine, art and ecology.
Stiller became known in the 1970s for texts on the subject of dying and death. Through campaigns such as advertising texts and sidewalk texts , he attempted to address a broad public with classic and modern literature.
Niklas Stiller, who is a member of the Association of German Writers , received a. a. 1976 the advancement award for literature of the state capital Düsseldorf and 1978 the advancement award of the state North Rhine-Westphalia for literature .
Awards
- 1976: Prize for Literature from the State Capital Düsseldorf
- 1978: Prize of the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for literature
Works
- Grapefruits , Karlsruhe 1975
- At 5.30 p.m. , Leverkusen 1976
- Niklas Stiller , Düsseldorf 1977
- Death and the Airplane , Reinbek near Hamburg 1978
- Order through fluctuation , Krefeld 1979 (together with Ilya Prigogine )
- Albert Einstein , Hamburg 1981
- The big brain tear , Reinbek near Hamburg 1983 (together with Peter Glaser )
- Acupuncture , Berlin [u. a.] 1989 (together with Gabriel Stux and Bruce Pomeranz)
- Budapest , Cologne 1993 (with Peter H. Jamin)
- White House on Blue Square , Düsseldorf 1995
- A wolf comes , Düsseldorf 1997
Web links
- Literature by and about Niklas Stiller in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical data of Niklas Stiller in: Der Tod und das Flugzeug: Prosa, Essays, Gedichte , by Niklas Stiller, Rowohlt, 1978, page 114
- ^ Niklas Stiller in: Kulturamt Landeshauptstadt Düsseldorf
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Stiller, Niklas |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German medic and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 19, 1947 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Herrsching am Ammersee |