Norris von Schirach

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Norris Benedikt von Schirach (born 1963 in Munich ; pseudonym: Arthur Isarin ) is a German businessman and writer who worked for several years as a raw materials expert and copper specialist . a. worked in Russia.

Norris von Schirach was born in Munich in 1963. According to his own statement, he attended seven or “more” boarding schools. He initially worked commercially in London in England, then studied administrative sciences at the University of Konstanz and then worked in the USA, Russia and Kazakhstan. Today he lives in Romania ( Bucharest ). He published his first novel Blasse Helden in 2018 under the name Arthur Isarin. In it, he processed his experiences of the Yeltsin years in Moscow , which were marked by "privatizations and the accompanying strengthening of the oligarchs as well as the slide of large parts of the population below the poverty line". It is the first volume in a planned trilogy.

His younger brother is the well-known lawyer and author Ferdinand von Schirach (born 1964); his grandfather Baldur von Schirach (1907–1974) was Reich Youth Leader of the NSDAP during the Nazi era .

References and footnotes

  1. Julia Encke: Unmasking a pseudonym - Who is Arthur Isarin? , FAZ.net, October 21, 2018 (accessed January 24, 2019)
  2. ^ Yeltsin Years in Moscow | Norris von Schirach, author (SWR1 people) - accessed January 24, 2019
  3. Arthur Isarin - randomhouse.de (accessed January 24, 2019)

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