Patrick Rothfuss

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Patrick Rothfuss (* 6. June 1973 in Madison , Wisconsin , USA ) is an American fantasy - writer .

Life

In 1991 Patrick Rothfuss began his studies at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point, from which he graduated in 1999 with a Bachelor of Arts. He continued his studies at Washington State University and graduated with a Master of Arts. He returned to Stevens Point two years later and has taught English at the University of Wisconsin ever since. In March 2007 he published his first book, The Name of the Wind , which in the same year won several awards as best book of the year and, among other things, the Quill Award . When presenting the German translation Der Name des Windes , published in 2008, Denis Scheck rated the book as “the most convincing fantasy since Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings ” in his show Fresh off the press .

According to his website, he became an avid reader because of the often bad weather and the lack of a cable TV. His many years of study were characterized by changing priorities, which should first enable him to become a chemical engineer and later a career in clinical psychology . Most recently, his study goal was officially “unclear”, and he simply studied everything that interested him. During this time he took on a lot of odd jobs. He began writing the College Survival Guide column for the campus newspaper , which he continues to this day, while also starting work on a very long fantasy novel entitled The Song of Flame and Thunder . After completing the novel, he submitted it to several publishers without success, but with an excerpt from it ( The Road to Levinshir ) he won the Writers of the Future 2002 competition in the 2nd quarter, which is highly regarded among science fiction authors . It was only after a conversation with Kevin J. Anderson in an author's workshop that he secured a contract with the literary agent Matt Bialer, who finally managed to sell the novel to the publisher DAW Books - but now designed as a trilogy and under the new title The Kingkiller Chronicle , of which The Name of the Wind forms the first part.

Since June 2015 Rothfuss has been running a podcast called Unattended Consequences together with Max Temkin.

The Worldbuilders charity he founded in 2008 collects donations for Heifer International.

Works

The Kingkiller Chronicle
  1. The Name of the Wind . Daw Books ( Penguin Books ), New York 2007, ISBN 978-0-7564-0407-9 .
  2. The Wise Man's Fear . Daw Books, New York 2011, ISBN 978-0756404734 .
  3. The Doors of Stone , title planned, ISBN 978-0575081444
Based on the Kingkiller Chronicle
  1. Novella about Bast - The Lightning Tree , in: George RR Martin & Gardner Dozois (Eds.), Rogues , Bantam Spectra, 2014, ISBN 978-0-345-53726-3 .
  2. Novella about Auri - The Slow Regard of Silent Things , Daw Books, New York 2014, ISBN 978-0-7564-1043-8 .
  3. Novella about Laniel Wiederjung - The Tale of Laniel Young-Again , title in planning
Other
  1. The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle: The Thing Beneath the Bed . Subterranean Press , Burton 2010. ISBN 978-1-59606-313-6
  2. The Adventures of the Princess and Mr. Whiffle: The Dark of Deep Below . Subterranean Press , Burton 2013. ISBN 978-1-59606-619-9

Translations

Books

The regicide chronicle:

→ Main article: The regicide chronicle

  1. The name of the wind: The regicide chronicle. First day . Translator: Jochen Schwarzer. Klett-Cotta Verlag , Stuttgart 2008, ISBN 978-3-608-93815-9 .
  2. The Fear of the Wise, Part 1: The Kingslayer Chronicle. Second day . Translator: Jochen Schwarzer and Wolfram Ströle. Klett-Cotta Verlag, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-608-93816-6 .
  3. The Fear of the Wise, Part 2: The Kingslayer Chronicle. Second day . Translator: Jochen Schwarzer and Wolfram Ströle. Klett-Cotta Verlag, Stuttgart 2012, ISBN 978-3-608-93926-2 .

Other:

  1. The music of silence . Translator: Jochen Schwarzer. Klett-Cotta Verlag , Stuttgart 2015, ISBN 978-3-608-96020-4 . A novel from the world of the "Kingslayer Chronicle".

Short stories

  1. The lightning tree . In: George RR Martin & Gardner Dozois (eds.), The King's Brother: and 20 other short novels . Translator: Andreas Helweg and Andreas Kasprzak. Penhaligon Verlag, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-7645-3175-1 .

Audio books

So far, three parts of the regicide chronicle and the music of the silence have been published by Hörverlag . These are complete readings of German books, read by Stefan Kaminski , in the case of Die Musik der Stille together with Yara Blümel .

  1. The name of the wind (The Kingslayer Chronicle 1) , read by Stefan Kaminski
  2. The fear of the sage 1 (The Kingslayer Chronicle 2.1) , read by Stefan Kaminski
  3. The fear of the sage 2 (The Kingslayer Chronicle 2.2) , read by Stefan Kaminski
  4. Die Musik der Stille mp3- CD, read by Yara Blümel and Stefan Kaminski

Computer games

Awards

  • 2002 Writers of the Future.
  • 2007 Quill Book Award in the category Science Fiction , Fantasy , Horror .
  • 2007 Best Books of the Year - Publishers Weekly in the category Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror.
  • 2007 Best Book of 2007 - FantasyLiterature.com .
  • 2009 German Fantasy Prize for The Name of the Wind in the category “Best International Novel”.
  • 2012 German Fantasy Prize for The Wise's Fear in the “Best International Novel” category.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b reedbusiness.com ( Memento of March 31, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) - The Quill Book Awards Announce Quill Book of the Year , as of October 24, 2008
  2. ↑ daserste.de ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. - Review of Patrick Rothfuss: The Name of the Wind by Denis Scheck in hot off the press @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.daserste.de
  3. ↑ patrickrothfuss.com - biography of Patrick Rothfuss
  4. ↑ unattendedconsequences.simplecast.fm - Podcast
  5. ^ History , website of the Worldbuilders charity, online at worldbuilders.org
  6. ↑ For The Doors of Stone see sffworld.com - Interview with Patrick Rothfuss, as of May 31, 2008
  7. ↑ openisbn.com ( Memento of the original from January 24, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Untitled Book 3 of the Kingkiller Chronicles (engl.) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.openisbn.com
  8. ↑ On The Tale of Laniel Young-Again see [1] - Reading by Patrick Rothfuss, as of May 25, 2018
  9. ↑ The second part is divided into two volumes in German. The first volume has been available since October 2011. Source: Klett-Cotta. Retrieved April 25, 2011 .
  10. ↑ writersofthefuture.com - Writers of the Future for the contribution The Road to Levinshir , an extract from the precursor novel The King Killer Chronicle . 2002
  11. ↑ publishersweekly.com - Best Books of the Year - Publishers Weekly
  12. ↑ fantasyLiterature.com - Best Book of 2007

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personal data
SURNAME Rothfuss, Patrick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American fantasy writer
DATE OF BIRTH June 6, 1973
PLACE OF BIRTH Madison (Wisconsin)