Ripe Larsen
Reif Larsen (born 1980 in Cambridge, Massachusetts ) is an American author .
Life
Larsen studied Creative Writing at Columbia University, where he now teaches. While still a student, he wrote his first novel " The Map of My Dreams " (original title: The Selected Works of TS Spivet), which - according to the publisher - was published in 30 countries in 2009. The book is about a twelve-year-old cartographer from Montana , the plot is enriched with extensive illustrations, maps and diagrams. In the US, numerous publishers fought for the rights to the book, which was worth an advance of $ 900,000 to them. Larsen also made documentaries . The author lives in Brooklyn , New York.
Works
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The Selected Works of TS Spivet . 2009
- The card of my dreams . From the American. by Manfred Allié and Gabriele Kempf-Allié. Frankfurt / Main: S. Fischer, 2009. ISBN 978-3-596-18444-6 .
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I on the radar . Penguin Press, 2015, ISBN 978-1-59420-616-0 .
- Saving the Horizon: Roman . Translation of Malte Krutzsch. Frankfurt am Main: S. Fischer, 2016, ISBN 978-3-10-002216-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Reif Larsen in the catalog of the German National Library
- Reif Larsen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Short biography and reviews of works by Reif Larsen at perlentaucher.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Evgenia Peretz: Reif Larsen's Map Quest . A new novel offers up a literary hero for the ages, 12-year-old map-maker TS Spivet. In: Vanity Fair . Condé Nast Digital, May 2009 (English, vanityfair.com [accessed April 26, 2011]).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Larsen, Reif |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1980 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cambridge, Massachusetts |