Stefan König (writer)

The author Stefan König

Stefan König (born May 2, 1959 in Munich ) is a German author .

Life

Stefan König is internationally recognized as a mountain expert.

1987/88 he was editor, then editor-in-chief of the magazine "Bergwelt". In the early 1990s he began to devote himself to non-fiction projects. In 1992, he was awarded the German Alpine Club's literary prize for “great moments of alpinism” - 15 stories that are based on facts but then digress into the fictional.

In 1995, König co-founded the St. Anton Film Festival, which he directed until 2012.

Since 2006 he has mainly devoted himself to fiction in the form of detective novels on Alpine topics.

He lives in Iffeldorf (Upper Bavaria).

Works

Novels

• Silent Vengeance: Tobs Thanner's Second Case. Bergverlag Rother, Oberhaching 2014, ISBN 978-3-76337-065-8
• Abyss: Tobs Thanner's first case. Bergverlag Rother, Oberhaching 2012, ISBN 978-3-76337-041-2
• Gletscherkalt Emons, Cologne 2012, ISBN 978-3-89705-967-2
• Kalter Fels Emons, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-89705-764-7 .
• Shadow wall Emons, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-89705-619-0 .
• On the high mountain Berg & Tal, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-93949-915-2 .
• Nanga-Notizen AS-Verlag, Zurich 2006, ISBN 978-3-90911-131-2 .

Non-fiction

• The alpine hikers of the 19th century Tyrolia, Innsbruck 2009, ISBN 978-3-70222-986-3 .
• The Kaltenberg knight tournament Langen / Müller, Munich 2004, ISBN 978-3-78442-954-0 .
• Karl Schranz: My Olympic victory Herbig, Munich 2002, ISBN 978-3-77662-308-6 .
• Bera Luis - The Phenomenon Luis Trenker J. Berg, Munich 1992. New edition: Berg & Tal, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-93949-902-2 .
• Great moments of alpinism Bruckmann, Munich 1991, ISBN 978-3-76542-348-2 .
• The Ammersee Stöppel, Weilheim 1991, ISBN 978-3-92401-245-8 .
• New territory. Daring steps in alpinism J. Berg, Munich 1991, ISBN 978-3-76341-008-8 .
• Mountain Guide Stories Volume 2 Oberstdorfer Alpenverlag, Oberstdorf 1991.
• Mountain Guide Stories Volume 1 Oberstdorfer Alpenverlag, Oberstdorf 1990.

Web links

• Literature by and about Stefan König in the catalog of the German National Library
• Stefan Königs official homepage