Stefan from Siepen

Stefan aus dem Siepen (* 1964 in Essen ) is a German lawyer , diplomat and writer .

Live and act

Stefan von dem Siepen was born in Essen in 1964, studied law in Munich and then entered the diplomatic service. After stops in Bonn , Luxembourg , Shanghai and Moscow , he moved to Berlin, where he has been working in the Foreign Office since 2009.

His debut novel, published in 2006, was Luftschiff , followed by The Deciphering of Butterflies in 2008 .

His third novel Das Seil was published in June 2012. It triggered a lot of press coverage and made it onto the SPIEGEL bestseller list. Translations of Das Seil have been published in France, Italy and South Korea.

In 2014 the author published his fourth novel, The Giant , which has also been translated into French and Korean. In 2015, a volume with brief reflections and anecdotes followed under the title Das Buch der Unutungen, and in 2018 the first volume of stories, Recordings of a Beetle Collector. Untimely narratives .

Since 2016, the magazine Cicero has published a monthly column entitled The Flaneur, Stefan aus dem Siepens .

Stefan from Siepen currently lives with his family in Potsdam .

Works

• Airship . Roman, Atrium Verlag, Zurich / Hamburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-85535-974-5 / paperback edition: dtv, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-423-14513-8
• Deciphering the butterflies . Roman, Atrium Verlag, Hamburg / Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-85535-722-2 / paperback edition: dtv, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-423-14208-3
• The rope . Roman, dtv premium, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-423-24920-1 / paperback edition: dtv, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-423-14345-5
• The giant . Roman, dtv premium, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-423-26025-1
• Das Buch der Unutungen , dtv Hardcover, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-423-28061-7
• Notes of a beetle collector: Untimely stories , dtv, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3423281492

Web links

• CV with photo
• Information on the novel Das Seil
• Stefan from Siepen reads from Das Seil
• Video with the author of the French edition of Das Seil

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Reviews published a. a. in national media such as Die Zeit ( September 20, 2012 ), Süddeutsche Zeitung (June 26, 2012), SPIEGEL online (May 24, 2012), stern ( July 12, 2012 ), Frankfurter Rundschau (July 20, 2012) and Deutschlandradio Kultur (July 17, 2012) .
2. ↑ lt Rank 41: Best place in week 27/2012. Buchreport -Bestsellerarchiv
3. ↑ In a review of La corde , so the French title, on February 7, 2014 in the literary supplement of Le Monde , the reviewer Pierre Deshusses spoke of the "flawless and classical style" in which the novel was written.
4. ↑ Internet presence of the Italian publisher Neri Pozza , where the novel udT La fune was published
5. ^ Website of the French publisher.
6. ↑ Link to the website of the column's illustrator.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.