Thorsten Tornow
Thorsten Tornow (* 1963 in Speyer ) is a German writer and translator. He writes detective novels and short stories and translates the American crime writer James Crumley into German.
Life
Thorsten Tornow studied philosophy, linguistics and Japanese studies in Freiburg im Breisgau and Berlin . He has lived and worked in Japan as a university lecturer since 1997.
In 1997 Tornow took part in the competition for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in Klagenfurt .
Works
Detective novels
- 1997: Under countersink
- 1997: Sills' undoing
- 1999: Death of a Marc
stories
- 1997: Small fires
Web links
- krimilexikon.de
- Literature by and about Thorsten Tornow in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tornow, Thorsten |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer and translator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1963 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Speyer |