Tom Liehr
Thomas "Tom" Liehr (born December 4, 1962 in Berlin ) is a German writer and IT entrepreneur.
Tom Liehr studied computer science after graduating from high school . He worked as an editor for PM magazine , radio, as a computer consultant and software developer and has been self-employed as the owner of a software development company since 1998 . He also worked temporarily as a disc jockey.
In 1990 he received first and third prizes in the Playboy literary competition for the (later so-called) Gratwander Prize for the short stories Hello, darling, this is Harry's and on the air with the last shot . In the next few years Liehr's short stories were published in various anthologies and a. published in the computer magazine c't . He also wrote for the Austrian magazine Datum . In 2004, texts by Liehr, Ulrike Linnenbrink , Alexander Wichert and Andreas Schröter appear in the "Author's Calendar" published by Die Werkstatt ( ISBN 3-89533-435-9 ) .
Liehr was temporarily chairman of the 42erAutoren group of authors - Association for the Promotion of Literature e. V. , of which he is a co-founder.
In August 2016, filming began for the film version of the ordinary seamans ; The first broadcast of the film comedy Leichtmatrosen - Three men in a boat was on ARD Das Erste on May 12, 2017.
The novelist lives with his family in Berlin.
Books
- 2003 - Radio Nights , Roman ( Aufbau-Verlag )
- 2005 - Idiot test , novel (Aufbau-Verlag)
- 2007 - Change of position , novel (Aufbau-Verlag)
- 2008 - Ghost driver , Roman (Aufbau-Verlag)
- 2009 - Package tourist , Roman (Aufbau-Verlag)
- 2011 - summer hit , novel (Aufbau-Verlag / Rütten & Loening)
- 2012 - Fucked: From the Life of an Asshole , Novel (eBook)
- 2013 - Ordinary sailors , novel (Aufbau-Verlag / Rütten & Loening)
- 2015 - Night gas station , Roman ( Rowohlt-Verlag )
- 2016 - Landeier , Roman ( Rowohlt-Verlag )
Web links
- Literature by and about Tom Liehr in the catalog of the German National Library
- Tom Liehr in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Tom Liehr's homepage
- Self-Publishing: Suizid in Deer Costume and 57 answers from Tom Liehr , Literaturcafé, May 10, 2013
supporting documents
- ↑ a b c Author profile at Rowohlt-Verlag, accessed October 7, 2017
- ↑ see IMDb
- ↑ http://www.literaturport.de/Tom.Liehr/
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Liehr, Tom |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Liehr, Thomas (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th December 1962 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin |