Friedrich Christian Delius

Friedrich Christian Delius
Friedrich Christian Delius (2012)
Born	(1943-02-13) 13 February 1943 (age 78) Rome
Occupation	Novelist
Language	German
Nationality	German
Education	Ph.D.
Alma mater	Free University of Berlin, Technical University of Berlin
Genre	Novel
Notable awards	Georg Büchner Prize, Joseph-Breitbach-Preis
Years active	1966–present
Website
fcdelius.de

Friedrich Christian Delius (born 13 February 1943) is a German writer.^[1][2]

He was born in Rome and grew up in Wehrda (since 1971 among the constituent communities of Haunetal) and Korbach in the state of Hesse. He studied German literature at the Free University and the Technical University in Berlin. He graduated in 1970 and went to work in publishing. Between 1970 and 1978, he worked at the publishing firms and .

He has published more than a dozen novels and a number of poetry collections. His work has been translated into seventeen languages. He has won numerous German literary prizes including the Joseph Breitbach Prize, the Georg Büchner Prize, and the . He is a member of the Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg, the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung and the Academy of Arts, Berlin.

Since the late 1970s, he has divided his time between Berlin and Rome.

Works in English translation[]

• 1991 Die Birnen von Ribbeck (The Pears of Ribbeck)
• 1994 Der Sonntag, an dem ich Weltmeister wurde (The Sunday I Became World Champion) in Three Contemporary German Novellas
• 2006 Bildnis der Mutter als junge Frau (Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman)
• 2013 Die linke Hand des Papstes (The Pope's Left Hand)

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