Marc Elsberg

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Marc Elsberg
Marcus Rafelsberger (2016)
Marcus Rafelsberger (2016)
Born(1967-01-03)January 3, 1967
Vienna, Austria
OccupationNovelist
NationalityAustrian
Alma materUniversity of Applied Arts Vienna
Periodsince 2000
Genre

Marc Elsberg (born 3 January 1967, in Vienna, real name Marcus Rafelsberger) is a bestselling Austrian author. His works have been published by Blanvalet Verlag of the Penguin Random House publishing group since 2012. They have been translated into numerous languages, sold several million copies worldwide, and made into a series and a film.

Life and education[]

Marc Elsberg was born in Vienna in 1967.[1] After graduating in 1985, he began studying industrial design at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.[2][3] Elsberg worked as a strategy consultant and creative director in the advertising industry,[4] among others in Vienna and Hamburg agencies.[5] He received awards for his work from the Creative Club Austria, among others.[6] At the same time, he began to create a column for the Austrian daily newspaper Der Standard under the title "No ad by Marcus Rafelsberger".[7] Since 2021, Marc Elsberg has been teaching "Storytelling" at the University of Applied Arts Vienna as a university lecturer.[8]

Career[]

Marc Elsberg made his literary debut in 2000, still under his civil name Marcus Rafelsberger, with the satirical novel Saubermann (Mr. Clean) published by Espresso-Verlag in Berlin, about a detergent’s fictional advertising character becoming president.[9] In 2004, Emons Verlag in Cologne published Das Prinzip Terz a crime novel in which the eponymous detective must solve the death of the head of an advertising agency while becoming a murderer himself.[10] Other works under his civil name were Menschenteufel (2009) and Wienerherz (2011).[11]

Blackout[]

Main article: Blackout

Marc Elsberg achieved greater fame with the thriller Blackout - Tomorrow will be too late. He creates the scenario of a widespread collapse of the power supply and its consequences.[12] The book was predominantly positively reviewed; among other things the Handelsblatt called it a "grippingly narrated thriller".[13]  [de] judged that the plot was "well researched and realistically portrayed".[14] In 2013, it was among the iBookstore's "10 books you have to read this summer",[15] and Blackout was also on Spiegel's bestseller list for several years.[16][17] At its peak, the book reached second place there in July 2013.[18] The novel has sold over 1.8 million copies in German-speaking countries alone. It has been translated into over a dozen languages.[19] Also, Blackout received Germany's 2012  [de] award in the entertainment category.[20] This is awarded by a jury of renowned science journalists on the initiative of Bild der Wissenschaft.[21]

The book was filmed for a television series by Joyn/Sat.1 starring Moritz Bleibtreu.

Zero[]

Marc Elsberg's sixth novel is titled  [de] and deals with the topics of Big Data and data protection.[22] At its peak, the title reached second place on the Spiegel bestseller list.[23] This book was also named Science Book of the Year - in 2014 in the "Entertainment" category. Elsberg was the first author to receive the award twice.[24]

Zero has also been translated into several languages. "This is a thriller with its finger on the zeitgeist”, The Guardian wrote about the UK edition.[25] WDR secured the rights for the film adaptation of Zero. Heike Makatsch played the leading role.[26]

Helix[]

The seventh novel, titled  [de], deals with the subject of genetics.[27] It is an "exciting and educational scientific thriller" that combines scientific details with ethical issues.[28] This work also became a bestseller.[29] There are translated editions of Helix as well.

Greed[]

In his eight' novel  [de], Elsberg deals with economic concepts, findings, and theories and the consideration of whether comprehensive cooperation between economic partners and economic sectors could not lead to broader prosperity.[30] He drew on scientific work on ergodicity economics by a group led by Ole Peters at the London Mathematical Laboratory,[31] supported by Nobel laureates Murray Gell-Mann and Ken Arrow, among others (afterword).[32] "Greed" reached third place on Spiegel's bestseller list.[33]

The English edition and other translations have already appeared, and more are in preparation.[34]

Works[]

as Marcus Rafelsberger[]

  • Saubermann, Berlin: Espresso, 2000, ISBN 3-88520-781-8
  • Das Prinzip Terz / Kommissar Terz’ erster Fall, Köln: Emons, 2004, ISBN 3-89705-351-9
  • Menschenteufel, Köln: Emons, 2009, ISBN 978-3-89705-668-8
  • Wienerherz, Köln: Emons, 2011, ISBN 978-3-89705-839-2

as Marc Elsberg[]

  • Blackout – Morgen ist es zu spät, München: Blanvalet, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7645-0445-8
  • Zero – Sie wissen, was du tust, München: Blanvalet, 2014, ISBN 978-3-7645-0492-2
  • Helix – Sie werden uns ersetzen, München: Blanvalet, 2016, ISBN 978-3-7645-0564-6
  • Gier – Wie weit würdest du gehen?, München: Blanvalet, 2019, ISBN 978-3-7645-0632-2
    • Greed. Black Swan, 2020. ISBN 9781784163471
  • Der Fall des Präsidenten, München: Blanvalet, 2021, ISBN 978-3-7645-1047-3

Notes and references[]

  1. ^ Marc Elsberg, Verlagsgruppe Random House, retrieved March 31, 2014
  2. ^ Stockmann, Gabi (October 23, 2013), "Ex-Biondekgassler als Bestseller-Autor", BezirksBlätter (in German), retrieved March 31, 2014
  3. ^ Biondek-Literatur (in German), Badener Kulturgymnasium, retrieved March 31, 2014
  4. ^ Zettel, Claudia (April 3, 2012), "Ein totaler Stromausfall ist realistisch", futurezone (in German), retrieved March 31, 2014
  5. ^ "Marcus Rafelsberger", Perlentaucher (in German), retrieved March 31, 2014
  6. ^ Marcus Rafelsberger (in German), Amazon, retrieved March 31, 2014
  7. ^ "Marc Elsberg", literaturtipps.de (in German), retrieved March 31, 2014
  8. ^ Lehrende und MitarbeiterInnen: Elsberg, Marc Univ.-Lekt. (in German), Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, retrieved January 28, 2021
  9. ^ Satirischer Roman (in German), Espresso, archived from the original on September 24, 2015, retrieved March 31, 2014
  10. ^ Kijanski, Jörg (2007), "Das Prinzip Terz (Rezension)", Krimi-Couch (in German), retrieved March 31, 2014
  11. ^ Neubacher, Alexander; Schulze, Tobias; Stürzenhofecker, Michael (2013), Dosenbrot und Kurbellampe, pp. 44–45
  12. ^ Ramcke, Arnulf (July 15, 2013), "Beklemmend und spannend: „Black Out" von Marc Elsberg", newsline (in German), Westdeutsche Zeitung, retrieved April 1, 2014
  13. ^ "Die Welt ohne Strom", Handelsblatt (in German), June 10, 2012, retrieved March 31, 2014
  14. ^ "Mutmachende Sieger: Die neu gewählten Wissensbücher des Jahres", Bild der Wissenschaft (in German) (12), p. 66, 2012, retrieved April 1, 2014
  15. ^ "10 Bücher, die man diesen Sommer lesen muss" (PDF; 182 kB), iBookstore (in German), Apple, retrieved April 1, 2014
  16. ^ "Bestseller-Platzierungen (Hardcover / Belletristik)", buchreport (in German), retrieved August 24, 2016
  17. ^ "Bestseller-Platzierungen (Taschenbuch / Belletristik)", buchreport (in German), retrieved August 24, 2016
  18. ^ Blackout – Morgen ist es zu spät (in German), Buchreport / Bestseller-Archiv, retrieved January 28, 2021
  19. ^ Iken, Matthias (January 30, 2013), "Wenn der Strom ausfällt", Hamburger Abendblatt (in German), pp. 6/7
  20. ^ "Die „Wissensbücher des Jahres" 2012 stehen fest", BuchMarkt (in German), November 21, 2012, retrieved April 1, 2014
  21. ^ "Sie haben die Wahl!", Bild der Wissenschaft (in German), retrieved August 24, 2016
  22. ^ Jüngling, Thomas (March 11, 2014), "Auch die Programmierer verlieren die Kontrolle", Die Welt (in German), retrieved April 1, 2014
  23. ^ "Zero – Sie wissen, was du tust.", Buchreport / Bestseller-Archiv (in German), retrieved January 28, 2021
  24. ^ "Das spannendste Wissensbuch 2014 ist „Zero" von Marc Elsberg", buchreport (in German), November 24, 2014, retrieved August 24, 2016
  25. ^ "The Best Recent Thrillers – Review Roundup", The Guardian, July 6, 2018, retrieved February 15, 2021 |first= missing |last= (help)
  26. ^ Heine, Frank (November 9, 2020), "WDR verfilmt Bestseller „Zero"", Blickpunkt Film (in German), retrieved January 28, 2021
  27. ^ HELIX. Sie werden uns ersetzen (in German), October 24, 2016, retrieved October 24, 2016
  28. ^ Irrgang, Christian (October 25, 2016), Gruselige Zukunftsvisionen (in German), NDR, archived from the original on October 11, 2016, retrieved January 28, 2021
  29. ^ "Helix – Sie werden uns ersetzen.", Buchreport / Bestseller-Archiv (in German), retrieved January 28, 2021
  30. ^ Elsberg, Marc (2019), "Das Kooperationsplus. Ein Paradigmenwechsel" (PDF), Bonner Perspektiven. Ausgabe 01/2019 (in German), Bonner Akademie für Forschung und Lehre praktischer Politik (BAPP), retrieved January 8, 2020
  31. ^ London Mathematical Laboratory - Economics (in German), retrieved July 22, 2019
  32. ^ GIER. Wie weit würdest du gehen? (in German), July 22, 2019, retrieved July 22, 2019
  33. ^ "Gier – Wie weit würdest du gehen?", Buchreport / Bestseller-Archiv (in German), retrieved January 28, 2021
  34. ^ Greed, Penguin Books, retrieved January 28, 2021

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