Frank Schätzing

Frank Schätzing

Born	(1957-05-28) May 28, 1957 Cologne, West Germany
Occupation	Novelist
Genre	Science Fiction, Horror, Thriller
Website
www.frank-schaetzing.com

Frank Schätzing ( listen ; born May 28, 1957), is a German writer, mostly known for his best-selling science fiction novel The Swarm (2004).

Life

Schätzing was born in Cologne and studied communication studies; he later ran his own company, an advertising agency named INTEVI, in Cologne. Schätzing became a writer in 1990, and penned several novellas and satires. His first published novel was the historical Tod und Teufel (Death and Devil) in 1995, and in 2000 his thriller Lautlos.

Schätzing achieved his greatest success in 2004 with the science fiction thriller The Swarm.

Works

Books

Tod und Teufel (1995), ISBN 3-442-45531-6
Mordshunger (1996), ISBN 3-924491-71-2
Die dunkle Seite (1997), ISBN 3-924491-85-2
Keine Angst (1999), ISBN 3-924491-88-7
Lautlos (2000), ISBN 3-89705-211-3
Der Schwarm (2004), ISBN 3-462-03374-3
Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum (2006), ISBN 3-462-03690-4
Die tollkühnen Abenteuer der Ducks auf hoher See (ed.) (2006), ISBN 3-936384-24-X
[Limit] (2009), ISBN 978-3-462-03704-3
Breaking News (2014) ISBN 978-3-462-04527-7

Audiobooks

Tod und Teufel (1999/2003)
Keine Angst (2001)
Der Schwarm (2004)
Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum (2006)

Prizes

2005 Goldene Feder (Der Schwarm)
2005 Deutscher Science Fiction Preis (Der Schwarm)
2004 "Corine" (in the category belletristic literature)

External links

Frank Schätzing in the German National Library catalogue
Biography (German)
Frank Schätzing at the Internet Movie Database
Frank Schätzing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
Reviews of Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum, Der Schwarm, Lautlos, Die dunkle Seite, Tod und Teufel (German)
Review of Der Schwarm audiobook (German)
Biography at Buchtips.net (German)
Der Schwarm official website
Uma Thurman buys rights to 'The Swarm'
The Swarm at the Internet Movie Database
Frank Schätzing in: NRW Literatur im Netz (German)

Recipients of the Bancarella Prize

1953–1979	1953 Ernest Hemingway 1954 Giovannino Guareschi 1955 Hervé Le Boterf 1956 Han Suyin 1957 Werner Keller 1958 Boris Pasternak 1959 Heinrich Gerlach 1960 Bonaventura Tecchi 1961 André Schwarz-Bart 1962 Cornelius Ryan 1963 Caccia Dominioni 1964 Giulio Bedeschi 1965 Luigi Preti 1966 Vincenzo Pappalettera 1967 Indro Montanelli 1968 Isaac Bashevis Singer 1969 Peter Colosimo 1970 Oriana Fallaci 1971 Enzo Biagi 1972 Alberto Bevilacqua 1973 Roberto Gervaso 1974 Giuseppe Berto 1975 Susanna Agnelli 1976 Carlo Cassola 1977 Giorgio Saviane 1978 Alex Haley 1979 Massimo Grillandi

1980–1999	1980 Maurice Denuziere 1981 Sergio Zavoli 1982 Gary Jennings 1983 Renato Barneschi 1984 Luciano De Crescenzo 1985 Giulio Andreotti 1986 Pasquale Festa Campanile 1987 Enzo Biagi 1988 Cesare Marchi 1989 Umberto Eco 1990 Vittorio Sgarbi 1991 Antonio Spinosa 1992 Alberto Bevilacqua 1993 Carmen Covito 1994 John Grisham 1995 Jostein Gaarder 1996 Stefano Zecchi 1997 Giampaolo Pansa 1998 Paco Ignacio Taibo 1999 Ken Follett

2000–2019	2000 Michael Connelly 2001 Andrea Camilleri 2002 Federico Audisio 2003 Alessandra Appiano 2004 Bruno Vespa 2005 Gianrico Carofiglio 2006 Andrea Vitali 2007 Frank Schätzing 2008 Valerio Massimo Manfredi 2009 Donato Carrisi 2010 Elizabeth Strout 2011 Mauro Corona 2012 Marcello Simoni 2013 Anna Premoli 2014 Michela Marzano

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 211704425 LCCN: n2006034842 ISNI: 0000 0003 5857 1204 GND: 115647058 SUDOC: 077610873 BNF: cb14560286x (data) MusicBrainz: 4269886d-55b6-4a43-80a7-edb3ac8939a2 NDL: 01101116

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