Ulrich Peltzer
Encyclopedia
Ulrich Peltzer is a German
novelist.
and social psychology
in Berlin
. He graduated as a psychologist in 1982. Since then he has been working as a full-time author.
He has written five novels. Four of them deal with his experiences in Berlin, but one takes place in New York (Bryant Park). Peltzer usually rejects conventional, realistic descriptions of reality. Instead, his characters are depicted through a stream-of-consciousness technique.
Ulrich Peltzer lives in Berlin.
Ulrich Peltzer has received several awards:
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
novelist.
Life
Starting in 1975, Ulrich Peltzer studied philosophyPhilosophy
Philosophy is the study of general and fundamental problems, such as those connected with existence, knowledge, values, reason, mind, and language. Philosophy is distinguished from other ways of addressing such problems by its critical, generally systematic approach and its reliance on rational...
and social psychology
Social psychology
Social psychology is the scientific study of how people's thoughts, feelings, and behaviors are influenced by the actual, imagined, or implied presence of others. By this definition, scientific refers to the empirical method of investigation. The terms thoughts, feelings, and behaviors include all...
in Berlin
Berlin
Berlin is the capital city of Germany and is one of the 16 states of Germany. With a population of 3.45 million people, Berlin is Germany's largest city. It is the second most populous city proper and the seventh most populous urban area in the European Union...
. He graduated as a psychologist in 1982. Since then he has been working as a full-time author.
He has written five novels. Four of them deal with his experiences in Berlin, but one takes place in New York (Bryant Park). Peltzer usually rejects conventional, realistic descriptions of reality. Instead, his characters are depicted through a stream-of-consciousness technique.
Ulrich Peltzer lives in Berlin.
Ulrich Peltzer has received several awards:
- 2009/2010 Stadtschreiber von Bergen
- 2008 Berliner Literaturpreis for lifetime achievement
- 2003 Bremer Literaturpreis
- 2001 Niederrheinischer Literaturpreis of the city of Krefeld
- 2000 Preis der SWR-Bestenliste
- 1997 Anna-Seghers-Preis
- 1996 Berliner Literaturpreis of the Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung
- 1992 Bertelsmann-award at the Ingeborg Bachmann PrizeIngeborg Bachmann PrizeThe Festival of German-Language Literature, formerly Ingeborg Bachmann Prize, is a literary competition which takes place yearly in Klagenfurt, Austria...
in KlagenfurtKlagenfurt-Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...
Novels
- Teil der Lösung, Zürich: Ammann-Verlag (2007). Published in English as Part of the Solution. Calcutta, London, New York: Seagull Books (2011).
- Bryant Park, Zürich 2002
- Alle oder keiner (All or No One), Zürich 1999
- Stefan Martinez, Zürich 1995
- Die Sünden der Faulheit (The Sins of Laziness), Zürich 1987
Interviews
- Ich setze mich einfach hin und fange an (I simply sit down and start) – Interview, in: BELLA triste Nr. 10, 2004.