Simon Urban (born in 1975) is a German novelist.
Simon Urban was born in Hagen in 1975.[1] He studied at the Leipzig University's German Institute for Literature, worked in advertising and published short stories before he debuted as a novelist. His first novel was Plan D (2011), a political and ironic thriller set in an alternative present where East Germany never fell.[2] His second novel Gondwana (2014) is a satirical murder mystery set on a Pacific island where people from different religions try to co-exist in an experiment where they adopt every prohibition from each other's religions.[3] Wie alles begann und wer dabei umkam (2021) is a picaresque novel about death penalty and legal paradoxes.[1] In 2023 he published the social novel Zwischen Welten which he co-wrote with Juli Zeh. It consists of e-mails and phone messages between a woman who runs a farm and a man who works at a newspaper; they disagree about many matters but both adore the writer Martin Walser.[4]
Publications
edit- 2011: Plan D
- 2014: Gondwana
- 2021: Wie alles begann und wer dabei umkam
- 2023: Zwischen Welten
References
edit- ^ a b Seidler, Ulrich (11 February 2021). "Simon Urban: „Wie alles begann und wer dabei umkam" – Todesurteil für die böse Oma". Frankfurter Rundschau (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ Graf, Guido (13 August 2011). "Neues aus der DDR, die es noch gibt". Die Welt (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ Magenau, Jörg (20 June 2014). "Im Dienste der Entheiligung" (in German). Deutschlandfunk Kultur. Retrieved 28 November 2023.
- ^ Knipphals, Dirk (28 January 2023). "Debatten bis aufs Blut". Die Tageszeitung (in German). Retrieved 28 November 2023.