German writer. Born in Mannheim, Genazino studied German, philosophy and sociology at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main in the 1960s. He worked as a journalist until 1965. Beginning in 1970 he worked as a freelance author. In 1990 he became a member of the Academy for Language and Poetry in Darmstadt. After living in Heidelberg for a long time, Genazino moved to Frankfurt in 2004. That same year he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize, the most prestigious award for German literature.
His most famous books are the so-called Abschaffel trilogy, composed of Abschaffel, 1977, Die Vernichtung der Sorgen, 1978, Falsche Jahre, 1979. Other books are Die Ausschweifung, 1981, Fremde Kämpfe, 1984, Die Liebe zur Einfalt, 1990, Ein Regenschirm für diesen Tag (An umbrella for one day), 2001, edited in English as The shoe tester of Frankfurt, Die Liebesblödigkeit, 2005, and Mittelmäßiges Heimweh,2007.
His most famous books are the so-called Abschaffel trilogy, composed of Abschaffel, 1977, Die Vernichtung der Sorgen, 1978, Falsche Jahre, 1979. Other books are Die Ausschweifung, 1981, Fremde Kämpfe, 1984, Die Liebe zur Einfalt, 1990, Ein Regenschirm für diesen Tag (An umbrella for one day), 2001, edited in English as The shoe tester of Frankfurt, Die Liebesblödigkeit, 2005, and Mittelmäßiges Heimweh,2007.
German writer. Born in Mannheim, Genazino studied German, philosophy and sociology at the Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main in the 1960s. He worked as a journalist until 1965. Beginning in 1970 he worked as a freelance author. In 1990 he became a member of the Academy for Language and Poetry in Darmstadt. After living in Heidelberg for a long time, Genazino moved to Frankfurt in 2004. That same year he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize, the most prestigious award for German literature.
His most famous books are the so-called Abschaffel trilogy, composed of Abschaffel, 1977, Die Vernichtung der Sorgen, 1978, Falsche Jahre, 1979. Other books are Die Ausschweifung, 1981, Fremde Kämpfe, 1984, Die Liebe zur Einfalt, 1990, Ein Regenschirm für diesen Tag (An umbrella for one day), 2001, edited in English as The shoe tester of Frankfurt, Die Liebesblödigkeit, 2005, and Mittelmäßiges Heimweh,2007.
His most famous books are the so-called Abschaffel trilogy, composed of Abschaffel, 1977, Die Vernichtung der Sorgen, 1978, Falsche Jahre, 1979. Other books are Die Ausschweifung, 1981, Fremde Kämpfe, 1984, Die Liebe zur Einfalt, 1990, Ein Regenschirm für diesen Tag (An umbrella for one day), 2001, edited in English as The shoe tester of Frankfurt, Die Liebesblödigkeit, 2005, and Mittelmäßiges Heimweh,2007.
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