Daniel Kehlmann
Author of Measuring the World
About the Author
Daniel Kehlmann was born on January 13, 1975 in Munich. He is a German language author. His work Die Vermessung der Welt (translated into English by Carol Brown Janeway as Measuring the World, 2006) is the best selling novel in the German language since Patrick Süskind's Perfume was released in show more 1985. In 1997 Kehlmann completed his first novel, Beerholms Vorstellung, while still a student. He also wrote numerous reviews and essays while at university. In 2001, Kehlmann held the guest lectureship of poetics at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz. In the winter term of 2005/6 Kehlmann held the lectureship of poetics at the FH Wiesbaden, and in 2006/7 he held the lectureship for poetics at the university of Göttingen. Daniel Kehlmann is a member of the Mainzer Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur. In 2015 he made the Independent Foreign Fiction Prize shortlist with his title, F. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
Image credit: Daniel Kehlmann at the Leipzig Book Fair. By OmiTs - Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6228974
Works by Daniel Kehlmann
Vier Stücke: Geister in Princeton / Der Mentor / Heilig Abend / Die Reise der Verlorenen (2019) 5 copies
Der unsichtbare Drache: Ein Gespräch mit Heinrich Detering (Kampa Salon / Gespräche) (2019) 4 copies
Moj algoritam i ja 1 copy
The Director 1 copy
Die Vermessusng der Welt 1 copy
Izmišljeni dvorci o knjigama 1 copy
Die Reise der Verlorenen 1 copy
Das letzte Problem 1 copy
Das Verhör in der Nacht 1 copy
Heilig Abend 1 copy
Dussmann:una conversa 2016 1 copy
Associated Works
McSweeney's Issue 42 (McSweeney's Quarterly Concern): Multiples (2013) — Translator/Contributor — 64 copies, 2 reviews
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Common Knowledge
- Canonical name
- Kehlmann, Daniel
- Legal name
- Kehlmann, Daniel
- Birthdate
- 1975-01-13
- Gender
- male
- Nationality
- Germany
Austria - Country (for map)
- Germany
- Birthplace
- Munich, West Germany
- Places of residence
- Vienna, Austria
New York, New York, USA
Berlin, Germany - Education
- University of Vienna
- Occupations
- novelist
lecturer in poetics - Relationships
- Kehlmann, Michael (father)
- Organizations
- Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur, Mainz, Germany
Freie Akademie der Künste, Hamburg, Germany - Awards and honors
- Thomas-Mann-Preis (2008)
WELT-Literaturpreis (2007)
Kleist Prize (2006)
Grand Prix du livre des dirigeants (2007)
PO Enquist Pris (2008)
Prix Cévennes du roman européen (2010) (show all 12)
Nestroy Theatre Prize (2012)
Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis (2018)
Frank-Schirrmacher-Preis (2018)
Anton Wildgans Prize (2019)
Schubart Literaturpreis (2019)
Elisabeth-Langgässer-Literaturpreis (2021)
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Discussions
Group Read, January 2022: Tyll in 1001 Books to read before you die (January 2022)
Reviews
Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann
I bought Measuring the World by Daniel Kehlmann (Translated by Carol Brown Janeway) while in Germany. When I got home, I placed it in my to-be-read pile. I moved it down the pile several times before I decided to read it. Finally I picked it up and started reading. The story is intriguing. The formatting is different than I'm used to. The characters were interesting if not always easy to like. Once I started reading, my curiosity about where the story was going kept me engaged even when I struggled to relate to the characters decisions. Measuring the World explores the human desire to make sense of the world around them through the stories of two highly determined and intelligent men. As I read Measuring the World, I felt like I was on a journey myself trying to understand the world through the eyes of the characters.… (more)
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Statistics
- Works
- 43
- Also by
- 10
- Members
- 6,553
- Popularity
- #3,745
- Rating
- 3.8
- Reviews
- 224
- ISBNs
- 321
- Languages
- 27
- Favorited
- 12
