Drvenkar in 2011

Zoran Drvenkar is a Croatian / German writer. He has written fiction, poems, and plays.

Early life

Born in Križevci, Croatia in 1967, Zoran Drvenkar has lived in Germany since age three.[1]

Career

Drvenkar has worked as a writer from 1989. He has written novels, including fiction for children and young adults, poems, plays, and short stories.[1]

A novel for young adults, Tell Me What You See, was published in an English translation by Chantal Wright in 2005.[2]

His thriller novel Sorry won the Friedrich-Glauser Prize in 2010. Employing a complex multi-person narrative scheme, the English translation has been critically acclaimed.[3]

The English translation of the crime thriller You was published in 2014.[4] In February 2020, it was announced that Sky had commissioned an eight-part TV adaptation of You, penned by Ben Chanan.[5] The series, called Then You Run, was released on Sky Max in the UK from 7 July 2023.[6]

Recognition and awards

Drvenkar has received many grants and prizes for his writing, including:[1]

  • 1998: Oldenburg Children’s and Young People’s Book Prize, for his debut novel Niemand so stark wie wir
  • 1999: Science Fiction Prize of the Literature Workshop Berlin for Die alte Stadt
  • 2000: Munich Youth Dramatist Prize
  • 2005: German Young People’s Literature Prize, for Die Kurzhosengang (2004), published under the dual pseudonyms of "Victor Caspak & Yves Lanois"

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Zoran Drvenkar". Berlin International Literature Festival. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  2. ↑ Chicken House, ISBN 978-0439724524
  3. ↑ Steinhauer, Olen (23 September 2011). "A Thriller, With Apologies". The New York Times. Retrieved 17 May 2012.
  4. ↑ Sheehan, Bill (24 August 2014). "Book World: 'You,' by Zoran Drvenkar is a thriller/road novel, stylishly written". Washington Post. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
  5. ↑ Kanter, Jake (12 February 2020). "'The Capture' Writer Ben Chanan Adapts Zoran Drvenkar's Drug-Fuelled Murder Novel 'You' For Sky". Deadline. Retrieved 1 February 2023.
  6. ↑ Hibbs, James (6 July 2023). "Then You Run is a unique gem hidden behind a seemingly generic plot". Radio Times. Retrieved 24 November 2023.


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