"Andreas Eschbach "was born 1959 in Ulm, Germany. In 1996, his
first novel, " Die Haarteppichknupfer" ("The Hair Carpet Makers"),
won one of the highest awards of German science fiction, the
SFCD-Literaturpreis. His second novel, "Solarstation," won the
other great German science fiction award, the Kurd Lawitz Preis.
His third novel, "Jesus Video," won both of them, became a
nationwide bestseller in 2000, and was turned into a movie in
2002.
His first translation into another language was in 1998, when "Die
Haarteppichknupfer" was published in France as "Des milliards des
tapis de cheveux." It was not only the first German science fiction
novel to be published in France after 18 years, it also won two
literary prizes in France and Belgium. Several novels and short
stories have been translated since then, into French, Italian,
Czech, Japanese, Russian, and Turkish.
Eschbach currently lives in Stuttgart with his family.
"With his first work Eschbach shows that the German SF is not
dead."--Olive Faulhaber on The Carpet Makers
"Andreas Eschbach is one of the most acclaimed sf writers to emerge
in Germany in the past decade."--The Magazine of Science Fiction
and Fantasy on The Carpet Makers
"Andreas Eschbach is a phenomenon."--Lesen & Leute on The Carpet
Makers
"Eschbach: take it and read it." --Frank Schirrmacher, FAZ on The
Carpet Makers
"Andreas Eschbach is incontestably the shooting star of the German
SF scene."--Heyne Science Fiction Yearbook on The Carpet Makers
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