Maxim Biller is a German

Germany

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 writer.

Born in Prague to Russian-Jewish parents, he emigrated with his parents and sister to Germany in 1970, when he was ten years old. After living for a long time in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, he now lives in Berlin

Berlin

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.

In 2003 his novel Esra excited attention when its sale was prohibited shortly after its release. Two persons had a provisional order obtained, because they claimed to have seen themselves reflected in characters in the book. A German court obliged their request to take the book from circulation on these grounds.

His first works translated into English (by Anthea Bell

Anthea Bell

Anthea Bell OBE is a British translator who has translated numerous literary works, especially children's literature, from French, German, Danish and Polish to English...

) are the collection Love Today (2008), some of which appeared in The New Yorker

The New Yorker

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– "The Mahogany Elephant" (July 2007), "The Maserati Years" (September 2007).

Publications

• Wenn ich einmal reich und tot bin : Erzählungen (Someday when I’m rich and dead : Narratives)
• Deutsche Zustände
• Die Tempojahre
• Aufbruch nach Deutschland : sechzehn Foto-Essays
• Land der Väter und Verräter : Erzählungen
• Harlem Holocaust
• Die Tochter
• Kühltransport : ein Drama
• Deutschbuch
• Esra
• Der perfekte Roman : das Maxim-Biller-Lesebuch

Awards

• 1994 Toucan Prize
  Toucan Prize
  The Toucan Prize is a literary prize given by the city of Munich to the best new publication by a Munich author. It has been awarded since 1965 and is endowed with 6,000 Euros.- Recipients :*2010 Benjamin Stein, Leinwand...
  
   from the city of Munich
• 1996 Prize of the European Feature Pages (?)
• 1996 Otto Stoessl Prize
• 1997 Else Lasker-Schüler Prize
• 1999 Theodor Wolff Prize