Zoran Drvenkar Explained
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.
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:
- 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"
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Zoran Drvenkar . Berlin International Literature Festival . 24 November 2023.
- Chicken House,
- News: A Thriller, With Apologies . Olen . Steinhauer . . 2011-09-23 . 2012-05-17.
- Web site: Sheehan . Bill . Book World: ‘You,’ by Zoran Drvenkar is a thriller/road novel, stylishly written . . 24 August 2014 . 24 November 2023.
- 'The Capture' Writer Ben Chanan Adapts Zoran Drvenkar's Drug-Fuelled Murder Novel 'You' For Sky. Deadline. Jake. Kanter. 12 February 2020. 1 February 2023.
- Web site: Hibbs . James . Then You Run is a unique gem hidden behind a seemingly generic plot . Radio Times . 6 July 2023 . 24 November 2023.
