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Frank Schätzing (listen (help·info); born May 28, 1957), is a German writer, mostly known for his best-selling science fiction novel The Swarm (2004).

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Frank Schätzing
Born	(1957-05-28) May 28, 1957 (age 65) Cologne, West Germany
Occupation	Novelist
Genre	Science fiction, Horror, Thriller
Website
www.frank-schaetzing.com

Life

Schätzing was born in Cologne and studied communication studies; he later ran his own company, an advertising agency named INTEVI, in Cologne. Schätzing became a writer in 1990, and penned several novellas and satires. His first published novel was the historical Tod und Teufel (Death and Devil) in 1995, and in 2000 his thriller Lautlos.

Schätzing achieved his greatest success in 2004 with the science fiction thriller The Swarm.

Works

Books

• Death and Devil (original title: Tod und Teufel, 1995, ISBN 3-442-45531-6)
• Mordshunger, 1996, ISBN 3-924491-71-2, (German screen adaptation: Mordshunger)
• Die dunkle Seite (1997), ISBN 3-924491-85-2
• Keine Angst (1999), ISBN 3-924491-88-7
• Lautlos (2000), ISBN 3-89705-211-3
• The Swarm (original title: Der Schwarm, 2004, ISBN 3-462-03374-3)
• Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum (2006), ISBN 3-462-03690-4
• Die tollkühnen Abenteuer der Ducks auf hoher See (ed.) (2006), ISBN 3-936384-24-X
• [Limit] (2009), ISBN 978-3-462-03704-3
• Breaking News (2014) ISBN 978-3-462-04527-7
• Die Tyrannei des Schmetterlings (2018) ISBN 3462050842

Audiobooks

• Tod und Teufel (1999/2003)
• Keine Angst (2001)
• Der Schwarm (2004)
• Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum (2006)

Prizes

• 2005 Goldene Feder (Der Schwarm)
• 2005 Deutscher Science Fiction Preis (Der Schwarm)
• 2005 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis (Der Schwarm)
• 2004 "Corine" (in the category belletristic literature)

External links

• Frank Schätzing in the German National Library catalogue
• Biography (in German)
• Frank Schätzing at IMDb
• Frank Schätzing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
• Reviews of Nachrichten aus einem unbekannten Universum, Der Schwarm, Lautlos, Die dunkle Seite, Tod und Teufel (in German)
• Review of Der Schwarm audiobook (in German)
• Biography at Buchtips.net (in German)
• Uma Thurman buys rights to 'The Swarm'
• The Swarm at IMDb
• Frank Schätzing in NRW Literatur im Netz (in German)

На других языках

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- [en] Frank Schätzing

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[ru] Шетцинг, Франк

Франк Ше́тцинг (нем. Frank Schätzing (инф.); род. 28 мая 1957, Кёльн, ФРГ) — немецкий писатель.

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