Thomas Hettche (born 30 November 1964 in Treis, Hesse) is a German author.
Hettche completed his Abitur at the Liebigschule Giessen, He studied German studies and philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and completed his PhD in philosophy.
What We Are Made Of, an English translation by Shaun Whiteside of Hettche's novel Woraus wir gemacht sind (2006), was published by Picador in Britain in July 2008, and in the United States in October 2010.Pitt, David (15 September 2010). "What We Are Made Of" (review). Booklist. p. 33. Retrieved via Biography In Context database, 6 May 2019. Since 2018, he has been honorary professor at the TU Berlin.
Hettche lives in Berlin.
Awards 1990 Rauris Literature Prize 2014 Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize 2015 Solothurner Literaturpreis 2018 Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis 2019 Joseph-Breitbach-Preis
Memberships 1999 PEN Centre Germany 2019 Academy of Arts, Berlin
Bibliography
English translation
Thesis
Notes
External links
Times Literary Supplement review of What We Are Made Of, by Paul Owen