Wolf Haas

1960 -

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genre: detective fiction

country of citizenship: Austria

native language: German

languages spoken, written or signed: German

educated at: University of Salzburg

occupation: novelist, screenwriter, writer, children's writer

award received: Romy, Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen, Kassel Literary Prize, Österreichischer Kunstpreis für Literatur, City of Vienna Literature Prize, Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize, Jonathan Swift Award, German Crime Fiction Award

Wolf Haas (born 14 December 1960) is an Austrian writer. He is most widely known for his crime fiction novels featuring detective Simon Brenner, four of which were made into films. He has won several prizes for his works, including the German prize for crime fiction (Deutscher Krimipreis). Source: Wikipedia (en)