{{short description|Austrian writer (born 1960)}} {{about|the Austrian writer|for the German brass instrument maker of the same name|Haas (brass instrument makers)}} thumb|Wolf Haas reading at the literary festival o-töne, 2009. '''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'').

== Life == Wolf Haas was born in 1960 in Maria Alm am Steinernen Meer, which is part of the Austrian state of Salzburg.<ref name="imdb">{{IMDb name|0352028}} Retrieved 3 August 2011.</ref> After university he worked as an advertising copywriter. Between 1996 and 2003 he wrote seven detective stories, of which six featured detective Simon Brenner. Four were made into films: ''Komm, süßer Tod'' (Come Sweet Death), ''Silentium'', ''Der Knochenmann'' (The Boneman) and ''Das ewige Leben'' (Life Eternal).<ref name="imdb" /> He has won several prizes for his works, including placed in the German prize for crime fiction (''Deutscher Krimi Preis'') three times (1997, 1999, 2000), including one first place,<ref>[http://www.krimilexikon.de/dkp/97.html German prize for crime fiction 1997 – 3rd place (Deutscher Krimipreis 1997 – 3. Platz)], {{in lang|de}}, Retrieved 3 August 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.krimilexikon.de/dkp/99.html German prize for crime fiction 1999 – 1st place (Deutscher Krimipreis 1999 – 1. Platz)], {{in lang|de}}, Retrieved 3 August 2011.</ref><ref>[http://www.krimilexikon.de/dkp/00-04.html German prize for crime fiction 2000 – 2nd place (Deutscher Krimipreis 2000 – 2. Platz)], {{in lang|de}}, Retrieved 3 August 2011.</ref> and the Literaturpreis der Stadt Bremen 2013.<ref>[http://www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2012-11/bremer-literaturpreis-wolf-haas Buchpreis – Wolf Haas erhält Bremer Literaturpreis], {{in lang|de}}. Retrieved 24 November 2012.</ref>

== Works == [[File:Wolf Haas at the Frankfurt Book Fair.jpg|thumb|Wolf Haas reading at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 2009]]

=== Detective novels === * '''Simon Brenner detective stories''' (and where they are set): ** ''Auferstehung der Toten'' (Zell am See), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1996, {{ISBN|3-499-22831-9}} (Translated by Annie Janusch as ''Resurrection'', Melville House, 2014, {{ISBN|978-1-61219-271-0}}) ** ''Der Knochenmann'' (Klöch in Styria), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1997, {{ISBN|3-499-22832-7}} (Translated by Annie Janusch as ''The Bone Man'', Melville House, 2013, {{ISBN|978-1-61219-169-0}}) ** ''Komm, süßer Tod'' (Vienna), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998, {{ISBN|3-499-22814-9}} (Translated by Annie Janusch as ''Come, Sweet Death!'', Melville House, 2014, {{ISBN|978-1-61219-339-7}}) ** ''Silentium!'' (Salzburg), Rowohlt, Reinbek 1999, {{ISBN|3-499-22830-0}} ** ''Wie die Tiere'' (Vienna), Rowohlt, Reinbek 2001, {{ISBN|3-499-23331-2}} ** ''Das ewige Leben'' (Graz), Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2003, {{ISBN|3-492-24095-X}} ** ''Der Brenner und der liebe Gott'', Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2009, {{ISBN|978-3-455-40189-9}} (Translated by Annie Janusch as ''Brenner and God'', Melville House, 2012, {{ISBN|978-1-61219-113-3}}) ** ''Brennerova'', Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2014, {{ISBN|978-3-455-40499-9}} ** ''Müll'', Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2022, {{ISBN|978-3-455-01430-3}}

=== Other novels === * ''Ausgebremst – Der Roman zur Formel 1'', Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998, {{ISBN|3-499-22868-8}} * ''Das Wetter vor 15 Jahren'', 2006, Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2006, {{ISBN|3-455-40004-3}}, translated by Stephanie Gilardi and Thomas S. Hansen as ''The Weather Fifteen Years Ago'', Ariadne Press, Riverside California 2009, {{ISBN|978-1-57241-166-1}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://portal.d-nb.de/opac.htm?method=showFullRecord&currentResultId=Woe%253D118179527%2526any&currentPosition=15|title=Katalog der Deutschen Nationalbibliothek |publisher=German National Library|accessdate=26 July 2011}}</ref> * ''Verteidigung der Missionarsstellung''. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2012, {{ISBN|978-3-455-40418-0}} * ''Junger Mann''. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2018, {{ISBN|978-3-455-00388-8}} * ''Eigentum''. Hanser, München 2023, {{ISBN|978-3-446-27833-2}} * ''Wackelkontakt''. Hanser, Berlin 2025, {{ISBN|978-3-446-28272-8}}, translated by Jamie Bulloch as ''Short Circuit'', HarperVia, 2026.

=== Non-fiction === * ''Sprachtheoretische Grundlagen der Konkreten Poesie''. Akademischer Verlag Heinz, Stuttgart 1990 {{ISBN|3-88099-237-1}} * ''Die Liebe in den Zeiten des Cola-Rauschs'', Verlag Tauschzentrale, Wien 1993, {{ISBN|3-901352-01-5}}

=== Children's books === * ''Die Gans im Gegenteil''. Hoffmann und Campe, Hamburg 2010 {{ISBN|3-455-40286-0}}

== See also == * List of Austrian writers * List of Austrians

== References == {{Reflist}}

== Further reading == * Helga Schreckenberger, "[http://web187.login-14.hoststar.at/inst/trans/17Nr/1-11/1-11_schreckenberger17.htm Wolf Haas's Brenner Novels – Austrian Adaptations and Transformations of the American Detective Story] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304063742/http://web187.login-14.hoststar.at/inst/trans/17Nr/1-11/1-11_schreckenberger17.htm |date=2016-03-04 }}", in Internet-Zeitschrift für Kulturwissenschaften, Number 17, Februar 2010.

== External links == * [https://www.welt.de/print/wams/kultur/article11927288/Frueher-habe-ich-das-Lesen-gehasst.html Interview with Wolf Haas in the newspaper Welt am Sonntag, 2 January 2011] {{in lang|de}}

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