Podcast: Simone Buchholz, what helps against the pains of being human? | Dichtung & Wahrheit #3

News

08.03.2023

Beitrag zu Podcast: Simone Buchholz, what helps against the pains of being human? | Dichtung & Wahrheit #3

In the third episode of »Dichtung & Wahrheit«, Laura de Weck talks to author Simone Buchholz. They delve into Simone Buchholz’s work on her latest novel, what it was like to enter the uncharted waters of a new genre, and the social responsibility that comes with being a writer. They also speak about Buchholz’s involvement with the new PEN Berlin, the joys and sorrows of being human and the question of why the goriest crime fiction is written in the most peaceful countries.

Simone Buchholz is considered one of the most innovative voices of German crime fiction. Her ten-volume series featuring state prosecutor Chastity Riley received various prizes, including the German Crime Fiction Prize. Her latest novel Only the Others are Immortal, also known as the »#Segelsexbuch«, Simone Buchholz explores the realm beyond crime fiction.

Listen here or wherever you get your podcasts.

Simone Buchholz

Simone Buchholz was born in Hanau in 1972. She studied Philosophy and Literature and trained to be a journalist at the prestigious Henri-Nannen-School in Hamburg. In 2008, she published her first crime novel, Revolverherz, which was subsequently translated into French and Italian. Blaue Nacht, the first instalment of the Chastity Riley series to be published by Suhrkamp Verlag, was #1 on the KrimiZEIT-Best of Crime List for months. In 2016, Simone Buchholz was awarded the Crime Cologne Award as well as the 2nd Place of the German Crime Fiction Prize for Blaue Nacht. Mexikoring (2018) won the German Crime Fiction Prize 2019

Simone Buchholz

Simone Buchholz was born in Hanau in 1972. She studied Philosophy and Literature and trained to be a journalist at the prestigious...