Markus Gasser

Markus Gasser (born 1967)[1] is an Austrian literary scholar and author.

Markus Gasser
Gasser at a book signing in 2015
Born1967
Bregenz, Austria
NationalityAustrian
OccupationLiterary scholar and author
Websitehttp://m-gasser.ch/home

Life

Markus Gasser was born in Bregenz in 1967. After the gymnasium, he went to the University of Innsbruck for German, English and American studies. He attained a habilitation in 2007 with the thesis "The collapse of the platonic cave" (German: Die Sprengung der platonischen Höhle).

In 2010 he published "The Kingdom in the Sea. Daniel Kehlmann's Secret" (German: Das Königreich im Meer. Daniel Kehlmanns Geheimnis) about the work of Austrian best-selling author Daniel Kehlmann. It was followed in 2014 by "The Book of Books for the Island" (German: Das Buch der Bücher für die Insel), published by Hanser Verlag, and finally in 2015 by "A world History in 33 Novels" (German: Eine Weltgeschichte in 33 Romanen), also published by Hanser.

Additionally, he works as a literary critic, contributing to the FAZ and the Weltwoche. Furthermore, he teaches at the University of Innsbruck and Saarbrücken.

Markus Gasser lives in Zürich.

Works
  • Die Sprengung der platonischen Höhle: Roman und Philosophie im Widerstreit (in German). Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag. 2007. ISBN 978-3-8353-0139-9.
  • Das Königreich im Meer. Daniel Kehlmanns Geheimnis (in German). Göttingen: Wallstein Verlag. 2010. ISBN 978-3-8353-0617-2.
  • Das Königreich im Meer. Daniel Kehlmanns Geheimnis (in German). Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag. 2013. ISBN 978-3-499-25852-7.
  • Das Buch der Bücher für die Insel (in German). München: Hanser Verlag. 2014. ISBN 978-3-446-24495-5.
  • Eine Weltgeschichte in 33 Romanen (in German). München: Hanser Verlag. 2015. ISBN 978-3-446-24919-6.

References
  1. Moritz, Rainer (19 July 2014). "Ich bin dann mal lesen". Die Welt. Retrieved 2018-12-10.
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