[Continuing my series of little biographical posts of the Deutschen Krimi Preis winners, translated from the German Wikipedia.]
Horst Bieber (January 12, 1942, Essen - ) is a German journalist and writer of crime fiction.
Bieber studied history, philosophy and German literature at university, obtaining a doctoral degree. He began his journalism career at the Essener Tageszeitung. He is a political editor has also been a member of the editorial board of Die Zeit.
His writing career began with historical non-fiction: a book on Paul Rohrbach - a conservative journalist and critic of the Weimar Republic (1972), and a work on Portugal (1975). In 1982, he published his first thriller Sackgasse (Dead end).
In his novels, Bieber addresses topical issues of society and politics: data protection, the intrusiveness of intelligence agencies, problematic police investigations. His strengths are the precision of his observation and strong storytelling talent.
Bieber has also written several crime dramas for radio, broadcast on the Westdeutscher Rundfunk, German public radio.
Bieber has also written several crime dramas for radio, broadcast on the Westdeutscher Rundfunk, German public radio.
Bieber's journalistic career is well-respected: his work on environmental issues and the Green party, in particular, has been recognised.
In 1987, Bieber received the Deutscher Krimi Preis for Sein letzter Fehler (His Last Error).
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And, again, no sign of English versions of his books. Found a Polish one, though...
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