Martin Grzimek (born 1950) is a German author. He was born in Trutzhain. Having spent a number of years living and working in South America and the United States, he now resides in a village near Heidelberg. His work that raised the most interest is Shadowlife, a near-future mystery in which the nature of book itself is questioned. Grzimek is a member of International PEN has won a number of literary prizes.
Works
Berger, 1980
Stillstand des Herzens, 1982 (translated as Heartstop: Three Stories by Breon Mitchell)
Trutzhain, 1984
Die Beschattung, 1989 (translated as Shadowlife by Breon Mitchell)
Shadowlife, 1991
El factor tropical, 1992
Feuerfalter, 1992
Ein Bärenleben, 1995 (with Marcus Herrenberger)
Mostar – Skizzen und Splitter, 1995
Von einem, der verzweifelt versucht, sich zu verlieben, 1995