Markus Gasser

Markus Gasser
Gasser at a book signing in 2015
Born	1967 Bregenz, Austria
Nationality	Austrian
Occupation(s)	Literary scholar and author
Website	http://m-gasser.ch/home

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

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" (‹See Tfd›German: Die Sprengung der platonischen Höhle).

In 2010 he published "The Kingdom in the Sea. Daniel Kehlmann's Secret" (‹See Tfd›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" (‹See Tfd›German: Das Buch der Bücher für die Insel), published by Hanser Verlag, and finally in 2015 by "A world History in 33 Novels" (‹See Tfd›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.

External links

• Markus Gasser's official website
• Markus Gasser (Hanser Publications)