Books by Clemens Meyer

Clemens Meyer was born 1977 in Halle and lives in Leipzig. After high school he jobbed as a watchman, building worker and removal man. He studied creative writing at the German Literary Institute, Leipzig and was granted a scholarship by the Saxon Ministry of Science and Arts in 2002. His first novel ALS WIR TRAUMTEN was a huge success and for his second book, DIE NACHT, DIE LICHTER [ALL THE LIGHTS, And Other Stories, 2011], a collection of short stories, he was awarded the Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2008. BRICKS AND MORTAR, his latest novel, was shortlisted for the German Book Prize, won the Bremer Literaturpreis 2014, and was longlisted for the 2017 Man Booker International Prize.