Philipp Schönthaler
Literature
Philipp Schönthaler, born in 1976 in Stuttgart, studied English and art in Vancouver and received his PhD in 2010 in Konstanz with a dissertation on "Negations of the Narrator." His debut collection of stories, Nach oben ist das Leben offen, was awarded the Clemens Brentano Prize in 2012. He has published several story collections, novels, and essays, including Portrait des Managers als junger Autor (2016, awarded the Stuttgarter Wirtschaftsclub Prize) and Die Automatisierung des Schreibens (2022). His works often explore technology, the world of work, and social change. Schönthaler lives in Berlin.
Selected Publications
2024 | SEITEN DES HIMMELS, novel
2024 | HOW RATIONAL MACHINES BECAME ROMANTIC, nonfiction
2022 | THE AUTOMATION OF WRITING, nonfiction
2019 | DER WEG ALLER WELLEN, novel
2017 | VOR ANBRUCH DER MORGENRÖTE, stories
2016 | PORTRAIT DES MANAGERS ALS JUNGER AUTOR, essay
2012 | NACH OBEN IST DAS LEBEN OFFEN, stories
Selected Awards
2016 | Stuttgarter Wirtschaftsclub Prize
2012 | Clemens Brentano Prize