Akif Pirinçci

Akif Pirinçci (IPA2|piːʁɪɲtʃi) (born 20 October 1959) is a German writer of Turkish origin who is best known internationally for his novel "Felidae".

Biography

Pirinçci was born on the 20th October 1959 in Istanbul, Turkey, but emigrated to Germany together with his parents in 1969. He began to write fiction at a young age, and published his first novel "Tränen sind immer das Ende" (literally meaning "tears always are the end") in 1980, at the age of 21. His next literary work, published in 1989, was the novel "Felidae", a work of crime fiction with cats as the main protagonists. The novel has been translated into 17 languages and became an international bestseller.Due to the enormous success of the novel, Pirinçci expanded his concept of "cat crime fiction" and published several sequels to "Felidae", out of which only one, namely "Felidae II", has been translated into English. An animated movie based on "Felidae", the script of which had been co-written by Pirinçci, has been produced in Germany in 1994, but was not released internationally.Pirinçci has published several other novels which were not set in the fictional reality of the "Felidae" series - however, none of those works have reached such a high degree of popularity.

Pirinçci currently lives in Bonn, the former capital of the Federal Republic of Germany.

List of literary works

* "Tränen sind immer das Ende" (1980)
* "Felidae" (German: "Felidae") (1989)
* "Der Rumpf" (literally meaning "the torso") (1992)
* "Felidae II" aka "Felidae on the Road" (German: "Francis. Felidae II") (1993)
* "Felidae" animated movie (script) (1994)
* "Yin" (1997)
* "Cave Canem. Felidae III" (1999)
* "Die Damalstür" (literally meaning "the door to back then" (2001)
* "Das Duell. Felidae IV" ("the duel") (2002)
* "Salve Roma! Felidae V" (2004)
* "Salve Roma! Felidae V" (2004)
* "Der letzte Weltuntergang: Krimi-Erzählungen" ("The Final Apocalypse") (2007)
* "Schandtat Felidae VI" (2007)

External links

* [http://www.akifpirincci.de] Official site (German only)