Biography
Thomas Hettche (born 1964) is a German writer and essayist. Since his debut Ludwig muß sterben (1989) he has been regarded as a language-conscious, stylistically distinctive storyteller. His novel Herzfaden (2020), about the history of the Augsburger Puppenkiste marionette theatre, became a bestseller and won the Wilhelm Raabe Literary Prize. Hettche has taught as a visiting lecturer at several universities and is a member of the German Academy for Language and Literature. His work spans novels, essays, and editions, often circling history, memory, and materiality.
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