Zoran Drvenkar is a Croatian / German writer. He has written fiction, poems, and plays.
Born in Križevci, Croatia in 1967, Zoran Drvenkar has lived in Germany since age three.[1]
Drvenkar has worked as a writer from 1989. He has written novels, including fiction for children and young adults, poems, plays, and short stories.[1]
A novel for young adults, Tell Me What You See, was published in an English translation by Chantal Wright in 2005.[2]
His thriller novel Sorry won the Friedrich-Glauser Prize in 2010. Employing a complex multi-person narrative scheme, the English translation has been critically acclaimed.[3]
The English translation of the crime thriller You was published in 2014.[4] In February 2020, it was announced that Sky had commissioned an eight-part TV adaptation of You, penned by Ben Chanan.[5] The series, called Then You Run, was released on Sky Max in the UK from 7 July 2023.[6]
Drvenkar has received many grants and prizes for his writing, including:[1]