Thomas Hettche

Thomas Hettche (born 30 November 1964 in Treis, Hesse) is a German author.

Hettche completed his Abitur at the Liebigschule Giessen, He studied German studies and philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and completed his PhD in philosophy.

What We Are Made Of, an English translation by Shaun Whiteside of Hettche's novel Woraus wir gemacht sind (2006), was published by Picador in Britain in July 2008, and in the United States in October 2010. Since 2018, he has been honorary professor at the TU Berlin.

Hettche lives in Berlin.

Awards

 * 1990 Rauris Literature Prize
 * 2014 Wilhelm Raabe Literature Prize
 * 2015 Solothurner Literaturpreis
 * 2018 Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis
 * 2019 Joseph-Breitbach-Preis

Memberships

 * 1999 PEN Centre Germany
 * 2019 Academy of Arts, Berlin