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Joachim B. Schmidt
Foto: Eva Schram / © Diogenes Verlag

Joachim B. Schmidt

Joachim B. Schmidt, born in 1981, grew up in the Swiss canton of Grisons before emigrating to Iceland in 2007. His novels are bestsellers and have won numerous awards, including the ›Crime Cologne Award‹ and, most recently, the ›Glauser Prize‹. A dual citizen, Schmidt lives in Reykjavík with his wife and their two children.

Awards
  • ›GLAUSER-Preis‹ in der Kategorie Roman für Kalmann und der schlafende Berg, 2024
  • ›Bündner Literaturpreis‹ für Tell, 2023
  • Tell ist SBVV-›Lieblingsbuch 2022‹ des Deutschschweizer Buchhandels, 2022
  • ›Crime Cologne Award‹ für Kalmann, 2021
  • Kalmann auf dem 3. Platz des zum ersten Mal verliehenen ›Schweizer Krimipreises‹, 2021
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»An incredibly vivid sense of place, and a gifted storyteller.«

Welt am Sonntag, Berlin 

»Schmidt reveals himself to be an incredibly empathetic and skilled narrator with a strong sense for light humour.«

Hanspeter Eggenberger / Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich

»Joachim B. Schmidt is a genius narrator and author who pulls his readers into the action, along with his characters and their complex inner lives.«

Lisa Wieser / Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, Heidelberg

»An incredibly vivid sense of place, and a gifted storyteller.«

Welt am Sonntag, Berlin 

»Schmidt reveals himself to be an incredibly empathetic and skilled narrator with a strong sense for light humour.«

Hanspeter Eggenberger / Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich

»Joachim B. Schmidt is a genius narrator and author who pulls his readers into the action, along with his characters and their complex inner lives.«

Lisa Wieser / Rhein-Neckar-Zeitung, Heidelberg
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Ósmann
Joachim B. Schmidt
Ósmann
General Fiction / 288 pages
2025
Im Warenkorb
Kalmann und der schlafende Berg
Joachim B. Schmidt
Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain
General Fiction / 304 pages
2023
Im Warenkorb
Tell
Joachim B. Schmidt
Tell
General Fiction / 288 pages
2022
Im Warenkorb
Kalmann
Joachim B. Schmidt
Kalmann
General Fiction / 352 pages
2020
Im Warenkorb
Ósmann
Kalmann and the Sleeping Mountain
Tell
Kalmann
Tell
In Küstennähe
Moosflüstern
In Küstennähe
Am Tisch sitzt ein Soldat
Moosflüstern
Tell
Kalmann
Kalmann
Kalmann
Am Tisch sitzt ein Soldat
Kalmann und der schlafende Berg
Kalmann und der schlafende Berg