Markus Gasser
Markus Gasser is an Austrian literary scholar and author.Life
Markus Gasser was born in Bregenz in 1967. After the gymnasium, he went to the University of Innsbruck for German, English and American studies. He attained a habilitation in 2007 with the thesis "The collapse of the platonic cave".
In 2010 he published "The Kingdom in the Sea. Daniel Kehlmann's Secret" about the work of Austrian best-selling author Daniel Kehlmann. It was followed in 2014 by "The Book of Books for the Island", published by Hanser Verlag, and finally in 2015 by "A world History in 33 Novels", also published by Hanser.
Additionally, he works as a literary critic, contributing to the FAZ and the Weltwoche. Furthermore, he teaches at the University of Innsbruck and Saarbrücken.
Markus Gasser lives in Zürich.Works
