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{{Short description|German novelist (1943–2022)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2022}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = F.C. Delius
| image = Friedrich Christian Delius 2012.jpg
| caption = Delius in 2012
| birth_name = Friedrich Christian Delius
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1943|2|13}}
| birth_place = Rome, [[Kingdom of Italy|Italy]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=yes|2022|5|30|1943|2|13}}
| death_place = Berlin, Germany
| occupation = Novelist
| genre = Novel
| years_active = 1966–2022
| awards = {{ubl| [[Georg Büchner Prize]]| | [[Joseph-Breitbach-Preis]] }}
| education = {{ubl| [[Free University of Berlin]] | [[Technische Universität Berlin]] }}
| website = {{URL|fcdelius.de}}
| signature = Signatur of Friedrich Christian Delius.jpg
}}

'''Friedrich Christian Delius''' (13 February 1943 – 30 May 2022), also known by his [[pen name]] '''F.C. Delius''',<ref name="Spiegel 2022">{{cite web | title=Schriftsteller und Büchner-Preisträger: Friedrich Christian Delius ist tot | website=[[Der Spiegel]] | date=31 May 2022 | url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/literatur/schriftsteller-und-buechner-preistraeger-friedrich-christian-delius-ist-tot-a-cbaae342-827d-4734-8ae2-a13e377fb309 | language=de | access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref> was a German [[novel]]ist. He wrote books about historic events, such as the [[1954 FIFA World Cup]], and [[Red Army Faction|RAF terrorism]]. Four of his novels were translated into English, including ''The Pears of Ribbeck'' and ''Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman''. His awards include the [[Georg Büchner Prize]] of 2011.

== Biography ==
Delius was born in Rome, where his father was pastor of the German Protestant Church.<ref name="NZZ 2022">{{cite news | title=Kultur: Schriftsteller Friedrich Christian Delius gestorben | website=[[Neue Zürcher Zeitung]] | date=31 May 2022 | url=https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/die-neusten-meldungen-aus-der-kultur-ld.1685655 | language=de | access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref> He grew up in Wehrda (since 1971 among the constituent communities of [[Haunetal]]) and [[Korbach]] in the state of [[Hesse]].<ref name="rbb24 2022">{{cite web | title=Schriftsteller F.C. Delius im Alter von 79 Jahren gestorben | website=rbb24 | date=31 May 2022 | url=https://www.rbb24.de/kultur/beitrag/2022/05/schriftsteller-friedrich-christian-fc-delius-gestorben-berlin-rom.html | language=de | access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="op-marburg.de 2011">{{cite web | title=Preisträger ist in Wehrda aufgewachsen | website=Oberhessische Presse | date=28 October 2011 | url=https://www.op-marburg.de/Marburg/Preistraeger-ist-in-Wehrda-aufgewachsen | language=de | access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref> He studied [[German literature]] at the [[Free University of Berlin]] and at [[Technische Universität Berlin]], and in London.<ref name="Spiegel 2022" /><ref name="Delius Haas p. ">{{cite book | last1=Delius | first1=Friedrich Christian | last2=Haas | first2=Wolf | title=Der Held und sein Wetter ein Kunstmittel und sein ideologischer Gebrauch im Roman des bürgerlichen Realismus | publication-place=Göttingen | date=2011 | isbn=978-3-8353-1028-5 | oclc=759843498 | language=de | page=}}</ref> He published poetry beginning at age 18, and appeared at the last meetings of the [[Gruppe 47]] at age 21, as the second-youngest participant.<ref name="Spiegel 2022" /><ref name="Knipphals 2022" />

He first worked in publishing firms such as [[Klaus Wagenbach]] and {{ill|Rotbuch|de|Rotbuch Verlag}}.<ref name="ZEIT ONLINE">{{cite news | title=Schriftsteller Friedrich Christian Delius ist tot | website=[[Die Zeit]] | date=31 May 2022 | url=https://www.zeit.de/politik/2022-05/friedrich-christian-delius-gruppe-47-autor-schriftsteller | language=de | access-date=31 May 2022 | last1=Eckardt | first1=Lisa-Marie }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://us.macmillan.com/author/friedrichchristiandelius|title=Friedrich Christian Delius | Authors|website=Macmillan}}</ref> The [[Siemens]] group went to court against the 1972 documentary satire ''Unsere Siemens-Welt''.<ref name="Spiegel 2022" />

From 1978, Delius worked as a freelance writer.<ref name="Stern" /> He published more than a dozen novels and a number of poetry collections. His novels and stories deal with the history of the 20th century.<ref name="Spiegel 2022" /> His work has been translated into more than 20 languages.<ref name="ZEIT ONLINE" />

He was awarded numerous German literary prizes, including the [[Fontane Prize of the City of Neuruppin]] in 2004,<ref name="Fontane">{{cite web | title = Fontane-Literaturpreis | publisher = [[Fontane Prize of the City of Neuruppin|Fontane Prize]] | url = https://www.fontanepreis.de/ | language = de | access-date = 4 June 2022}}</ref> the [[Joseph Breitbach Prize]],<ref name="Tagesspiegel 2007">{{cite web | title=Delius erhält Joseph-Breitbach-Preis | website=[[Der Tagesspiegel]] | date=2 July 2007 | url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/literaturpreis-delius-erhaelt-joseph-breitbach-preis/975070.html | language=de | access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref> the [[Georg Büchner Prize]] in 2011,<ref name="Spiegel 2022" /><ref name="Krause 2022">{{cite news | last=Krause | first=Tilman | title=F.C. Delius: Nachruf auf den Chronisten der Bundesrepublik | website=[[Die Welt]] | date=31 May 2022 | url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/article239070365/F-C-Delius-Nachruf-auf-den-Chronisten-der-Bundesrepublik.html | language=de | access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="Lewitscharoff 2011">{{cite news | last=Lewitscharoff | first=Sybille | title=Von Rom aus durch Deutschland spazieren gehen | website=[[Die Welt]] | date=22 November 2011 | url=https://www.welt.de/print/wams/kultur/article13687936/Von-Rom-aus-durch-Deutschland-spazieren-gehen.html | language=de | access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref> and the [[Deutscher Kritikerpreis|Critics Prize]].<ref name="Literaturpreis Gewinner 2011">{{cite web | title=Deutscher Kritikerpreis | website=Literaturpreis Gewinner | date=29 July 2011 | url=https://www.literaturpreisgewinner.de/belletristik/deutscher-kritikerpreis | language=de | access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref> He was a member of the [[Freie Akademie der Künste Hamburg]], the [[Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung]]<ref name="ZEIT ONLINE" /> and the [[Academy of Arts, Berlin]].<ref name="Akademie der Künste, Berlin">{{cite web | title=Delius | website=Akademie der Künste, Berlin | url=https://www.adk.de/de/akademie/mitglieder/index.htm?we_objectID=55057 | language=de | access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref> In 2022, he left the [[PEN Centre Germany]] after 50 years of membership.<ref name="Spiegel 2022" /><ref name="FAZ">{{cite news | title=Schriftsteller F.C. Delius: Warum ich nach fünfzig Jahren aus dem PEN austrete | website=FAZ.NET | date=16 May 2022 | url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/autoren/friedrich-christian-delius-warum-er-aus-dem-pen-austritt-18034849.html | language=de | access-date=31 May 2022| last1=Delius | first1=Friedrich Christian }}</ref> Delius received the [[Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany]] in 2017.<ref name="Stern" />

In the citation for the 2011 Büchner Prize, Delius was described as a "critical, resourceful and inventive observer" ("kritischer, findiger und erfinderischer Beobachter") who dealt with Germans in the 20th century "from the prehistory of the Nazi era to the time of partition and the immediate present" ("von der Vorgeschichte der NS-Zeit über die Zeit der Teilung bis in die unmittelbare Gegenwart").<ref name="Spiegel 2022" /><ref name="Stern" />

[[File:F.C. Delius.jpg|thumb|Delius in 2019]]
Delius was married twice; he and his first wife, {{ill|Gisela Klann-Delius|de}}, had two daughters.<ref name="Stern">{{cite web | title=Büchner-Preisträger stirbt mit 79 Jahren | newspaper=[[Stern (magazine)|Stern]] | url=https://www.stern.de/lifestyle/leute/friedrich-christian-delius--buechner-preistraeger-stirbt-mit-79-jahren-31910356.html | date=31 May 2022| language=de | access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref><ref name="Marktgemeinde Haunetal 2022">{{cite web | title=Friedrich Christian Delius | website=Marktgemeinde Haunetal | date=4 April 2022 | url=https://www.haunetal.de/texte/seite.php?id=153353 | language=de | access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref> Since the late 1970s, he divided his time between Berlin and Rome.<ref name="Stern" /><ref name="LiteraturPort">{{cite web | title=Friedrich Christian Delius – Autorenlexikon | website=LiteraturPort | url=https://www.literaturport.de/Friedrich-Christian.Delius/ | language=de | access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref>

Delius died on 30 May 2022 in Berlin, at the age of 79.<ref name="Knipphals 2022">{{cite news | last=Knipphals | first=Dirk | title=Nachruf auf Schriftsteller F. C. Delius: Schweigen und Lachen | newspaper=Die Tageszeitung: Taz | date=31 May 2022 | url=https://taz.de/!5858468/ | language=de | access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref><ref name="ZEIT ONLINE" /><ref name="FAZ 2022">{{cite news | last=Platthaus | first=Andreas | title=Zum Tod von F.C. Delius: Je persönlicher er wurde, desto größer das Staunen | website=[[FAZ.NET]] | date=31 May 2022 | url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/autoren/autor-friedrich-christian-delius-gestorben-18070662.html | language=de | access-date=31 May 2022}}</ref>

== Work ==
Delius published more than 35 books.<ref name="ZEIT ONLINE" /> ''{{ill|Der Spaziergang von Rostock nach Syrakus|de}}'' (The stroll from Rostock to Syracuse) is a 1995 story with a protagonist from East Germany who dreams of walking to Italy like [[Johann Gottfried Seume]] in the 19th century.<ref name="Osterkamp">{{cite news | last=Osterkamp | first=Ernst | title=Rigoletto für Segler / F. C. Delius reist nach Syrakus | website=[[FAZ.NET]] | date=10 October 1995 | url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/feuilleton/buecher/rezensionen/belletristik/rezension-belletristik-rigoletto-fuer-segler-11298113.html | language=de | access-date=1 June 2022}}</ref> In ''Der Sonntag, an dem ich Weltmeister wurde'', he wrote about the German victory in [[association football]] at the [[1954 FIFA World Cup]], and his ''Deutscher Herbst'' trilogy was about the [[Red Army Faction|RAF]] terrorism.<ref name="Spiegel 2022" /> The [[1968 student protests]] were the background for ''Amerikahaus oder der Tanz der Frauen'' (America house or the dance of the women).<ref name="Knipphals 2022" />

=== Novels in English translation ===
* 1991 ''{{ill|Die Birnen von Ribbeck|de}}'' (''The Pears of Ribbeck'')<ref name="Delius p. ">{{cite book | last=Delius | first=Friedrich Christian | title=Die Birnen von Ribbeck : Erzählung | publisher=Rowohlt | publication-place=Reinbek bei Hamburg | date=1991 | isbn=3-498-01287-8 | oclc=23922322 | language=de | page=}}</ref><ref name="Delius 1991 p. ">{{cite book | last=Delius | first=F.C. | title=The Pears of Ribbeck | publisher=Exile Editions | year=1991 | isbn=978-1-55096-022-8 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PtBe7Q8OYI8C | access-date=31 May 2022 | page=}}</ref>
* 1994 ''{{ill|Der Sonntag, an dem ich Weltmeister wurde|de}}'' (''The Sunday I Became World Champion'') in ''Three Contemporary German Novellas''<ref name="Delius p._2">{{cite book | last=Delius | first=Friedrich Christian | title=Der Sonntag, an dem ich Weltmeister wurde Erzählung | publication-place=Reinbek bei Hamburg | date=2004 | isbn=978-3-499-23659-4 | oclc=723058077 | language=de | page=}}</ref><ref name="Willson Walser Schneider Delius 2001 p. ">{{cite book | last1=Willson | first1=A.L. | last2=Walser | first2=M. | last3=Schneider | first3=P. | last4=Delius | first4=F.C. | title=Three Contemporary German Novellas: Friedrich Christian Delius, Peter Schneider and Martin Walser | publisher=Bloomsbury Academic | series=German Library | year=2001 | isbn=978-0-8264-1214-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZwogAQAAIAAJ | access-date=31 May 2022 | page=}}</ref>
* 2006 ''Bildnis der Mutter als junge Frau'' (''Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman'')<ref name="Delius p._3">{{cite book | last=Delius | first=Friedrich Christian | title=Bildnis der Mutter als junge Frau : Erzählung | publisher=Rowohlt | publication-place=Berlin | date=2006 | isbn=978-3-87134-556-2 | oclc=71747477 | language=de | page=}}</ref><ref name="Delius Bulloch 2012 p. ">{{cite book | last1=Delius | first1=F.C. | last2=Bulloch | first2=J. | title=Portrait of the Mother as a Young Woman: A Novel | publisher=Farrar, Straus and Giroux | year=2012 | isbn=978-1-4668-0215-5 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=p6DuewIK31MC | access-date=31 May 2022 | page=}}</ref>
* 2013 ''Die linke Hand des Papstes'' (''The Pope's Left Hand'')<ref name="Delius p._4">{{cite book | last=Delius | first=Friedrich Christian | title=Die linke Hand des Papstes | publication-place=Berlin | date=2013 | isbn=978-3-87134-770-2 | oclc=858274247 | language=de | page=}}</ref><ref name="Delius Cantrick p. ">{{cite book | last1=Delius | first1=Friedrich Christian | last2=Cantrick | first2=Robert A. | title=The Pope's left hand | publication-place=Whately, Massachusetts | date=2019 | isbn=978-1-7336301-0-8 | oclc=1090012375 | page=}}</ref>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* {{cite web |first=Tobias |last=Lehmkuhl | title=Zum Tod von Friedrich Christian Delius – Heimatloser Heimatdichter | website=[[Deutschlandfunk]] | date=3 June 2021 | url=https://www.deutschlandfunk.de/friedrich-christian-delius-gestorben-100.html | language=de | ref={{sfnref | Deutschlandfunk | 2021}} | access-date=5 June 2022}}
* {{cite web |first1=Philipp |last1=Gessler |first2=Reinhard |last2=Mawick | title=Nur einmal ganz mit Leib und Seele | website=zeitzeichen.net | url=https://zeitzeichen.net/archiv/2018_Mai_interview-mit-fc-delius | language=de | ref={{sfnref | zeitzeichen.net}} | access-date=5 June 2022}}

==External links==
* {{official|https://www.fcdelius.de/}}

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[[Category:Free University of Berlin alumni]]
[[Category:Technische Universität Berlin alumni]]
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