Frank Witzel

Frank Witzel (born 1955) is a German writer, illustrator, radio presenter and musician who lives in Offenbach am Main, Hesse.

From 1975 onward Witzel published poems in alternative literary magazines including Das Nachtcafé, TJA and Machwerk.

His breakthrough novel Bluemoon Baby (2001), the follow-up, Revolution und Heimarbeit (2003) and later works, include elements of conspiracy theory, espionage genre and politics in a heady mix of popular culture and literary theory that has led to his work being likened to that of Thomas Pynchon.

[3] For his projected novel Die Erfindung der Roten Armee Fraktion durch einen manisch-depressiven Teenager im Sommer 1969, Witzel received the 2012 Robert Gernhardt Prize.

[3] The jury praised its “mania, wit and formal daring and a contemporary historical perspective unique in German-speaking literature”.