Gisbert Haefs (born 9 January 1950) is a German writer in several genres and translator. He has written historical novels such as Alexander, won both the Deutscher Science Fiction Preis and Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis in science fiction, and placed at the Deutscher Krimi Preis for crime fiction. As a translator he worked on a much criticized effort at translating works of Jorge Luis Borges into German. References External links Gisbert Haefs in: NRW Literatur im Netz German crime fiction writers German historical fiction writers German science fiction writers 1950 births Living people German male novelists German translators German male non-fiction writers