Joachim Frank, a German-born scientist and writer, moved in 1975 to Albany, New York and more recently (2008) relocated to New York City. He took fiction writing classes at the Skidmore Summer workshops of the New York Writers Institute with William Kennedy, Steven Millhauser, Eugene Garber, and Jayne Ann Phillips.
Short Fiction
He has published several short stories and prose poems in Lost and Found Times, The Agent, Inkblot, Heidelberg Review, Groundswell, Peer Glass, and Open Mic, all print. Short fiction has appeared in online journals including elimae, 3711 Atlantic, Cezanne's Carrot, Brilliant, Eclectica, Offcourse, The Noneuclidean Cafe, Ghoti Magazine, Duck and Herring Co. Pocket Field Guide, Hamilton Stone Review, Bartleby Snopes, Red Ochre Lit, Fiction Fix, Wasafiri, TXTOBJ, Door Is A Jar, and Black&White. All published short stories and poems are available on his literary website franxfiction.com.
Novels
His first novel, AAN ZEE, was published in 2019 by Southern University Press. His second novel, IERAPETERA, OR HIS SISTER'S KEEPER, was published in 2014. Two additional novels are still unpublished: NARCIS and THE OBSERVATORY.
Poetry
His poems have appeared in Heidelberg Review, Offcourse, Raving Dove, Infiniti's Kitchen and The New Poet. His early German poems have been recently published in Signaturen Magazin, Germany.
Translations
His German translations of selected poems by Michael Heller have appeared in Signaturen Magazin, Germany.
Photography
His photographs have been exhibited in several shows in the Albany region, and published in Cowbird, *82 Review and Hole in Head.
Science
His work as a scientist (professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics at Columbia University) has been published in over 200 peer-reviewed articles and six books. He shared the 2017 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Jacques Dubochet and Richard Henderson.
