- Patrick Süskind
Patrick Süskind (born
March 26 ,1949 ) is a German writer and screenwriter.He was born in
Ambach amStarnberger See , nearMunich inGermany . His father wasWilhelm Emanuel Süskind . He studied Medieval and Modern History at theUniversity of Munich and inAix-en-Provence from 1968-1974. In the 1980s he worked as a screenwriter, for "Kir Royal" and "Monaco Franze" among others. His best known work is the internationally acclaimed bestseller "" (1985 ). He is also the author of a play, "The Double Bass " (1980 ), a novella, "The Pigeon " (1988 ), "The Story of Mr. Sommer" (1991 ), "Three Stories and a Reflection" (1996 ), and a collection of essays, "On Love and Death " (2006 ). For a number of seasons, "The Double Bass" was a leading piece on German stages.Süskind lives in Munich, and rarely grants interviews.
elected works
*"Perfume"
*"The Story of Mr Sommer "
*"The Pigeon "
*"Double Bass" (play)
*"Three Stories and a Reflection"
*"On Love and Death" (essays)A based on "Perfume" was released in
2006 .External links
* [http://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=5866 The Literary Encyclopedia page for Patrick Süskind]
*Smee, Jess. [http://books.guardian.co.uk/news/articles/0,,1867421,00.html?gusrc=rss&feed=10 "Critics sniffy over Perfume, the 'unfilmable' film"] , [http://www.guardian.co.uk/ "The Guardian"] , September 8, 2006.
*Urs, Jenny. [http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,435918,00.html "Worth the Wait?"] , [http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/ Spiegel International] , September 8, 2006.
* [http://www.signandsight.com/features/954.html "The book doesn't smell either"] : Dietmar Kammerer interviews director Tom Tykwer, at [http://www.signandsight.com/ "Sign and Sight"] , September 20, 2006 (originally appeared in German in [http://www.taz.de/pt/2006/09/14/a0192.1/text "Die Tageszeitung"] on September 14, 2006).
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