Thor Kunkel

Thor Kunkel, a German author, was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1963. Kunkel claims to have spent his youth associating with drug fiends and American soldiers stationed in the then West Germany. In 1981, on a scholarship to the U.S., he enrolled in the creative writing programme of the San Francisco Art Institute.

Following his return to West Germany, Kunkel joined the staff of advertising agency Young & Rubicam, then in 1988 joined the Swiss GGK in London, England. After marrying a Dutch co-worker, he moved to Amsterdam in 1992 and re-joined Young & Rubicam as creative director, quitting in 1996 to take up writing. He now lives in Berlin. His first novel, "The Blacklight-Terrarium" (1999), won him a major German literary prize. His most recent novel, "Endstufe" (2003), was rejected by his publisher and received a hostile press on account of its revisionist content, which claims mass rape of Germans by the invading Red Army at the end of the war. It was accepted by another publisher however.

Bibliography

* "Das Schwarzlicht-Terrarium" (2000) ISBN 3-499-22646-4
* "Ein Brief an Hanny Porter" (2000) ISBN 3-499-22678-2
* "Endstufe" (2003) ISBN 3-8218-0753-9

External links

* [http://www.thorkunkel.com/ Official website]
* [http://www.3ammagazine.com/litarchives/2005/jan/interview_thor_kunkel.html Interview with 3:AM Magazine]