# Patrick Süskind

> He wrote a novel about a murderer obsessed with scent that became one of the most translated German books since 1945 — then mostly vanished from public view.

*German writer and screenwriter*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/patrick-suskind

## Identity
- **Profile type:** Writer / Author
- **Category:** Writers
- **Country:** Germany
- **Born:** 1949-03-26
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Patrick Süskind was born 26 March 1949 in Germany. In 1985 he published Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, a novel that would be translated into dozens of languages and sell millions of copies worldwide. The book follows an 18th-century perfumer with a superhuman sense of smell who commits murders to capture human scent. Süskind also works as a screenwriter. He is famously reclusive, granting almost no interviews and avoiding the literary spotlight his debut created.

## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 60.0 / 100
- **Momentum:** 5.7 / 100  (trend: FALLING)
- **Historical depth:** 24.6 / 100
- **Now attention:** 7.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 65.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 60.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **IMDB**: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0845752/ (@nm0845752)

## Topics
#Writers, #Writer / Author, #Literature, #Screenwriting, #Theatre, #Fiction, #Germany, #Europe

## Sources
- [Wikipedia](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_S%C3%BCskind)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q105994)
- [Pantheon 2.0](https://pantheon.world/profile/person/Patrick%20S%C3%BCskind)
- [باتريك زوسكيند](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B3%D9%83%D9%8A%D9%86%D8%AF)
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- [Patrik Züskind](https://az.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrik_Z%C3%BCskind)
- [Патрык Зюскінд](https://be_x_old.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D1%8B%D0%BA_%D0%97%D1%8E%D1%81%D0%BA%D1%96%D0%BD%D0%B4)
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- [Патрик Зюскинд](https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9F%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA_%D0%97%D1%8E%D1%81%D0%BA%D0%B8%D0%BD%D0%B4)
- [Patrick Süskind](https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_S%C3%BCskind)
- [Patrick Süskind](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_S%C3%BCskind)
- [Patrick Süskind](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_S%C3%BCskind)
- [Πάτρικ Ζίσκιντ](https://el.wikipedia.org/wiki/%CE%A0%CE%AC%CF%84%CF%81%CE%B9%CE%BA_%CE%96%CE%AF%CF%83%CE%BA%CE%B9%CE%BD%CF%84)
- [Patrick Süskind](https://eo.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_S%C3%BCskind)
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- [Patrick Süskind](https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patrick_S%C3%BCskind)
- [پاتریک زوسکیند](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%BE%D8%A7%D8%AA%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B2%D9%88%D8%B3%DA%A9%DB%8C%D9%86%D8%AF)
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- [פטריק זיסקינד](https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A4%D7%98%D7%A8%D7%99%D7%A7_%D7%96%D7%99%D7%A1%D7%A7%D7%99%D7%A0%D7%93)
- [Wikiquote](https://bs.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patrick_S%C3%BCskind)
- [Wikiquote](https://de.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patrick_S%C3%BCskind)
- [Wikiquote](https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patrick_S%C3%BCskind)
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- [Wikiquote](https://fr.wikiquote.org/wiki/Patrick_S%C3%BCskind)
- [MusicBrainz](https://musicbrainz.org/artist/869c5b25-e77a-4990-aefa-50bceb44d22c)

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