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Bernhard Schlink

German writer · Germany · On the map · Writers · Born 1944 · age 82

Bernhard Schlink is a German lawyer, academic, and novelist. He is best known for his novel The Reader, which was first published in 1995 and became an international bestseller. He won the 2014 Park Kyong-ni Prize.

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2014Pak Kyong-ni PrizeAward2004Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of GermanyAward2000Evangelischer BuchpreisAwardHonorary Award of the Heinrich Heine SocietyAward1998Hans Fallada PrizeAward1997Prix Laure BataillonAward1993German Crime Fiction AwardAward1989Friedrich Glauser AwardAward1944Born6 July 1944

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Pak Kyong-ni Prize2014
Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany2004
Evangelischer Buchpreis2000
Honorary Award of the Heinrich Heine Society2000
Hans Fallada Prize1998
Prix Laure Bataillon1997
German Crime Fiction Award1993
Friedrich Glauser Award1989

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Country
Germany
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1944 · age 82

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