Patrick Süskind
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'''Patrick Süskind''' (born [[March 26]], [[1949]]) is a [[Germany|German]] writer and screenwriter.
He was born in [[Ambach]] am [[Starnberger See]], near [[Munich]] in [[Germany]]. His father was [[Wilhelm Emanuel Süskind]]. He studied Medieval and Modern History at the [[University of Munich]] and in [[Aix-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 ''[[Perfume (novel)|Perfume: The Story of a Murderer]]'' ([[1985]]). He is also the author of a play, ''[[The Double Bass]]'' ([[1980]]), a novella, ''[[The Pigeon]]'' ([[1988]]), ''[[The Story of Mr Sommer|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.
==Selected works==
*''[[Perfume (novel)|Perfume]]''
*''[[The Story of Mr Sommer]]''
*''[[The Pigeon]]''
*''Double Bass'' (play)
*''Three Stories and a Reflection''
*''[[On_Love_and_Death|On Love and Death]]'' (essays)
A [[Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (film)|movie]] 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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