Bodo Kirchhoff

Bodo Kirchhoff (born 6 July 1948) is a German writer and novelist. He was born in Hamburg before moving with his family to Kirchzarten in the Black Forest in 1955, which he describes as a culture shock. In addition to writing literary fiction, he has worked on various projects for German television, such as long-runner Tatort, and has written movie screenplays. One of his best-known novels is Infanta, which has been translated into more than a dozen languages. In 2016, his novel, which features an African migrant in Italy, Encounter won the German Book Prize.

Life Kirchhoff received his high school diploma in 1968. He then spent two years in the military, followed by a year selling ice cream in the United States. In 1993, he evaluated the German Army's participation in UNOSOM. After this, he was the 1994–95 Lecturer at the prestigious Frankfurt lectures.

In 2010, Kirchhoff revealed in an article in Der Spiegel that as a twelve-year-old schoolboy, he had been sexually abused by the choirmaster at his boarding school on Lake Constance, which he began attending in 1959, after the divorce of his parents. He has said that his work, as a consequence, often has as its theme "the reconciliation between sexuality and language"

Family In 1987, he married editor and lecturer Ulrike Bauer. Together they have two children, Claudius, born 1988, and Sophia, born 1993. Since 2003, they have offered week-long writing courses at the cost of €1900 at their home in Italy.

Awards 1984: Jahreskunstpreis des Frankfurter Vereins für Künstlerhilfe 1989: Villa Massimo scholarship, Rome 1999: Bayerischer Filmpreis – Award for Screenplay 2001: Rheingau Literatur Preis 2002: Deutscher Kritikerpreis 2002: Preis der LiteraTour Nord 2008: Carl-Zuckmayer-Medaille for Services to the German Language 2012: Shortlisted for the German Book Prize with Die Liebe in groben Zügen 2016: Winner of the German Book Prize with Widerfahrnis

Reviews for Encounter

Screenplays 1997: Tatort: , Director: Bodo Fürneisen 2000: Tatort: , Director: Josef Rödl 2002: , Director: Oliver Hirschbiegel 2004: , Director: Niki Stein

Works Ohne Eifer, Ohne Zorn. Novelle. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1979. Neuausgabe 2013, Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main Das Kind oder Die Vernichtung von Neuseeland. Schauspiel, Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1978, DNB 790146029, Uraufführung Saarbrücken 1979. Die Einsamkeit der Haut. Erzählung. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1981. Zwiefalten. Roman. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1983. Mexikanische Novelle. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1984. Infanta. Roman. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1990. Unveränderte Neuauflage: Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2006. Der Sandmann. Roman. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 1992. Die Weihnachtsfrau. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main 1997. Manila. Filmbuch. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt am Main 2000. Parlando. Roman. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2001. Schundroman. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2002. Wo das Meer beginnt. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2004. Die kleine Garbo. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2006. Der Prinzipal. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2007. Eros und Asche. Ein Freundschaftsroman. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2007. Erinnerungen an meinen Porsche. Roman, Hoffmann und Campe 2009. Die Liebe in groben Zügen. Roman. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2012. Verlangen und Melancholie. Roman. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2014. Widerfahrnis. Novelle. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2016. Betreff: Einladung zu einer Kreuzfahrt. Roman. Frankfurter Verlagsanstalt, Frankfurt am Main 2017.