About Carlo Schäfer
Lived 1964 – 2015 (aged 51). Carlo Schäfer was a German university teacher, writer, teacher and docent.
Karl Christoph "Carlo" Schäfer (2 January 1964 – 8 September 2015) was a German author of crime novels.
Life Carlo Schäfer was born in Heidelberg. He grew up as the youngest of three children in Pforzheim in Germany, his father was a Protestant priest there. After leaving school, Schäfer studied German at the University of Heidelberg, but he soon changed to studying at the Heidelberg University of Education . After studying, he worked for ten years as a secondary school teacher in Mannheim. Since 2003 Schäfer has been a lecturer at the Heidelberg University of Education (Institute for German language and literature and its didactics).
Schäfer was also a musician and cabaret performer. From 2002 he has been widely known as a crime author.
His protagonist, Detective Theurer, is a brooding, disillusioned man in his mid-fifties. He died in Heidelberg in 2015.
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Who was Carlo Schäfer?
German crime writer (1964–2015)
When was Carlo Schäfer born?
Carlo Schäfer was born on 2 January 1964 in Heidelberg.
When did Carlo Schäfer die?
Carlo Schäfer died on 8 September 2015 in Heidelberg.
What was Carlo Schäfer's occupation?
Carlo Schäfer was a university teacher, writer, teacher and docent.
What nationality was Carlo Schäfer?
Carlo Schäfer was German.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Carlo Schäfer. https://biography.guide/carlo-schafer/
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