Eckhart Nickel

Eckhart Nickel in the restaurant "Zum Gemalten Haus" in Frankfurt. Eckhart Nickel (born 1966) is a German author and journalist.

Nickel was born in Frankfurt am Main. After studying art history and literature in Heidelberg and New York City, Arte television in Strasbourg, and Architectural Digest. From January to October 2007, he was in charge of lifestyle writing for the Saturday supplement of the Süddeutsche Zeitung. He is a resident of Sonoma County, California.

At the start of his career, Nickel was classified in the so-called "pop literature" genre of contemporary German writing; his works are chiefly concerned with the fate of modern man in a state of rebellion. Initially highly self-referential, one reviewer has noted a "more serious undertone" to his more recent works.