Bernhard Schlink

Bernhard Schlink
Schlink in 2018
Schlink in 2018
BornBernhard Schlink
6 July 1944 (1944-07-06) (age 80)
Bielefeld, Germany
Occupation
  • Author
  • professor
  • judge
EducationUniversity of Heidelberg
Free University of Berlin
Notable worksThe Reader
RelativesEdmund Schlink (father)

Bernhard Schlink (German: [ˈbɛʁn.haʁt ʃlɪŋk] ; born 6 July 1944)[1] 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.

  1. ^ "Bernhard Schlink: Recht und Moral". Wiener Zeitung (in German). Vienna. 6 July 2019. Retrieved 16 October 2019.