Bernhard Schlink is a German writer and jurist, born on 6 July 1944 near Bielefeld. A professor of public law, notably at the Humboldt University of Berlin, and a former judge at the constitutional court of North Rhine-Westphalia, he began with detective novels featuring the investigator Gerhard Selb. His novel The Reader (Der Vorleser, 1995), about a young man's love for a woman later tried for Nazi crimes, became an international bestseller and a 2008 film. His later books include Homecoming, The Weekend, Olga and The Late Life (Das späte Leben, 2023).
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Bernhard Schlink is a German writer and jurist, born on 6 July 1944 near Bielefeld. A professor of public law, notably at the Humboldt University of Berlin, and a former judge at the constitutional court of North Rhine-Westphalia, he began with detective novels featuring the investigator Gerhard Selb. His novel The Reader (Der Vorleser, 1995), about a young man's love for a woman later tried for Nazi crimes, became an international bestseller and a 2008 film. His later books include Homecoming, The Weekend, Olga and The Late Life (Das späte Leben, 2023).
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