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Bernhard Schlink is a German jurist, judge, novelist, and screenwriter born on 6 July 1944 in Bielefeld. He is a member of the Social Democratic Party of Germany and writes in German. His notable work includes *The Reader*. Schlink has received the Hans Fallada Prize, the German Crime Fiction Award, and the Pak Kyong-ni Prize.
He was educated at Heidelberg University, Freie Universität Berlin, and the University of Freiburg, with Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde serving as his doctoral advisor. Schlink has worked at Goethe University Frankfurt, the University of Bonn, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, and the Benjamin N. Cardozo School of Law. His work locations have included Heidelberg, Bonn, New York City, and Berlin.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 6 July 1944
- Works
- 164
Top works
- Neuvoton sukupolvi
- Der Verfassungskompromiss zum Religionsunterricht
- Los colores del adiós
- Self's Murder
- L'engany d'en Selb
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Bielefeld, Germany
Known for
- Das Literarische Quartett — Self2015
- Lesenswert — Self2013
- ZDF-Mittagsmagazin — Self1989
- aspekte — Self1965
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Country
- Germany
- Active from
- 1944
Discography
- Sommerlügen2010
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,617
- Total plays
- 67,516
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Bernhard Schlink was born in 1944 near Bielefeld, Germany, to a German father and a Swiss mother. He grew up in Heidelberg and studied law in Heidelberg and Berlin. He is a professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law and the Philosophy of Law at Berlin's Humbolt University and a justice of the Constitutional Law Court in Bonn. Schlink has authored works in both fiction and nonfiction. Before publishing The Reader (original title: Der Vorleser) in 1995, he wrote several prize-winning myst
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,951x
- The WEKA data mining software
· 2009 · cited 13,088x
- Global, regional, and national incidence, prevalence, and years lived with disability for 354 diseases and injuries for 195 countries and territories, 1990–2017: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017
· 2018 · cited 10,994x
- A tutorial on support vector regression
· 2004 · cited 10,189x
- 2018 ESC/ESH Guidelines for the management of arterial hypertension
· 2018 · cited 8,295x
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Key facts
- Born
- Bernhard Schlink , 6 July 1944 ( 1944-07-06 ) (age 81), Bielefeld, Germany
- Occupation
- Author professor judge
- Alma mater
- University of Heidelberg ( Dr. jur. ), University of Freiburg ( Hab. )
- Notable works
- The Reader
- Relatives
- Edmund Schlink (father)
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Bernhard
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Bielefeld
- Father
- Edmund Schlink
- Educated at
- University of Freiburg
- Political party
- Social Democratic Party of Germany
- Languages spoken
- German
- Academic degree
- Doctor of Laws
- Doctoral advisor
- Ernst-Wolfgang Böckenförde
- Official website
- schlink.rewi.hu-berlin.de
- Image
- Bernhard Schlink, 2018 (cropped).jpg
- Work location
- Frankfurt
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- Commons category
- Bernhard Schlink
- date of birth
- 1944-07-06
- Commons gallery
- Bernhard Schlink
- name in native language
- Bernhard Schlink
- writing language
- German
- start of work period
- 1988-00-00
via Wikidata · CC0
Works in European collections
1 object attributed to Bernhard Schlink, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Bernhard Schlink ( German: [ˈbɛʁn.haʁt ʃlɪŋk] ; born 6 July 1944) 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.
Early life
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