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Also known as Patrick Suskind

German writer and screenwriter

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Patrick Süskind is a male author from Germany who began his work period in 1980. He is associated with the genres of audio drama and audiobook, specifically including German audio plays and German audiobooks. His notable works include Das Parfum, Perfume, Der Kontrabass, and Erläuterung zu Patrick Süsskind.

Süskind’s writings have been referenced by 199 other encyclopedia articles. He has a presence in audio formats, with recorded works accumulating 15,866 plays and 683 listeners, tagged primarily as audiobooks. His literary output includes works such as the Hebrew title הבושם and Perfume Title:Subtitle the story of a murderer.

Synthesized by Vinony from 19 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, Wikiquote, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.

Wikidata facts

Instance of
human
Given name
Patrick
Gender
male
Citizenship
Germany
Place of birth
Ambach
Occupation
novelist
Languages spoken
Spanish
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Patrick Süskind
date of birth
1949-03-26
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Category:Patrick Süskind
name in native language
Patrick Süskind
start of work period
1980-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview

Patrick Süskind ( German: [ˈpatʁɪk ˈzyːskɪnt] ; born 26 March 1949) is a German writer and screenwriter, known best for his novel Perfume: The Story of a Murderer, first published in 1985.

Early life

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