Arno Meyer zu Küingdorf

Arno Meyer zu Küingdorf (* 1960 in Bad Oeynhausen ) is a German writer and entrepreneur .

Life

Meyer zu Küingdorf was born as the second son of the artist couple Lisa and Arthur Meyer zu Küingdorf in 1960 in Bad Oeynhausen. His parents met at the Landeskunstschule in Hamburg and married in 1952. His mother Lisa Meyer zu Küingdorf is a picture weaver , his father Arthur is a watercolor painter . His older brother is the graphic artist and author Ulf Meyer zu Kueingdorf .

Arno Meyer zu Küingdorf studied philosophy and art history at the University of Hamburg . In his works as a writer, he mainly devotes himself to criminal matters. He published, among other things, the novel The Suicide Club (1999) about the so-called “ Steglitz School Tragedy ”, reissued in 2004 under the title What is the use of love in thoughts as a novel for the film of the same name . With his detective novel Die Richterin (2000), Arno Meyer zu Küingdorf was one of the first German authors whose book was published as an e-book before it appeared in print . Circle of Silence (1996), a 430-page political thriller, is based on the still unsolved murder (1989) of the CEO of Deutsche Bank , Alfred Herrhausen .

Arno Meyer zu Küingdorf ran a Hamburg art house cinema, wrote screenplays and scripts, works as art director and develops digital technology projects, including a. in document management and local marketing. In 2012 he founded the Berlin start-up Die Kochmamsell .

Based on the novel What is the use of love in thoughts , he wrote the theater play of the same name on behalf of the Coburg State Theater in 2015. The world premiere was in January 2016. Directed by Johannes Zametzer. As a playwright he is represented by the Fischer Theater und Medienverlag.

Web links

• Literature by and about Arno Meyer zu Küingdorf in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Arno Meyer zu Küingdorf at perlentaucher.de