Benjamin Examiner

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Benjamin Prüfer (* 1979 in Darmstadt ) is a German journalist and author. He is the brother of the journalist Tillmann Prüfer and great-grandson of the missionary Bruno Gutmann .

Life

Prüfer became known through a book that tells his own story: In Phnom Penh in 2003 he met the Cambodian Sreykeo. He fell in love with her, it turned out that she made her living as a prostitute and was also HIV positive. They married in Phnom Penh in 2006 and moved to Hamburg, where Prüfer worked as a journalist for the Financial Times Deutschland . In 2009 they moved to Cambodia. The film Same Same But Different (2009) tells the story of her life. They have three sons and one adopted daughter. During his stay in Cambodia, Prüfer worked for the German edition of the Huffington Post . The family has been living in Germany again since 2018, in Prüfer's birthplace Darmstadt.

Publications

  • Wherever you go: the story of an almost impossible love. Scherz, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 3-502-15088-5 . (New edition as: Same Same But Different. Fischer-Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-596-18760-7 .)
  • (with Tillmann Prüfer ): My brother: Idol - rival - ally. Scherz, Frankfurt am Main 2009, ISBN 978-3-502-15169-2 .
  • Sông từng ngày [Hà Nôi] : Nhã Nam, 2009
  • Instructions for use for Vietnam, Laos and Cambodia. Piper, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-492-27602-3 .
  • (with Ruth Prüfer): Maths for mums and dads: How to help your child with learning. Knauer-Taschenbuch, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-426-78628-4 .
  • (with Ruth Prüfer): Maths for Mums and Dads: How to Help Your Child through Grades 5-9. Knauer-Taschenbuch, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-426-78849-3 .

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personal data
SURNAME Examiner, Benjamin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German journalist and author
DATE OF BIRTH 1979
PLACE OF BIRTH Darmstadt