Charlotte Link
Charlotte Link (born October 5, 1963 in Frankfurt am Main ) is a German writer . She is one of the most commercially successful German-speaking authors today.
Life
Charlotte Link was born in Frankfurt am Main in 1963 as the daughter of the author Almuth Link . She passed her A -levels at the Christian Wirth School in Usingen . Less of family tradition - her father was a judge at the Court of Appeal - rather because they wanted to take action against injustice done to animals, she studied six semesters long Jura at the University of Frankfurt . In 1986 she moved to Munich to study history and literary studies . She began writing her first work Die Schöne Helena at the age of 16 and published it at the age of 19.
She became known for both social novels and psychological suspense novels in the English storytelling tradition. The titles Sturmzeit , Wilde Lupinen and Die Hour der Erben are a trilogy that was filmed for television in the five-part series Sturmzeit , along with other works by ZDF . The novel Am Ende des Schweigens was nominated for the German Book Prize in the fiction category in 2004 , and her novel Die Rosenzüchterin , published in 2000, topped the Spiegel bestseller list for several weeks. The total circulation of her novels in Germany alone is over 28 million (as of October 2018).
In 2014 her book was published about the last years of her sister Franziska, who was suffering from cancer and who accompanied her during her illness. Charlotte Link currently lives with her partner in Wiesbaden . As an active animal rights activist, she is committed to PETA and to street dogs in Turkey and Spain . She also gives language courses for refugees.
Awards
In 2007 Charlotte Link received the Golden Pen for her literary work .
Works
Novels :
- Cromwell's Dream or The Beautiful Helena , 1985
- When love doesn't end , 1986
- The stars of Marmalon , 1987
- Forbidden Paths , 1987
- Shadow Play , 1993
- The Sin of the Angels , 1996
- The Admirer , 1998
- The Sisters ' House , 1999
- The rose breeder , 2000
- The Deception , 2002
- At the end of the silence , 2003
- The strange guest , 2005
- The island , 2006
- The Echo of Guilt , 2006 ( No. 1 on the Spiegel bestseller list from October 9th to 15th, 2006 )
- The last trace . Goldmann, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-442-46458-6
- The other child . Blanvalet, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-7645-0279-9 ( 1st place on the Spiegel bestseller list from September 14 to 20, 2009 )
- The observer . Goldmann, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-442-36726-9
- In the valley of the fox . Blanvalet, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-7645-0350-5
- The betrayed . Blanvalet, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-7341-0085-7
- The decision . Blanvalet, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-7645-0441-0 ( 1st place on the Spiegel bestseller list from September 17 to 23, 2016 )
- The search , Blanvalet, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-7645-0442-7
Storm time trilogy:
- Storm time , 1989
- Wild lupins , 1992
- The hour of the heirs , 1994
Autobiographical :
- Six years. Farewell to my sister . Blanvalet, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-7645-0521-9
Youth book series Reiterhof Eulenburg:
- The Mysterious Spy , 1990 / reissued as: Midnight Picnic , 2010
- The diamonds of beautiful Johanna , 1990 / reissued as: Diamond robbery , 2010
- In der Fall der Tiermafia , 1990 / reissued as: Dangerous Summer , 2010
- Snow out of the blue , 1991 / reissued as: Mondscheingeflüster , 2010
Audio books
- Eulenburg equestrian center - moonlight whisper . Read by Shandra Schadt . Der Audio Verlag (DAV), Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-89813-999-1 (reading, 2 CDs, 156 min.)
- Eulenburg equestrian center - midnight picnic . Read by Shandra Schadt. DAV, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-89813-943-4 (reading, 2 CDs, 142 min.)
- Eulenburg equestrian center - diamond robbery . Read by Shandra Schadt. DAV, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-89813-944-1 (reading, 2 CDs, 143 min.)
- Eulenburg equestrian center - dangerous summer . Read by Shandra Schadt. DAV, Berlin 2010, ISBN 978-3-89813-998-4 (reading, 2 CDs, 142 min.)
literature
- Olaf Kutzmutz (Ed.): Bestseller. The example of Charlotte Link. Federal Academy for Cultural Education, Wolfenbüttel 2010, ISBN 978-3-929622-46-1 .
Film adaptations
title | Year of production | First broadcast | Channel | annotation | |
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1 | The sin of the angels | 1999 | June 5, 1999 | ZDF | 1. Episode of the Charlotte Link TV series |
2 | Storm time - part 1 | 1999 | December 13, 1999 | ZDF | Miniseries in 5 parts |
3 | Storm time - part 2 | 1999 | December 15, 1999 | ZDF | Miniseries in 5 parts |
4th | Storm time - part 3 | 1999 | December 17, 1999 | ZDF | Miniseries in 5 parts |
5 | Storm time - part 4 | 1999 | December 19, 1999 | ZDF | Miniseries in 5 parts |
6th | Storm time - part 5 | 1999 | December 20, 1999 | ZDF | Miniseries in 5 parts |
7th | The house of the sisters | 2001 | March 10, 2002 | ZDF | 2nd episode of the Charlotte Link TV series |
8th | The admirer | 2001 | March 17, 2002 | ZDF | 3rd episode of the Charlotte Link TV series |
9 | My son's father | 2003 | April 4, 2004 | ZDF | 4th episode of the Charlotte Link TV series |
10 | The telltale necklace | 2004 | April 18, 2004 | ZDF | 5th episode of the Charlotte Link TV series |
11 | The rose breeder - part 1 | 2003 | November 7, 2004 | ZDF | 6. Episode of the Charlotte Link TV series |
12 | The rose breeder - part 2 | 2003 | November 8, 2004 | ZDF | 7th episode of the Charlotte Link TV series |
13 | The deception | 2005 | April 16, 2006 | ZDF | 8. Episode of the Charlotte Link TV series |
14th | At the end of the silence | 2006 | December 26, 2006 | ZDF | 9th episode of the Charlotte Link TV series |
15th | The strange guest | 2006 | April 8, 2007 | ZDF | 10. Episode of the Charlotte Link TV series |
16 | The Echo of Guilt - Part 1 | 2008 | April 12, 2009 | ZDF | TV film in 2 parts |
17th | The Echoes of Guilt - Part 2 | 2008 | April 13, 2009 | ZDF | TV film in 2 parts |
18th | The other child - part 1 | 2012 | January 2, 2013 | ARD | TV film in 2 parts |
19th | The other child - part 2 | 2012 | January 3, 2013 | ARD | TV film in 2 parts |
20th | The Observer | 2015 | 5th December 2015 | ARD | 11th episode of the Charlotte Link TV series |
21st | The last trace | 2016 | 5th January 2017 | ARD | 12th episode of the Charlotte Link TV series |
22nd | The betrayed | 2017 | 4th January 2018 | ARD | 13. Episode of the Charlotte Link TV series |
23 | in the Valley of the Fox | 2019 | January 2, 2020 | ARD | 14th episode of the Charlotte Link TV series |
24 | The decision | 2019 | January 9, 2020 | ARD | 15th episode of the Charlotte Link TV series |
Web links
- Literature by and about Charlotte Link in the catalog of the German National Library
- Charlotte Link in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Charlotte Link in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Charlotte Link: "The Search". Recording of the reading in Sulingen. In: radiobremen.de. October 22, 2019, accessed January 28, 2020 .
- ↑ a b Renate Wolff: A child writes itself grown up ( series: The queens of romance ). In: Bunte ,? / 1987, pp. 96-101.
- ↑ Interview ( memento of October 22, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) with Krimi Forum, October 2006
- ↑ Just be glad that you can breathe . Interview with Kerstin Rottman; Die Welt , September 11, 2014 (accessed September 28, 2014)
- ↑ What does the death of your sister mean for your writing? Charlotte Link in conversation with Katrin Heise; Deutschlandradio Kultur , contribution from September 3, 2014 (accessed on September 28, 2014)
- ^ Statement in the show Markus Lanz in October 2018.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Link, Charlotte |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th October 1963 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Frankfurt am Main |