Christian von Ditfurth

Christian von Ditfurth, before 2013

Christian von Ditfurth (actually Wolf-Christian von Ditfurth ; born March 14, 1953 in Würzburg ) is a German writer . He lives as a freelance author and editor in Berlin-Kreuzberg .

Life

He comes from the noble family Ditfurth . His father was the psychiatrist, journalist, television presenter and writer Hoimar von Ditfurth , his mother was the photographer Heilwig von Raven . His sister is the journalist and former Green politician Jutta von Ditfurth .

In 1972 he passed his Abitur at the Stormarn School in Ahrensburg . From 1973 to 1983 he was a member of the DKP and was temporarily trained at the branch of the Franz-Mehring-Institut in Berlin-Biesdorf in the GDR . In January 1998 he joined the SPD , of which he was a member for only two years. Since then, Ditfurth has been independent.

As a journalist, Ditfurth published articles in Spiegel magazine, among other things . After the publication of a number of non-fiction books , he has also appeared as an author of crime and alternative world novels since 1999 . His predilection for rock music from the 1970s left as much traces on his books as his local patriotism. In his first Kreuzberg novel, The Sleeping Beauty Project , all chapter headings are song titles from The Who . He is a member of Amnesty International .

Works

Non-fiction

• Recorders. How the CDU is suppressing its real socialist past. Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1991, ISBN 3-462-02179-6 .
• Growth mania. How we destroy ourselves. Lamuv, Göttingen 1995, ISBN 3-88977-418-0 .
• Internet for historians. Campus-Verlag, 1997, ISBN 3-593-35694-5 ; 2nd act. 1998 edition, ISBN 3-593-36008-X ; 3rd act. Edition 1999, ISBN 3-593-36195-7 .
• with Ulrich Kathöfer: Internet for economists. Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt / New York 1997, ISBN 3-593-35695-3 .
• Internet for journalists. Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt / New York 1998, ISBN 3-593-35929-4 .
• Ostalgia or left alternative. My journey through the PDS . Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1998, ISBN 3-462-02706-9 ( publisher's announcement , at PDS)
• (Ed.): Rainer Eppelmann & Dietmar Keller : Two German views. A dialogue on an equal footing. Bock, Honnef 2000, ISBN 3-87066-780-X .
• SPD - a party gives up. Henschel, Berlin 2000, ISBN 3-89487-366-3 .
• German history for dummies. Wiley-VCH-Verlag, Weinheim 2009, ISBN 978-3-527-70322-7 .

Detective novels

• Man without blemish. Stachelmann's first case. Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 2002, ISBN 3-462-03126-0 ; 2004, ISBN 3-462-03389-1 .
• Beaten blind. Stachelmann's second case. Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 2004, ISBN 3-462-03416-2 ; 2006, ISBN 3-462-03659-9 .
• Shadow of madness. Stachelmann's third case. Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 2006, ISBN 3-462-03709-9 ; 2007, ISBN 978-3-462-03943-6 .
• Lie of a lifetime. Stachelmann's fourth case. Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 2007, ISBN 978-3-462-03933-7 ; 2008, ISBN 978-3-462-04023-4 .
• Labyrinth of anger. Stachelmann's fifth case. Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 2009, ISBN 978-3-462-04086-9 .
• The academy. Stachelmann's sixth case. Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 2011, ISBN 978-3-462-04296-2 .
• Evil shadows. Stachelmann's seventh case. Penguin, 2020, ISBN 978-3-641-21895-9 .
• The Sleeping Beauty Project. carl's books, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-570-58500-9 .
• Death in Kreuzberg. carl's books, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-570-58509-2 .
• A murderer returns home. carl's books, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-570-58518-4 .
• Heroes Factory. Commissioner de Bodt's first case. carl's books, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-570-58515-3 .
• Two seconds. Commissioner de Bodt's second case . carl's books, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-570-58567-2 .
• Poisonous flood. Commissioner de Bodt's third case . carl's books, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-570-58565-8 .
• Shadow men. Commissioner de Bodt's fourth case. C. Bertelsmann, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-570-10352-4 .
• Ultimatum. Commissioner de Bodt's fifth case. C. Bertelsmann, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-570-10342-5 .
• Terror country. Commissioner de Bodt's sixth case. C. Bertelsmann, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-641-25186-4 .

Alternative historical novels

• The wall stands on the Rhine . Germany after the victory of socialism. Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 1999, ISBN 3-462-02844-8 ; 2009, ISBN 978-3-462-04093-7 .
• July 21st . Novel. Droemer, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-426-27199-0 ; Knaur, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-426-62415-X ; Geest Vechta 2011, ISBN 978-3-86685-293-8 .
• The consul . Novel. Droemer, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-426-19609-3 ; Knaur, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-426-62787-6 .
• The Luxembourg plot . Novel. Droemer, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-426-19616-6 ; Knaur, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-426-63496-7 .
• The Moscow game. Kiepenheuer and Witsch, Cologne 2010, ISBN 978-3-462-04260-3 .

Settings

Deutschlandradio Kultur implemented the first four novels in the Stachelmann series as radio plays.

The following was released on CD:

• Man without blemish. Directed by Norbert Schaeffer . The audio publishing house, Berlin 2006, ISBN 3-89813-523-3 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Christian von Ditfurth in the catalog of the German National Library
• Christian von Ditfurth in the Internet Speculative Fiction Database (English)
• Christian von Ditfurth in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Short biography and reviews of works by Christian von Ditfurth at perlentaucher.de
• Works by and about Christian von Ditfurth at Open Library
• Christian v. Ditfurth

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Hoimar von Ditfurth: Interior views of a contemporary. My balance sheet. Düsseldorf 1989 (2); P. 230 ff.
2. ↑ Uwe Backes: Review: Non-fiction book: We here above, you there below ; Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, March 30, 1998
3. ^ Portrait of the writer , Günther Wessel in Deutschlandradio Kultur on November 27, 2013