Rolf Bönnen

Rolf Bönnen (* 1954 in Mönchengladbach ) is a German writer and screenwriter .

Life

Rolf Bönnen studied psychology , German and art history . In 1982 he received his doctorate. phil. and was then a short time university lecturer in Bamberg .

After working as a journalist, in which reports , features and documentaries were created for Bayerischer Rundfunk , among others , Bönnen worked for several years as a dramaturge and director at the black box at the Gasteig cultural center in Munich . In 1992 he headed the script workshop in Munich and was TV producer at Development Aventura-Film GmbH in Munich from 1996 to 1998 . During this time he developed series concepts and wrote scripts, including for the ZDF early evening series Die Stadtindianer and Der Nelkenkönig .

Today Rolf Bönnen mainly writes books for children and young people in addition to crime fiction and historical novels. In 2005 he received a grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia for the novel The Great Dance .

Works (selection)

Scripts

• With a mother's heart , 1992
• Love on the Edge , 1993
• The City Indians , 1994 television series
• The Carnation King , 1994 TV series

Books

• Love and sexuality. 1982
• Live without a mask. 1989
• Flirt - but how? 1989
• Little little boy. 1990
• To be loved - but how? 1991
• The Official Definitive Guide to Careers. 1991
• Men. 2002
• Switched off. 2005
• The great dance. Emons, 2007; ISBN 978-3897055087
• Little Santa Claus Ole - it's way too cold at the North Pole ... 2007
• At night in the block. 2007
• White sleep. (Detective novel), Emons, [Cologne] 2009; ISBN 978-3-89705-628-2

Web links

• Literature by and about Rolf Bönnen in the catalog of the German National Library
• Rolf Bönnen in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Dr. Rolf Bönnen, Düsseldorf (Vita & Werke) at script workshop
• Rolf Bönnen at Krimi-Forum