Bernhard Schlink | Melbourne Writers Festival

Search this site: Home Program 2009 Authors 2009 Under 18s Zone Sponsors & Donors Support MWF News & Media About Us Make a donation! Subscribe to our e-bulletin	Bernhard Schlink Bernhard Schlink Bernhard Schlink is a writer and a professor of public law and legal philosophy; for many years he was also a judge at a German constitutional law court. He was born in 1944, grew up in Heidelberg, lived in Germany, France, and the USA, has a son and two granddaughters, and now teaches at Humboldt University in Berlin and at the Benjamin N Cardozo School of Law in New York. He began publishing crime novels in 1987 and other fiction in 1995. His first fiction to appear in English was his novel The Reader (1997). Since then his collection of stories, Flights of Love, another novel, Homecoming, and the first two parts of his trilogy about the private detective Gerhard Self, Self’s Punishment and Self’s Betrayal, have come out. The third part, Self’s Murder, and his recent novel, The Weekend, will follow soon. His essays Guilt About the Past deal with Germany's recent past, collective and individual guilt, forgiving and forgetting. His scholarly work focuses on fundamental rights, the role of the police and the meaning of justice. He is currently working on another collection of stories. "A formally beautiful, disturbing, and finally morally devastating novel. From the first page, The Reader ensnares both heart and mind." Los Angeles Times Bernhard Schlink will be appearing in: Guilt About the Past The entanglement of guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past The entanglement of guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past The entanglement of guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past The entanglement of guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past The entanglement of guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past The entanglement of guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past The entanglement of guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past The entanglement of guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past The entanglement of guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past The entanglement of guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past The entanglement of guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past The entanglement of guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past The entanglement of guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past The entanglement of guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past Bernhard Schlink untangles guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past Bernhard Schlink untangles guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past Bernhard Schlink untangles guilt, love, law and memory. Guilt About the Past Bernhard Schlink untangles guilt, love, law and memory. The Reader with Bernhard Schlink The Reader was one of the most anticipated film releases of 2009, and this adaptation of Bernhard Schlink’s classic novel surprised many critics for successfully carrying the spirit of the novel. The Reader with Bernhard Schlink The Reader was one of the most anticipated film releases of 2009, and this adaptation of Bernhard Schlink’s classic novel surprised many critics for successfully carrying the spirit of the novel.
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