Bernhard Schlink
Bernhard Schlink is a German novelist, academic, and former judge. He is best known internationally for his 1995 novel 'The Reader' (Der Vorleser), which became a bestseller and was adapted into an Academy Award-winning film. Before focusing on his literary career, he had a distinguished career as a professor of public law and legal philosophy at Humboldt University of Berlin and as a judge at the Constitutional Court of North Rhine-Westphalia.
Awards
['Friedrich-Glauser-Preis (1989)', 'Deutscher Krimi Preis (1993)', 'Grinzane Cavour Prize (1997)', 'Prix Laure Bataillon (1997)', 'Hans Fallada Prize (1998)', 'Welt-Literaturpreis (1999)', 'Heinrich Heine Prize (2000)', 'Park Kyong-ni Prize (2014)', 'Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany']
Notable Works
['The Reader', "Self's Punishment", 'The Gordian Knot', 'Flights of Love', 'Homecoming', 'The Weekend', 'Olga', 'The Granddaughter']
