Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre | |
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![]() Stuckrad-Barre in 2016 | |
Born | 27 January 1975 Bremen, West Germany |
Occupation | Writer and journalist |
Literary movement | Pop literature |
Spouse | Inga Grömminger |
Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre (born 27 January 1975) is a German writer, journalist and television presenter.
Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre was born in Bremen on 27 January 1975. He is the son of a pastor and belongs to the noble family Stuckrad . He grew up in Rotenburg an der Wümme and Göttingen and briefly studied German studies in Hamburg. [1]
Starting as a journalist in the 1990s, Stuckrad-Barre came to wider notice in 1998 with the publication of his debut novel Soloalbum , which became one of the main works of the pop literature movement and was adapted into a 2003 film. [2] [3]
He presented his own late-night chat show from 2010 to 2013. It ran on ZDFneo under the name Stuckrad Late Night before it moved to Tele 5 in 2012 and was renamed Stuckrad-Barre . [4] [5] In 2014 he made Stuckrads Homestory for Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, a chat show where he did not know in advance who the guest would be, filmed at various locations relevant for the guests. [6]
Stuckrad-Barre is married to the journalist Inga Grömminger. They became parents in 2012. [7]
In the autobiographical novel Panikherz from 2016, Stuckrad-Barre tells how his early success was followed by a destructive lifestyle with drug abuse, which he received help to overcome from the singer Udo Lindenberg. [8]
His 2023 novel Noch wach? is set in the media world and revolves around an abusive television executive. The book was edited by a lawyer before publication and became a bestseller. [9] [10]