Rudolf Herfurtner

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Rudolf Herfurtner (born 19 October 1947) is a German writer.

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Life

Born in Wasserburg am Inn, Herfurtner graduated from the Luitpold-Oberrealschule in Wasserburg. After the death of his parents in 1965, he moved to Munich. There he studied German Studies, English Studies and Theatre Studies from 1968 and graduated in 1975 with a Magister Artium.

While still a student, Herfurtner contributed texts to the feuilleton of a Munich daily newspaper and began a volontariat at the television division of Bayerischer Rundfunk. In 1973, the Ravensburger Herfurtner's first book Hinter dem Paradies. [1]

Herfurtner writes mainly youth literature (short stories, youth novels, plays, radio plays and contributions for television).

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