Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre
{{Short description|German writer and journalist (born 1975)}}
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| caption = Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre at a reading in Braunschweig, 2016
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| birth_place = Bremen, West Germany
| occupation = Writer and journalist
| movement = {{ill|German pop literature|lt=Pop literature|de|Popliteratur}}
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| spouse = Inga Grömminger
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Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre (born 27 January 1975) is a German writer, journalist and television presenter.
Life and career
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 {{ill|Stuckrad|de|Stuckrad (Adelsgeschlecht)}}. He grew up in Rotenburg an der Wümme and Göttingen and briefly studied German studies in Hamburg.{{cite web |url=https://www.munzinger.de/register/portrait/biographien/stuckrad-barre%20benjamin%20von/00/23628 |title=Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre |website=Munzinger Biographie |language=de |access-date=16 March 2025 }}
Starting as a journalist in the 1990s, Stuckrad-Barre came to wider notice in 1998 with the publication of his debut novel {{ill|Soloalbum (novel)|lt=Soloalbum|de|Soloalbum (Roman)}}, which became one of the main works of the {{ill|German pop literature|lt=pop literature|de|Popliteratur}} movement and was adapted into a 2003 film.{{cite news |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/kultur/immer-noch-vielleicht-3978538.html |title='Soloalbum' von Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre: Immer noch vielleicht |newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel |language=de |access-date=16 March 2025 }}{{cite web |url=https://www.filmportal.de/en/movie/soloalbum_ea43d4a6fe0f5006e03053d50b37753d |title=Soloalbum |website=Filmportal.de |access-date=16 March 2025 }}
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 {{ill|Stuckrad-Barre|de}}.{{cite news |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/tv/stuckrad-late-night-auf-zdfneo-a-824326.html |title=Der Kreuzverhörer mit Kettensäge |newspaper=Der Spiegel |language=de |access-date=16 March 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.tagesspiegel.de/gesellschaft/medien/neuer-sender-fur-stuckrad-late-night-6684940.html |title=Von ZDFneo zu Tele 5: Neuer Sender für 'Stuckrad Late Night' |newspaper=Der Tagesspiegel |language=de |access-date=16 March 2025 }} 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.{{cite news |url=https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/tv/benjamin-von-stuckrad-barre-erklaert-stuckrads-homestory-a-997382.html |title='Die Panne ist Prinzip' |newspaper=Der Spiegel |language=de |access-date=16 March 2025 }}
Stuckrad-Barre is married to the journalist Inga Grömminger. They became parents in 2012.{{cite news |url=https://www.welt.de/newsticker/news3/article108782697/Stuckrad-Barre-ist-Vater-geworden.html |title=Stuckrad-Barre ist Vater geworden |newspaper=Die Welt |language=de |access-date=16 March 2025 }}
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.{{cite news |last=Kreye |first=Andrian |date=9 March 2016 |url=https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/panikherz-von-benjamin-von-stuckrad-barre-die-spiessigkeit-der-drogensucht-1.2899431 |title=Die Spießigkeit der Drogensucht |newspaper=Süddeutsche Zeitung |language=de |access-date=16 March 2025 }}
His 2023 novel {{ill|Noch wach?|de}} 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.ardmediathek.de/video/der-star-anwalt-christian-schertz-und-die-medien/der-star-anwalt-christian-schertz-und-die-medien/ard/NzU5OWJlMzQtNmNlMi00NmE0LTlmNjAtN2JmODA1OGViOGZl |title=Der Star-Anwalt: Christian Schertz und die Medien |website=ARD Mediathek |language=de |access-date=16 March 2025 }}{{cite news |url=https://www.buchreport.de/news/noch-wach-ist-neuer-spitzenreiter-im-belletristik-ranking/ |title=»Noch wach?« ist neuer Spitzenreiter im Belletristik-Ranking |newspaper={{ill|Buchreport|de}} |language=de |access-date=16 March 2025 }}
Selected publications
- {{ill|Soloalbum (novel)|lt=Soloalbum|de|Soloalbum (Roman)}} (1998)
- Panikherz (2016)
- {{ill|Noch wach?|de}} (2023)
References
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External links
- [https://stuckradbarre.de/ Official website]
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Category:20th-century German novelists
Category:21st-century German novelists
Category:20th-century German journalists
Category:21st-century German journalists
Category:Writers from Bremen (city)