Charlotte Link
{{short description|German writer (born 1963)}}
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Charlotte Link (born 5 October 1963) is a German writer. She is among the most successful contemporary authors writing in German.{{cite web |title=Charlotte Link |url=https://www.radiobremen.de/bremenzwei/sendungen/mitschnitte/charlotte-link120.html |website=radiobremen.de |date=22 October 2019 |accessdate=12 March 2020 |language=de |archive-date=28 January 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200128140057/https://www.radiobremen.de/bremenzwei/sendungen/mitschnitte/charlotte-link120.html |url-status=dead }}
Life
Charlotte Link is the daughter of well-known German writer and journalist Almuth Link. She wrote her first work, Die schöne Helena, when she was just 16 years old and published it at the age of 19.
She is known as much for novels about contemporary life as for psychological detective novels in the English manner. Her books Sturmzeit, Wilde Lupinen, and Die Stunde der Erben form a trilogy. These, among others, have been filmed for TV series for the German television station ZDF.
Her novel Am Ende des Schweigens was nominated in 2004 for the fiction category of the Deutsche Bücherpreis (German Book Prize), while her book Die Rosenzüchterin, published in 2000, remained for several weeks at the top of the Spiegel bestseller list.
Selected works
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| Year
! Original title ! English title ! Notes |
|---|
| 1985
| Cromwells Traum oder Die schöne Helena | Cromwell's Dream or The Beautiful Helena | |
| 1986
| Wenn die Liebe nicht endet | When Love Doesn't Die | |
| 1987
| Die Sterne von Marmalon | The Stars of Marmalon | |
| 1987
| Verbotene Wege | Forbidden Ways | |
| 1989
| Sturmzeit | Stormy Season | Stormy season trilogy: 1 |
| 1992
| Wilde Lupinen | Wild Lupins | Stormy Season trilogy: 2 |
| 1993
| Schattenspiel | Shadow Games | |
| 1989
| Die Stunde der Erben | The Heritage | Stormy season trilogy: 3 |
| 1996
| Die Sünde der Engel | The Sin of the Angels | |
| 1998
| Der Verehrer | The Admirer | |
| 1999
| Das Haus der Schwestern | The Sisters' House | |
| 2000
| Die Rosenzüchterin | The Rose Gardener | |
| 2002
| Die Täuschung | The Deception | |
| 2003
| Am Ende des Schweigens | At the End of Silence | |
| 2005
| Der fremde Gast | The Foreign Guest | |
| 2006
| Die Insel | The Island | |
| 2006
| Das Echo der Schuld | The Echo of Guilt | |
| 2008
| Die letzte Spur | The Last Track | |
| 2009
| Das andere Kind | The Other Child | |
| 2010
| Mitternachtspicknick | Midnight Picnic | YA fiction |
| 2010
| Gefährlicher Sommer | Dangerous Summer | YA fiction |
| 2010
| Mondschein Geflüster | Moonlight Whispers | YA fiction |
| 2011
| Diamantenraub | The Diamond Heist | YA fiction |
| 2011
| Der Beobachter | The Watcher | |
| 2012
| Im Tal des Fuchses | In the Valley of the Fox [https://service.randomhouse.de/book/In-the-Valley-of-the-Fox-Novel/Charlotte-Link/e209317.rhd?pub=1&frm=true In the Valley of the Fox] | |
| 2014
| Sechs Jahre. Der Abschied von meiner Schwester | Six Years. Farewell to My Sister |
| 2015
| Die Betrogene | |
| 2016
| Die Entscheidung | Decision | |
| 2018
| Die Suche | The Search | |
Awards
In 2007, Link was awarded the Goldene Feder (Golden Feather) for her literary achievements.
Bibliography
- {{cite book| editor= Olaf Kutzmutz| title = Bestseller: Das Beispiel Charlotte Link|trans-title=Bestsellers: The example of Charlotte Link| series= Wolfenbütteler Akademie-Texte| volume= 46
| year= 2009| publisher = Bundesakademie für kulturelle Bildung| location= Wolfenbüttel
| language= German| isbn = 978-3-929622-46-1}}
References
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External links
{{commons category|Charlotte Link}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110722235250/https://portal.d-nb.de/opac.htm?query=atr%3D115757104+OR+nid%3D115757104&method=simpleSearch portal.d-nb.de] Books by or about Charlotte Link in the German National Library. {{in lang|de}}
- {{IMDb name|512863}}
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Category:People from Wiesbaden
Category:German crime fiction writers