Wissenswertes

Has refused to give any interviews for over twenty years, and only three published photos of him exist.

His novel, "Perfume," inspired Kurt Cobain to write the Nirvana song "Scentless Apprentice."

Studied Medieval and Modern History at the University of Munich and Aix-en-Provence between 1968 and 1974.

As he wrote the script for the movie Rossini, oder die mörderische Frage, wer mit wem schlief (1997) together with producer Bernd Eichinger, the character of the shy author "Jakob Windisch" is probably based on him.

Resides almost anonymously in Munich.