Name Andreas Steinhofel | Role Author | |
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Movies The Pasta Detectives, A Christmoose Story, Kidnapped Books The Center of the World, The Spaghetti Detectives, The Pasta Detectives, My Brother and I Similar People Neele Leana Vollmar, Jerry Spinelli, Magic Johnson, Lourens Blok, Christian Lerch |
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Andreas Steinhöfel (born 14 January 1962 in Battenberg, Hesse) is a German author for children and young adult books, and a translator.
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- Andreas steinh fel deutscher jugendliteraturpreis 11 10 2013 2 2
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- Biography
- Books
- Prizes
- References

Andreas steinh fel deutscher jugendliteraturpreis 11 10 2013 1 2
Biography

Andreas Steinhöfel grew up with two brothers in the Middle Hesse small town Biedenkopf, and did his A levels there. At first he began to study Biology and English in lectureship, but then decided to study English studies, Amerikanistik and media studies at the University of Marburg. After his graduation 1991, his first book Dirk und ich was released.

One of his most famous books is Paul Vier und die Schröders (1992), which is now one of the standard reading in German schools. The movie adaptation of the book won the Deutschen Kinderfilmpreis 1995. The novel Die Mitte der Welt is especially popular among teenagers, and was also nominated for the Deutschen Jugendliteraturpreis 1999, as well as the sequel Defender – Geschichten aus der Mitte der Welt. Die Mitte der Welt was translated into English (The Center of the World) by Alisa Jaffa.

Steinhöfel lives and works in Hesse and was the cohabitee of Gianni Vitiello until his death.
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