Genre Fiction, non-fiction Role Novelist Books Samson | Name Torkel Wachter Education Lund University | |
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Born March 25, 1961 (age 63)
Stockholm, Sweden ( 1961-03-25 ) | ||
Torkel S Wächter a.k.a. Tamara T is a German-Swedish novelist and airline captain. He is praised for the depth and complexity of his works, artistic integrity and command of Swedish literary language.
Biography
Torkel S Wächter was born in Stockholm, in 1961.
Wächter studied economic history, development theory and languages at the universities of Lund, Melbourne and Barcelona, and Jewish studies at Paideia, the European Institute for Jewish Studies in Sweden, and architecture at the Royal Swedish Academy of Arts in Stockholm.
After a stint as a fashion model in Paris and Barcelona, Wächter trained as a diver in the Royal Swedish Navy before starting his aviation career. He received his pilot’s wings at Ljungbyhed Air Force Base in 1985 and was employed by Scandinavian Airlines from 1986 to 1999. During his years as an airline captain he wrote travelogues and articles for several magazines. Since 1998 he has been involved in a number of online start-ups. In 2008-2009 Wächter participated in a project concerned with the preservation of cultural heritage on the Balkans under the auspices of the NGO Cultural Heritage Without Borders. Wächter has also taken part in various projects in Hamburg dealing with the memory of the Nazi era. He has lived in Copenhagen, Barcelona, Madrid, Melbourne and Stockholm.Since 2006 is Wächter living in Berlin.