Christian Kracht

Quick Facts

Full Name	Christian Kracht
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Dec 29, 1966(1966-12-29)
Age	58
Birthplace	Saanen
Country	Switzerland
Birth City	Canton of Bern
Horoscope	Capricorn

Christian Kracht Biography

Christian Kracht is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on December 29, 1966 in Saanen, Canton of Bern, Switzerland.

Christian Kracht (German pronunciation: [ˈkraxt] ; born 29 December 1966) is a Swiss novelist and journalist.

The setting of Kracht’s second novel 1979 is Iran and begins in medias res against the backdrop of the revolution of the Ayatollah Khomeini during the titular year. This novel also deals with alienation and a chiefly Western form of consumer existence, but it depicts the fragility of an apparently decadent Western-metropolitan value system and its powerlessness before the Eastern- totalitarian models of Islamism and Maoism. After the supposed frivolousness of Faserland, then, Kracht was now seen as on the way “towards genuine seriousness” in his writing – a view held by critics that was no doubt informed by the context of the September 11 attacks with which the novel’s publication coincided. Kracht is sceptical about such a reading of his work and argues that he writes literary “light entertainment” and “comedies”. Thus, during a television appearance on the popular Harald Schmidt Show in 2001, Kracht argued that his book was essentially kitsch.

Christian Kracht Net Worth

Christian Kracht is one of the richest Novelist from Switzerland. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Christian Kracht 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

Kracht was born in Saanen. His father, Christian Kracht Sr., was chief representative for the Axel Springer publishing company in the 1960s. Kracht attended Schule Schloss Salem in Baden and Lakefield College School in Ontario, Canada. He graduated from Sarah Lawrence College, New York, in 1989. He has lived for long spells in Buenos Aires, Lamu, Florence, Bangkok, Kathmandu and Munich. He is married to German film director Frauke Finsterwalder. They live in Los Angeles, California.

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According to our records, Christian Kracht married to Frauke Finsterwalder. As of December 1, 2023, Christian Kracht’s is not dating anyone.

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Since 2004 a stage version of the novel 1979, directed by Matthias Hartmann, has been performed in theatres in Zurich, Bochum and Hannover. In 2009 the play was shown at the Burgtheater in Vienna, while a stage version of Ich werde hier sein im Sonnenschein und im Schatten has been performed at theatres in Basel, Stuttgart and Berlin. In 2015, a dramatized version of Imperium premiered at Thalia Theater (Hamburg) in Hamburg, Germany. A stage version of The Dead (Kracht novel) premiered in December 2017 at Bern Theatre in Switzerland`s capital.

Facts & Trivia

Laurence Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Switzerland. Christian Kracht celebrates birthday on December 29 of every year.

Kracht has attested that a writer also “always performs being a writer”. His performance is persuasive and has successfully seduced reviewers into sometimes overlooking the distinction between the author and narrator to erroneously identify Kracht as the autobiographical protagonist of his debut novel Faserland. He has sometimes been a controversial figure in modern German-language literature. The meaning of his pronouncements in interviews is not always obvious; his description of the Taliban leader Mullah Omar (and by implication the Taliban itself) as “camp” should perhaps be taken with a pinch of salt: in this case moral values take second place after media aesthetics. A similar principle applies to Kracht’s foreword to the 2006 illustrated book Die totale Erinnerung (published with Feral House as The Ministry of Truth in the U.S.), in which Kim Jong-Il’s North Korea is referred to as a gigantic simulation, whereas his apparent ignorance of actual suffering in North Korea upset some commentators.

Top Facts about Christian Kracht

1. Christian Kracht is a Swiss novelist born in 1966.
2. He has written five novels, including “Faserland” and “Imperium.”
3. Kracht’s work often explores themes of colonialism and cultural appropriation.
4. He has won numerous literary awards, including the Hermann Hesse Prize.
5. Kracht is known for his controversial statements on politics and society.
6. His novel “Imperium” was shortlisted for the German Book Prize in 2012.
7. Kracht is also a journalist and screenwriter.
8. He spent part of his childhood in Thailand and later lived in New York City.
9. Some critics have accused him of promoting fascist ideologies in his writing.
10. Despite controversy, Kracht remains a prominent figure in contemporary German literature.