Cornelia Funke

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Full Name	Cornelia Funke
Occupation	Novelist
Date Of Birth	Dec 10, 1958(1958-12-10)
Age	66
Birthplace	Dörpen
Country	Germany
Birth City	Lower Saxony
Horoscope	Sagittarius

Cornelia Funke Biography

Cornelia Funke is one of the most popular and richest Novelist who was born on December 10, 1958 in Dörpen, Lower Saxony, Germany. The author of the cult Inkheart trilogy, and winner of many literary awards across The U.S., Japan, and in her home country of Germany. Apart from the inkheart novels she also created her own Ghosthunters, MirrorWorld, and Wild Chicks fantasy/adventure series.

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Cornelia Maria Funke (German: [kɔʁˈneːli̯a ˈfʊŋ.kə] ( listen ) ) is a German author of children’s fiction. She was born on 10 December 1958 in Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia. Funke is best known for her Inkheart trilogy (originally in German: Tintenwelt-Trilogie), published in the United Kingdom between 2004–2008. Many of her books have now been translated into English. Her work fits mainly into the fantasy and adventure genres. She lives in Beverly Hills, California.

Funke married printer Rolf Frahm in 1979. Their daughter, Anna, was born in 1989 and soon after their son, Ben, was born in 1994. The family lived in Hamburg for 24 years, until they moved to Beverly Hills in May 2005. In March 2006, Rolf Frahm died of cancer. He was a book printer and had given up his career as an architect to support his wife. Cornelia Funke has been the official patron of the children’s hospice Bethel for dying children since February 2010. Since May 2012 she is one of the German ambassadors of the UN Decade on Biodiversity. Since 2013, she has also been the Official Patron of the charity Ecologia Youth Trust, which helps marginalised children and young people around the world.

Born in Dorsten, Germany to Helmi and Karl-Heinz Funke. They had two children- Anna and Bentogether with her husbandRolf Frahm.

Cornelia Funke Net Worth

Cornelia Funke is one of the richest Novelist from Germany. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Cornelia Funke 's net worth $20 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

She attended in the University of Hamburg and subsequently worked as social worker. She published her first novel, Die Wilden Huhner, in 1993.

In addition to the Inkheart series and other adventure books she also wrote numerous individual books, such as the Thief Lord, Dragonrider, and When Santa was a Ghost to Earth.

Cornelia Funke was born in 1958 in the town of Dorsten in Westphalia, Germany to Karl-Heinz and Helmi Funke. As a child, she wanted to become an astronaut and/or a pilot, but then she decided to study pedagogy at the University of Hamburg. After finishing her studies, Funke worked for three years as a social worker. During her social work she focused on working with children who came from deprived backgrounds. She had a stint illustrating books, but soon began writing her own stories, inspired by the sorts of stories that had appealed to the deprived children she had worked with. During the late 1980s and the 1990s, Funke established herself in Germany with two children’s series, namely the fantasy-oriented Gespensterjäger (Ghosthunters) and the Die wilden Hühner (C.H.I.X.) line of books. Funke has been called “the J. K. Rowling” of Germany; although she was highly successful in Germany, the first of her books to be translated into English was Herr der Diebe in 2002. It was subsequently released as The Thief Lord by Scholastic and made it to the number 2 spot on The New York Times Best Seller list. The fantasy novel Dragon Rider (2004) stayed on the New York Times Best Seller list for 78 weeks. Following the success of The Thief Lord and Dragon Rider, her next novel was Inkheart (2003), which won the 2004 BookSense Book of the Year Children’s Literature award. Inkheart was the first part of a trilogy which was continued with Inkspell (2005), which won Funke her second BookSense Book of the Year Children’s Literature award (2006). The trilogy was concluded in Inkdeath (published in Germany in 2007, English version Spring 2008, American version Fall 2008). Cornelia’s fans are sometimes referred to as Funkies.

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Who is Cornelia Funke Dating?

According to our records, Cornelia Funke married to Rolf Frahm. As of December 1, 2023, Cornelia Funke’s is not dating anyone.

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Early in 2020, Funke stated on her website that she’s in the final stages of writing the fourth installment of the MirrorWorld series. The novel will be called Auf silberner Fährte (On Silver Trail) and be published by October 2020 in Germany. Initially conceived as a trilogy, Funke surprisingly also announced in spring 2020, that a sequel of the Inkworld series called Die Farbe der Rache (The Color of Revenge) will be published by October 2021 in Germany.

Facts & Trivia

Cornelia Ranked on the list of most popular Novelist. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Germany. Cornelia Funke celebrates birthday on December 10 of every year.

Top Facts about Cornelia Funke

1. Cornelia Funke is a German author of children’s fiction.
2. She has sold over 20 million books worldwide.
3. Her most popular series is “Inkheart.”
4. Funke has won numerous awards for her writing.
5. She was born on December 10, 1958 in Dorsten, Germany.
6. Funke studied illustration and graphic design before becoming an author.
7. Her books have been translated into over 30 languages.
8. Funke’s stories often feature strong female protagonists.
9. She has also written standalone novels and picture books.
10. In addition to writing, Funke is also a trained bookbinder.

Where is Cornelia Funke from?

Dorsten, Germany

What has Cornelia Funke written?

• Dragon Rider The Aurelia Curse.
• Reckless The Silver Tracks.
• Pan’s Labyrinth.
• Through the Water Curtain & other Tales from around the World.
• The Glass of Lead and Gold.
• The Wild Chicks Class Trip.
• The Wild Chicks.
• The Book No One Ever Read.

When was Cornelia Funke born?

December 10, 1958 (age 63 years)

Who wrote Inkheart?

Cornelia Funke

Is Cornelia Funke married?

Rolf Frahm