Bio note

Leander Steinkopf is a writer and journalist, with a PhD in Psychology. He has been a freelance journalist for the leading newspapers Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung and Frankfurter Allgemeine Sonntagszeitung and has written literary essays for Merkur, comedies for Drei Masken Verlag, and a first novella published by Hanser Berlin.

Residency goals

During his stay in Sofia, Steinkopf worked on his new novel that features a Bulgarian female character from the city of Sofia.

Public events

• 20th September | 18:00 | Goethe Institute Sofia: A conversation with Leander Steinkopf about his new book and his creative writing methods, within the Goethe Institute series "Texts and Ideas"

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