Background
Andreas Steinhöfel grew up with two brothers in the Middle Hesse small town Biedenkopf, and did his A levels there.
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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 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.
Nomination for the deutschen Jugendliteraturpreis, three times (1999, 2002, 2009) zweifacher Erich-Kästner-Stipendiat der Stiftung Preußische Seehandlung, Berlin IBBY Honor List (as author and translator) 1999, 2002, 2009 Buxtehuder Bulle 1999 (for Die Mitte der Welt) Hans-im-Glück-Preis from Limburg 2000 (for David Tage, Mona Nächte) Preis der Jury der Jungen Leser (Wien) 2000 (for Die Mitte der Welt) Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2005 (for Die Kurzhosengang) Corine 2008 (for Rico, Oskar und die Tieferschatten) Human Resources-Kinderund Jugendhörbuch des Jahres 2008 (for Rico, Oskar und die Tieferschatten) Erich-Kästner-Preis für Literatur 2009 (for sein Gesamtwerk) Katholischer Kinderund Jugendbuchpreis 2009 (for Rico, Oskar und die Tieferschatten) Auszeichnung "Lesekünstler 2009" durch den Sortimenterausschuss des Börsenvereins Deutscher Buchhandel Deutscher Jugendliteraturpreis 2009 (for Rico, Oskar und die Tieferschatten) several more (little) prizes and highscore lists.
