Bio
Award-winning author Steffen Kopetzky was born in 1971 in Bavaria and studied Philosophy in Munich. His latest novel Risk was nominated for the German Book Prize 2015 (long list) and remained on the Spiegel Bestseller List for over 25 weeks. The novel follows a secret German expedition to Afghanistan during the First World War, the aim of which was to persuade the Afghan Emir Habibullah to join forces with the German Reich and the Austro-Hungarian monarchy to fight the British Empire, which meant fostering turmoil in the Indian colony. His other works include The Hand Encyclopaedia of Europe’s Fundamental Problems at the End of the 20th Century, Breaking and Entering Madness, Grand Tour, Lost/Found , Morocco and The Last Thief. He served as Artistic Director of the Bonn Theatre Biennale from 2003 to 2008. The theme of the 2006 edition was “India” which led him on several intensive fact-finding excursions to India.