Has refused to give any interviews for over twenty years, and only
three published photos of him exist.
His novel, "Perfume," inspired Kurt Cobain to write the Nirvana song
"Scentless Apprentice."
Studied Medieval and Modern History at the University of Munich and
Aix-en-Provence between 1968 and 1974.
As he wrote the script for the movie Rossini (1997) together with producer
Bernd Eichinger, the character of the shy author "Jakob Windisch" is probably
based on him.