From 1968-1974 he studied medieval and modern history in Munich and Aix-en-Provence. Die Geschichte eines Mörders ( Perfume: The Story of a Murderer), which quickly topped the European best-seller list and eventually sold millions of copies worldwide.
In 1985 his status as literary wunderkind was confirmed with the publication of the novel Das Parfüm. After spending the 1970s writing what he has characterized as “short unpublished prose pieces and longer un-produced screenplays”, Patrick Süskind was catapulted to fame in the 1980s by the monodrama Der Kontrabass ( The Double Bass, 1981), which became an instant success and a favourite of the German stage. In the '80s he worked as a screenwriter, for Kir Royal and Monaco Franze among others.
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