A
German philosopher, born in 1945 in Rottweil/Würtemberg,
Germany. He studied Philosophy, Germanistic and History in
Berlin (graduated in 1974, continued adult
education until 1978). Famous for his
biographies from
Hofmann,
Schopenhauer,
Nietzsche and especially
Heidegger. His interests are
religion and the
secularizing of it's understandings.
Dr. Rüdiger Safranski has written the following books:
- E.T.A. Hofmann ~ Das Leben eines skeptischen Phantasten (1984)
- Schopenhauer und die wilden Jahre der Philosophie (1987)
- Wieviel Wahrheit braucht der Mensch? Über das Denkbare und das Lebbare (1990)
- Ein Meister aus Deutschland. Heidegger und seine Zeit (1994)
- Das Böse (1997)
- Nietzsche (2000)
They have been
translated into many
languages.
He has won a number of important
prizes:
- Friedrich-Märker-Preis für Essayisten (1995)
- Wilhelm-Heinse-Medaille der Mainzer Akademie (1996)
- Ernst-Robert Curtius-Preis für Essayistik (l998)
- Friedrich Nietzsche-Preis des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt (2000)