Dietlof Reiche (born 1941) is a German author of

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and books for young adults.Profile
/ref> He was born in

Dresden Dresden (, ; Upper Saxon: ''Dräsdn''; wen, label=Upper Sorbian, Drježdźany) is the capital city of the German state of Saxony and its second most populous city, after Leipzig. It is the 12th most populous city of Germany, the fourth larg ...

and grew up in the village of

Nördlingen Nördlingen (; Swabian: ''Nearle'' or ''Nearleng'') is a town in the Donau-Ries district, in Swabia, Bavaria, Germany, with a population of approximately 20,674. It is located approximately east of Stuttgart, and northwest of Munich. It was bui ...

. He studied engineering at university and was a teacher at

Darmstadt Technical University Darmstadt () is a city in the state of Hesse in Germany, located in the southern part of the Rhine-Main-Area (Frankfurt Metropolitan Region). Darmstadt has around 160,000 inhabitants, making it the fourth largest city in the state of Hesse ...

for a while. As an author, he is known above all for his series ''

The Golden Hamster Saga The Golden Hamster Saga is a children's book series written by German author Dietlof Reiche, and translated by John Brownjohn. It was illustrated by Joe Cepeda. The series revolves around a golden hamster named Freddy Auratus, two silly guinea pig ...

''. His many prizes include the German Juvenile Literature Award and the Oldenburg's Children's Book Prize. He lives in

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, Germany.

References

Living people 1941 births German male writers Date of birth missing (living people) Writers from Dresden {{germany-writer-stub