Achim Schwarze

Achim Black (born 1958 ) is a contemporary German writer.

Life and work

Black published at the age of 19, his first book, a guide about gardening. Since then, he has authored over 30 books, mainly in the field of humor and satire, as well as several self-help books. His breakthrough as an author reached Black by humorous character analysis, as for example in his successful books slackers in Bonn and the befitting extra for Mercedes drivers. Its mainly appeared in Eichborn publishing books and guides have now reached a total circulation of over 640,000 copies.

He also wrote satirical columns, for example, for the magazines Playboy and Prince. A certain notoriety in the media became black as he reported on his experiences as a ghost writer for aspiring academics.

In addition, Black is also active as artists, consultants and real estate agents.

He lives and works alternately in Berlin ( in summer) and on a cinnamon plantation in Sri Lanka ( in the winter).

Publications

• Simply different gardeners. Organic vegetables in theory and practice. 2nd edition. Werner Pieper, 1983, ISBN Löhrbach 3922708846th
• Future techniques. Function. Application. Consequences. Abuse and alternative opportunities. Werner Pieper, Löhrbach 1984, ISBN 3-922708-94-3
• Slackers in Bonn. From the Dissertations of our elite. Eichborn, Frankfurt 1985, ISBN 3-8218-1031-9
• Fun guerrillas. The Gay Subversion for the letter box. Eichborn, Frankfurt 1986, ISBN 3-8218-1062-9
• Cheap cars. Eichborn, Frankfurt Volume 1: The manual for the crafty buying a car. Buy, sell, technique, tricks, repair, forbidden. 1986, ISBN 3-8218-1060-2; revised edition, 1988, ISBN 3-8218-1066-1

Press reviews

• Pig looking for. In: DER SPIEGEL born 1993, No. 43, p 122