Christiane Kohl

Christiane Kohl has worked as a correspondent for the Kölner Express, a press officer for the Environment Ministry in Hessen, Germany, and, from 1988 to 1998, an editor with Der Spiegel. She worked for several years in Rome for Munich’s Süddeutsche Zeitung and is currently the newspaper’s correspondent for eastern Germany. Her book, Der Jude und Das Mädchen (2002; English edition The Maiden and the Jew 2004), was the basis of Joseph Vilsmaier’s feature film Leo and Claire. She lives in Erfurt.