Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre was born in
Bremen on 27 January 1975. He is the son of a
pastor and belongs to the noble family . He grew up in
Rotenburg an der Wümme and
Göttingen and briefly studied
German studies in
Hamburg. Starting as a journalist in the 1990s, Stuckrad-Barre came to wider notice in 1998 with the publication of his debut novel '''', which became one of the main works of the
pop literature movement and was adapted into
a 2003 film. He presented his own
late-night chat show from 2010 to 2013. It ran on
ZDFneo under the name
Stuckrad Late Night before it moved to
Tele 5 in 2012 and was renamed ''
. In 2014 he made Stuckrads Homestory'' for
Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg, a chat show where he did not know in advance who the guest would be, filmed at various locations relevant for the guests. Stuckrad-Barre was married to the journalist Inga Grömminger. They became parents in 2012 and are now divorced. In the autobiographical novel
Panikherz from 2016, Stuckrad-Barre tells how his early success was followed by a destructive lifestyle with drug abuse, which he received help to overcome from the singer
Udo Lindenberg. His 2023 novel '''' is set in the media world and revolves around an abusive television executive. The book was edited by a lawyer before publication and became a bestseller. ==Selected publications==