What nationality is Patrick Süskind, famous author of the novel 'Perfume'?

Patrick Süskind (born 26 March 1949) is a German writer and screenwriter. He was born in Ambach by Starnberger See, near Munich in Germany. His father was writer and journalist Wilhelm Emanuel Süskind,

His best-known work is the internationally acclaimed bestseller Perfume: The Story of a Murderer (1985). This was made into a film in 2006 by Tom Tykwer. Perfume was on the bestselling list of the German weekly news magazine Der Spiegel for nine years. He is also the author of a novella, The Pigeon (1988), The Story of Mr. Sommer (1991), Three Stories and a Reflection (1996), and a collection of essays, On Love and Death (2006).

Süskind lives as a recluse in Munich, in Seeheim (Lake Starnberg), and at Montolieu in France. The public knows little about Süskind. He has withdrawn from the literary scene in Germany and never grants interviews or allows photos.