★ HOW OLD IS DANIEL KEHLMANN?
Daniel Kehlmann is 51 years old, born January 13, 1975 in DE · Capricorn.
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About
Daniel Kehlmann wrote Die Vermessung der Welt (Measuring the World), the best-selling German-language novel since 1985. Born in Germany in 1975, the dual Austrian-German novelist and playwright has since dominated the Spiegel bestseller list with subsequent works. His novella You Should Have Left was adapted into a film starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried, while his novel Tyll was optioned for Netflix by the makers of Dark. A Capricorn with life-path number 9, Kehlmann channels meticulous historical imagination into sprawling, genre-bending narratives [F1, enrichments].
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Biography
Daniel Kehlmann is a German-language novelist and playwright of Austrian and German nationality, born 13 January 1975. His 2006 novel Die Vermessung der Welt (Measuring the World), translated by Carol Brown Janeway, became the best-selling book in the German language since Patrick Süskind's Perfume in 1985, and was ranked the world's second-best selling novel in 2006 by The New York Times. The novel examines the historical relationship between naturalist Alexander von Humboldt and mathematician Carl Friedrich Gauss through an ironic lens.
All of Kehlmann's subsequent novels topped Germany's Spiegel bestseller list and were translated into English. He co-authored Franzen's 2013 book The Kraus Project with Jonathan Franzen and Paul Reitter. His theatrical output includes The Mentor and Christmas Eve, both translated by Christopher Hampton; The Mentor opened at Theatre Royal, Bath in April 2017 with F. Murray Abraham and transferred to London's West End in July 2017, while Christmas Eve premiered at Theatre Royal in October 2017. His 2016 novella You Should Have Left was adapted into a film starring Kevin Bacon and Amanda Seyfried.
Kehlmann's 2017 novel Tyll, which sold over 600,000 copies in German alone and was published in the US in February 2020, is being adapted into a Netflix series by the creators of Dark; it was shortlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize. In 2026, Ross Benjamin's English translation of Kehlmann's 2023 novel Lichtspiel (titled The Director) was also shortlisted for the International Booker Prize. His play Die Reise der Verlorenen was adapted for BBC radio by Tom Stoppard as The Voyage of the St. Louis.
As a screenwriter and writer active since the early 2000s, Kehlmann blends historical fiction, philosophical inquiry, and theatrical experimentation. A Capricorn born in 1975, his life-path number 9 reflects a pattern of synthesis and closure—distilling entire intellectual epochs into singular, elegant narratives [F1, enrichments].
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Trivia
- Die Vermessung der Welt was the world's second-best selling novel in 2006 according to The New York Times.
- Kehlmann collaborated with Jonathan Franzen and Paul Reitter on Franzen's 2013 book The Kraus Project.
- His novel Tyll sold more than 600,000 copies in German alone and was shortlisted for the 2020 International Booker Prize.
- Tom Stoppard adapted Kehlmann's play Die Reise der Verlorenen for BBC radio, retitling it The Voyage of the St. Louis.
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Numerology
LIFE-PATH NUMBER
The Humanitarian
Idealistic and global. Daniel Kehlmann often use their platform for causes and tend to build broad, internationally diverse audiences.
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Birthday compatibility
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HIGHLY COMPATIBLE
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CHALLENGING
- Patrick MöllekenRooster · 1993
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- How old is Daniel Kehlmann?
- Daniel Kehlmann is 51 years old (born January 13, 1975).
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- Daniel Kehlmann was born on January 13, 1975.
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- Daniel Kehlmann is a Capricorn, born January 13, 1975.
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- Daniel Kehlmann was born in 1975, the year of the Wood Rabbit.
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- Daniel Kehlmann is from DE.
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- Daniel Kehlmann is a writer.
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