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Daniel Scholten (born 1973) is a German writer specialising in Scandinavian languages as well as ancient languages. He hosts the video-podcast series Belles Lettres on German linguistics.

Background

Upon graduating from school and completing an apprenticeship, Scholten worked in Scandinavia for several years as a typographer. After this, Scholten studied at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität in München, with majors in Egyptology and historical linguistics, specialising in the language and literature of ancient Egypt.

Beyond this, Scholten has also been involved with Scandinavian literature (primarily in Icelandic and Swedish) and published two literature journals.

In 2007, Scholten began writing crime novels under the title Kommissar Cederström.

Scholten founded the video-podcast series Belles Lettres in 2010 ^[1] which focuses on linguistics and stylistics.

Scholte has lived since 2012 in Stockholm and Munich.

Selection of works

As author

Novels

1. Der zweite Tod. Ein Fall um Kommissar Cederström. Goldmann, München 2007, ISBN  978-3-442-46402-9
2. Die falsche Tote. Ein Fall für Kommissar Cederström. Goldmann, München 2008, ISBN  978-3-442-46466-1
3. Der kopflose Engel. Ein Fall für Kommissar Cederström. Goldmann, München 2008, ISBN  978-3-442-46467-8
4. Der Name der Dunkelheit. Ein Fall für Kommissar Cederström. Goldmann, München 2009, ISBN  978-3-442-46468-5

Scientific literature

• Einführung in die isländische Grammatik. Ein Lehrbuch für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene. Philyra-Verlag, München 2000, ISBN  3-935267-00-2
• Paradigmenfinder zur isländischen Grammatik. Alle Flexionsformen schnell bestimmt. Philyra-Verlag, München 2001, ISBN  3-935267-01-0 ^[2]

As editor

• Íslenska. Zeitschrift für isländische Sprache und Literatur, Jg. 1 (2004), ISSN  1614-0982.
• Ida. Schwedische Sprache und Literatur, Band 1 (2006), ISSN  1612-2976.

References

External links

• Website von Daniel Scholten
• Belles Lettres Video-Tutorials von Daniel Scholten zu Grammatikfragen