Daniel Scholten

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Daniel Scholten (born 1973) is a Germano-Icelandic writer, specialising in Scandinavian languages as well as ancient languages. He has published numerous works and brings his expertise knowledge as a well versed linguist in his video-podcast series Belles Lettres, in which he mostly explains advanced topics in German and linguistics in general to a broad German-speaking audience. Scholten is based in München and Stockholm.

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 heavily 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 is also widely known amongst German-speakers for his video-podcast series Belles Lettres,^[1] which he founded independently on 1 January 2010. The podcasts revolve around relatively advanced themes from linguistics as well as stylistics. The purpose of the podcasts, is to enable the subscribers to develop their ability to make informed judgements about diverse elements of the German language.

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)ff, ISSN 1614-0982.
• Ida. Schwedische Sprache und Literatur, Band 1 (2006)ff, ISSN 1612-2976.

References[]

External links[]

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