Tilman Spengler

Tilman Spengler (born 1947) is a German sinologist, writer, and journalist.^[1] The author of more than a dozen books, including Lenin's Brain (1993),^[2] he has received several literary prizes throughout his career, including:

• 1999 Mainzer Stadtschreiber
• 2003 Ernst-Hoferichter-Preis
• 2008 Literaturpreis der Stadt München

He is the great-nephew of German philosopher Oswald Spengler and the second husband of actress Daphne Wagner, great-grandson of German composer Richard Wagner.

• Literature by and about Tilman Spengler in the German National Library catalogue
• Tilman Spengler in: NRW Literatur im Netz (in German)