Martin Kämpchen

My Life in India

At Home between Cultures

Martin Kämpchen's autobiography has been published for his 75th birthday. The German, who has lived in India for the past five decades, has immersed himself in the religious, cultural and social life of the country like no other contemporary. With a doctorate in German philology and religious studies, he is well-known as an intelligent reporter from India for major German daily newspapers, as well as an esteemed translator of the Bengali Nobel Prize winner for literature, Rabindranath Tagore. He is the initiator and promoter of social projects in India. This is the story of an extraordinary life and insights into Indian life from a close-up perspective.

  • India from a close-up viewpoint
  • Insights of a cultural pluralism
  • Autobiography of a great contemporary

ISBN: 978-3-8436-1368-2
Hardcover with dust jacket
480 pages
Format 14 x 22 cm
EUR 32.00

Title in German

The Author

Martin Kämpchen
© Christina Schröder

Martin Kämpchen

Martin Kämpchen, born in 1948 in Boppard (Rhine), lives and works in West Bengal Shantiniketan. He studied German and theology and since 1973 he works as a writer and translator (Ramakrishna, Tagore) in India. He supports intercultural and interreligious dialog and works in Indian villages.