Overview
- Author Benjamin von Stuckrad-Barre has released an updated edition of Udo Fröhliche with publisher Kiepenheuer & Witsch for broad sale.
- The 256-page volume drops photos in favor of tight, A–Z entries that mix verified facts with vivid anecdotes in a lexicon format.
- Stuckrad-Barre draws on a friendship of about 25 years and says he spent years re-interviewing Lindenberg and checking items like old school notebooks.
- The reissue follows a 2016 version that sold out quickly in a very small run and never reached regular bookstores.
- The author says Lindenberg nicknamed him “Stuckiman,” which he entered as his artist name in his ID in 2018, underscoring the book’s close access as Lindenberg turns 80 on May 17.