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Christiane Fichtner - Biography

I was born 25 May 1974 in Sao Paulo.
My family is from Germany. They immigrated to Brazil in the 1920s.
When I am three years old, I start studying dance at the famous school of ballet at the Teatro Municipal in Sao Paulo.
I complete dance school with the highest grade when I am twelve.
I move to Paris to study philosophy with Umberto Eco at the Sorbonne University.
I am mainly interested in the ancient and modern history of philosophy, hermeneutics, ethics and logic.
I receive my diploma in philosophy already after two semesters.
I take a sabbatical in 1988.
I travel to Israel to live in a kibbutz and to learn about farming and animal husbandry.
I learn all I need to know about farming and animal husbandry within six months.
After my stay in Israel, I travel all over the Middle East.
I then go to Katmandu where I write poetry until the end of 1988/beginning of 1989.
My first book of poetry is published in May 1990.
I dedicate it to Umberto Eco and my mother.
My book becomes an international bestseller in the fall of 1990.
I am rich now and am frequently invited to be a guest on TV talk shows.
I move to Tokyo on 13 December 1991.
I get writer’s block in February 1993.
In April 1995 I start experimenting with drugs.
I’m admitted to a clinic after an overdose. I stay there for almost one year.
Because I can afford it, I move to Milan in September 1997 to become a famous fashion designer.
I launch my own label.
It is a huge economic success.
After one year, I sell the company to the Prada Group.
I sail around the world in 1999.
I go to Kosovo from 2000 to 2002 to assist with recovery efforts.
I move to Istanbul at the beginning of 2003.
I visit Berlin with a troupe of Dervish women at the end of 2004.
I decide to stay in Berlin.
I make up my mind to lead a middle-class life at the beginning of 2007.
I start a family, give birth to two beautiful children, and become a social worker at a youth center in Kreuzberg.
In October 2007 I decide to become lesbian because I am bored. I leave my boyfriend, move to Amsterdam, and spend most of my time at parties.
I have sex with Jodie Foster one night in December 2007. She convinces me to become an actress.
Jodie helps me get a leading role in a Hollywood movie at the beginning of 2008.
I decide to take the role and move to L.A.
I get nominated for three Oscars in January 2009.
My new movie starts playing in March 2010.
It is a flop.
In May 2010, my current girlfriend and manager takes all my money.
I am broke.
I become depressed.
I start drinking excessively.
I hitchhike to New York in September 2010.
My alcohol and drug problem gets out of control.
In December 2010 I decide I am done with being homosexual.
I start looking for a new boyfriend.
I begin working as a bouncer at a techno club on 21 December 2010.
I start drinking more and more and take massive amounts of hard drugs.
I am fired 24 December 2011 because I get in a fight with several female guests at the club.
I go home and tell my boyfriend he is a loser. He leaves me.
I am kicked out of my apartment 25 March 2011.
I live on the streets for almost two years after that.
I decide to change my life 7 August 2013.
I go to Alcoholics Anonymous for the first time on 1 September 2013.
I start working part-time at a supermarket.
I move into a women’s shelter.
I have a relapse on 13 October 2013 and start drinking excessively again.
On New Year’s 2013/2014, I feel completely alone.
I start thinking about killing myself.
On 1 February 2014 at 8:12 p.m., I lay down on my couch and decide to die.
On 4 February 2014 at 9:43 a.m., I stop eating.
On 8 February 2014 around 11 p.m., my pulse gets weaker.
Sometime in the morning of 9 February 2014, my heart stops beating.
I am dead.

 

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