Reinhard Lettau was born on September 10, 1929 in Erfurt, Germany. He was a writer, known for Der Prozeß: Oscar Wilde (1966) and Herbert's Hippopotamus (1996). He was married to Dawn Teborski, Véronique Springer and Gene Carter. He died on June 17, 1996 in Karlsruhe, Baden-Württemberg, Germany.