David Chotjewitz (born 14 May 1964 in Berlin) is a German writer and theatre director who lives in Hamburg.
His first literary book publication, the collection, Frühreif - Texte aus der Plastiktüte, appeared in the spring of 1984.
In 1994, his novel about Albert Einstein, Das Abenteuer des Denkens (The Adventure of Thinking), was published and received a lot of attention.
In 1999, Chotjewitz produced his first theatre work, Der einäugige Karpfen, based on a story by Kenzaburō Ōe.
His novel Crazy Diamond, about a teenaged rockstar who dies under unclear circumstances, was published in the United States in April 2008.