Christian Peter Georg Kampmann (July 24, 1939 in Hellerup – September 13, 1988 on Læsø) was a Danish writer and journalist. His novels are mainly about the middle and upper classes in the post war time and until the 1980s. The books are mainly about people who has some problems finding their place in the world and their feelings, e.g. homosexuality. Kampmann was bisexual himself, although he was married to piano player Therese Herman Koppel for many years and had two children.
Kampmann was involved in the Danish Gay Liberation Front from 1975 and he was editor of the journal Sexual Policy from 1975 to 1978. In 1988, he was killed at his beach house on Læsø by his cohabitant and lover: Danish author Jens Michael Schau.
De to hovedpersoner i Christian Kampmanns ny roman er på mange måder hinandens modsætninger, også socialt, men deres forbindelse med en lille dreng fører dem sammen. Hun passer drengen, når forældrene er væk på arbejde. Han får besøg af drengen en eftermiddag om ugen. Hun har det meste af sit liv ernæret sig ved at gøre rent hos folk. Han er pensioneret departementschef. Begge bor alene og er temmelig ensomme, men mens hun prøver at komme i kontakt med andre, er han blevet træt af sine medmennesker, og denne forskel kommer til at præge deres forhold, som ender med at få uventede og voldsomme følger.
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