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Diogenes
Foreign Rights List — Frankfurt 2022
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Sasha Filipenko Kremulator
Sasha
Filipenko
Kremulator
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FICTION
»Kurkow distils a happy desperation, a form of surreal
pantheism that places him geographically, like his country, Andrej Kurkow
between Russian romanticism and Scandinavian fatalism,
between Chekhov and Paasilinna, Gogol and Hamsun.« Samson and Nadezhda
Frédéric Beigbeder / Le Figaro, Paris
Jimi Hendrix Live in Lviv
nominated for the
›International Booker Prize‹ 2023 Kyiv, 1919. Samson investigates a puzzling
›Halldór Laxness case of theft and murder – and loses his
International Prize
for Literature‹ 2022 Andrej
heart to a young comrade. Soviet Ukraine
›Geschwister Scholl‹ Prize 2022
Kurkow
Picknick
Andrej
Kurkow in the early years – an era of danger and
auf dem Eis Petrowitsch
›Prix Médicis étranger‹ 2022 for turmoil, when the rules are changing on a
Grey Bees, nominated for the daily basis. The first book in a new crime
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›Prix Fémina‹ and the
›Prix du meilleur livre étranger‹ 2022 Death and the Penguin The Good Angel of Death series, humorous and heartfelt.
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»He proves that satire must be
written and also read, most importantly
Andrej
Andrej
Kurkow
Pinguine
in times of war.«
Kurkow frieren nicht Andrej
Andrej
Ein Freund Kurkow
Kurkow Cornelius Wüllenkemper / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
des Die letzte Liebe
Andrej Kurkow
Verblichenen des Präsidenten Herbstfeuer
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»A historical thriller, yet one that also
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Nadjeschda Bestseller
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brings the reader closer to understanding
modern-day Ukraine.«
Kristina Toussaint / Aachener Zeitung
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Andrej Kurkow Der Gärtner Andrej Kurkow
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in der Nacht live in Lemberg Bestse English/US (HarperVia) 368 pages, 2022
French (Liana Levi)
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Greek (Kastaniotis)
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Novel, 2009 of Ochakov Novel, 2014 Novel, 2019 Italian (Marsilio)
Novel, 2012 Polish (Noir sur Blanc)
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Russian (Folio) Film rights are available.
Spanish/world (Alfaguara)
Turkish (Siren)
Andrej Kurkow’s books
Ukrainian (Folio)
andrej kurkow, born in St. Petersburg in 1961, has lived in Kyiv since have been published in 42 languages.
childhood and writes in Russian. He studied foreign languages, was a news-
paper editor and, during his military service, a prison guard. Afterwards,
he wrote numerous screenplays. His novel Death and the Penguin estab-
lished him as one of Ukraine’s most famous contemporary writers.
Andrej Kurkow’s works have been published in 42 languages. He has been
a freelance author since 1996 and lives in Ukraine with his family.
FICTION
Esther Schüttpelz
After we’d got off the Ferris wheel, buzzed and blissful,
Without Me
we headed straight for the nearest jewellery stand and
bought two plastic gold rings for twelve euros. The hus-
band posted a photo of our ring fingers to Instagram, The winner of the ›lit.Cologne Debut Prize‹
2023
one upon the other, and tagged me in the picture. Later,
A distinctive debut with humour and
when we talked about our ›real‹ wedding, it was this chutzpah, and a novel about what comes
moment we meant, and it felt like we were accomplices. after love.
The ›real‹ world, doing its best to understand, took the Pretty smart, pretty lost: this is the story
filter-free image as an engagement. And just like that – of a young woman who’s always feeling
too much or too little.
we were engaged. Sometimes it makes me all warm to
think about it. About the bond between me and the She’s mid-twenties, just finished with her
husband, which resulted from the fact that we were studies, and divorced practically as soon
as she’s married. What do you do when
determined to defy the meaninglessness together, the your first great love crashes and burns?
lack of commitment, the notorious thousand options. The narrator of Esther Schüttpelz’ debut Esther
My husband defied his depression and his philosophers. novel is still looking: for the reason why Schüttpelz
And I defied my sober heart. We even defied the wed- they split up; for a plan for the future; for Ohne mich
friendship and intimacy and intoxication
ding reception, the guests and their expectations. They and forgetting. Sharp-witted, vulnerable and
had no idea what all that meant to us; it was none of hilarious, she tells the story of the year after Roman · Diogenes
their business, and we couldn’t explain it anyway. Still and in-between.
can’t. Sometimes it makes me all cold.
Novel
208 pages, March 2023
»What draws the reader
into her trains of thought
is her nonchalant
and smart narrative tone.«
Sabine Schereck / tip, Berlin
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esther schüttpelz, born in Werne in 1993, studied law in Münster,
worked as a lawyer and is now writing full time. She plays music and writes
her own songs. She lives in Berlin.
FICTION
»If you want to get inside the head of modern,
young Russia, read Filipenko.« Sasha Filipenko
Svetlana Alexievich
Kremulator
Can a person remain human in a
Sasha
totalitarian state?
Filipenko ller Sasha
Sasha Bestse
A novel about Russia’s past, which casts
Der ehemalige Filipenko
Sohn Filipenko
Die Jagd ller
Rote Kreuze Bestse
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long shadows even today. By Belarusian
author Sasha Filipenko, one of Putin’s
The Ex-Son Intentions Red Crosses Back to Prison The Hunt
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and Lukashenko’s most prominent critics.
Based on historical interrogation records,
Filipenko recounts the colourful life story
Praise for The Hunt: of Pyotr Nesterenko – a born survivor.
»You’re either hunter or hunted. »In a remarkably nimble tone, Filipenko
Filipenko paints a terrifying succeeds in portraying the perversities Pyotr Nesterenko is on first-name terms
portrait of a society careening of the Russian state apparatus.« with death. As director of the Moscow
towards the abyss.« Lukas Koschyk / Nürnberger Nachrichten, Nuremberg Crematorium during the Stalin era, he has
Elena Balzamo / Le Monde, Paris reduced them all to ash: the dissidents, the
»The way Sasha Filipenko writes about alleged spies, and the former heroes of the Sasha
»Filipenko has written a brutal, violence is of such linguistic beauty Revolution who have fallen victim to the Filipenko
disillusioned book, that fits that it makes me want to immediately
today’s perception of Russia in delete this sentence.«
purges.
He, on the other hand, is convinced he
Kremulator
a haunting way.« Nora Zukker / Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich
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Johann Michael Möller / Cicero, Berlin
countless times – until the day he himself
»It’s this system of violence and is arrested. Will he cheat the gallows one
»A jumble of voices as chaotic oppression that Filipenko puts under
more time?
as the country in which moral the literary magnifying glass and Novel
categories like good and bad seem skilfully disects, with linguistic and 256 pages, March 2023
to have abdicated, and compositional panache.«
a lack of conscience reigns.« Ingo Petz / Der Standard, Vienna
Lilo Solcher / Augsburger Allgemeine »Sasha Filipenko expertly links past
and present, building a bridge
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between intimacy and otherness.«
except Russian.
Kurier, Vienna
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Rights sold: Sasha Filipenko’s books
sasha filipenko, born in Minsk in 1984, is a Belarusian author who French (Noir sur Blanc) have been published in 16 languages.
writes in Russian. After leaving his training in classical music, he studied Russian (Vremya)
literature in St. Petersburg and worked as a journalist, scriptwriter, Swedish (Ersatz)
television presenter and gag writer for a satirical show. His novels Red
Crosses and The Hunt were Spiegel bestsellers. Filipenko is an ardent
football fan and lived in St. Petersburg until 2020. He has left Russia with
his family and currently lives in Switzerland.
FICTION
»There is charm, irony, and undeniable elegance
in Martin Suter’s novels. He is probably one of the best Martin Suter
contemporary authors.«
Pascal Bruckner / Le Nouvel Observateur, Paris
Melody
Martin Suter’s books sold more than 10 million copies worldwide.
Elephant sold more than 400’000 copies in our German edition alone.
A man loses the love of his life – and never
stops searching for her.
Secrets and dark underbellies hidden
Bestse
ller behind the façades of Zurich and the
Martin Suter
whitewashed Mediterranean walls:
Martin Suter
Martin Suter
Die dunkle
Seite des seller
Martin Suter
Ein perfekter
Lila, Lila
ller this is the long-awaited new novel by
Small World Mondes Best Freund Bestselle
r Bestse
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Small World The Dark Side of the Moon A Perfect Friend Lila, Lila
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In a villa on Zurich’s hillside lives aging
Movie Adaptation Movie Adaptation Movie Adaptation Movie Adaptation Dr Stotz, surrounded by portraits of a
young woman. Melody was once his fiancée,
but shortly before the wedding – more
than forty years ago – she vanished. Stotz
has never recovered from his loss.
Martin Suter Martin Suter Martin Suter
Der letzte
Martin Suter
Der Teufel Der Koch Martin Suter
von Weynfeldt
Mailand Die Zeit,
To organise his estate, Stotz hires a young
r
stselle
r stselle die Zeit
ller Be # 1 Be ller
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student who urgently needs this job. Little Melody stselle
r
by little, Tom begins to wonder whether # 1 Be
A Deal with the Devil The Last Weynfeldt The Chef The Time, the Time
Novel, 2006 Novel, 2008 Novel, 2010 Novel, 2012 Stotz is really who he pretends to be. Roman · Diogenes
TV Adaptation TV Adaptation Movie Adaptation
On a Greek island, he stumbles across a
peculiar trail.
r
stselle
# 1 Be
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ller
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stse
# 1 Be
Martin Suter »Melody is a declaration of love
Martin Suter
to the art of deception
Elefant r Martin Suter
Montecristo stselle Einer von euch
# 1 Be
that could hardly be more lucid.«
Bastian Schweinsteiger
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Gerhard Matzig / World rights are handled by Diogenes.
Montecristo Elephant One of You
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Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich Film rights are available.
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French (Phébus) have been published in 35 languages.
Italian (Sellerio)
martin suter was born in Zurich in 1948. His novels and his Business Class Application for translation
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stories have seen huge international success. Since 2011 he has also been support possible with Pro Helvetia.
writing crime novels featuring Allmen, the gentleman thief, a series that is
currently at six books. A documentary film about Martin Suter was released
in 2022 and screened at the Locarno Film Festival. Martin Suter lives with
his family in Zurich.
FICTION
»[. . .] a novel which is most effective when it dramatizes
the routine events of the peasant life in the country villages János Székely
or the hounded existence of the Budapest workers.«
Frederick Brantley /The New York Times Book Review
A Night That Began 700 Years Ago
One of the most extraordinary attic dis-
coveries in all of literature. A sensation!
An impressive novel is brought to light,
»An incredible book!« seventy years after it was first written.
Elke Heidenreich Featuring an afterword by Sacha Batthyany.
J nos Székely
Já
Verlockung The author János Székely was a novelist,
eller
Bests »This book can be read as a wonderful Hollywood screenwriter and ›Oscar‹-winner.
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example of genre writing, in the His novel Temptation was one of the most
tradition of Oliver Twist and Felix Krull.« successful rediscoveries of the last decade.
Temptation Fritz Göttler / Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich
Novel, 1946 / 2016
In the summer of 1944, while starving
»The densely packed story is, in German soldiers plunder starving János Székely
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between a picaresque and
Hungarian villages, in Kákásd the villagers Eine Nacht,
English/UK (Pushkin)
English/US (New York Review of Books) Bildungsroman. [. . .] The writing,
working the land are asking themselves the die vor
French (Gallimard) as translated by Mark Baczoni, same question they’ve been wondering for
700 Jahren
Italian (Adelphi)
Spanish/world (Lumen)
is full of vigour, a product of
the author’s own anger, patience,
seven hundred years: how are they sup-
posed to live on the pittance they receive
begann
truthfulness and wonder.« from the local nobility? A strike could
George Szirtes / Times Literary Supplement, London change everything. Yet in an age when Roman · Diogenes
human life is cheap and wheat is expensive,
»It can make you want to storm the they have only a slim chance of success.
barricades, red flag in hand, belting out Still, a young couple on the run and a local
The Internationale. [. . .] Planned as a Novel
farmer start stirring up resistance – and
trilogy, this first volume is Dickensian in With an afterword by Sacha Batthyany
scope and character.« village life begins to unravel. 704 pages, May 2023
Madeleine Johnson / The American, Rome
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jános székely (1901 – 1958) was born in Budapest and moved to Berlin János Székely’s books
at the age of eighteen to escape the Horthy regime. He wrote numerous
have been published in 11 languages.
screenplays for silent movie stars such as Brigitte Helm, Willy Fritsch
and Marlene Dietrich. In 1934 Ernst Lubitsch invited him to work in Holly-
wood and Székely finally emigrated in 1938. Under the pen name John S.
Toldy he was awarded the 1940 ›Academy Award for Best Story‹ for Arise,
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My Love. Persecuted again during the McCarthy era, he lived in Mexico
with his wife and daughter for several years, before accepting an offer from
defa in East Germany in 1957, where he died a year later.
FICTION
»Rare linguistic splendour and striking narrative virtuosity.«
Andreas Isenschmid / NZZ am Sonntag, Zurich
Charles Lewinsky
Give-and-Go
A refugee without papers in gorgeous,
Charles
Charles
Lewinsky Charles
wealthy Switzerland – a satire.
Lewinsky Melnitz Lewinsky
Johannistag ller Charles Kastelau
Bestse Lewinsky
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Gerron
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Cousins Tom and Mike Keita have both
arrived in Switzerland from the same
Midsummer’s Day Melnitz Gerron Kastelau African village. Only, Tom is a successful
Novel, 2000 / 2021 Novel, 2006 / 2021 Novel, 2011 / 2021 Novel, 2014 / 2021
footballer – and Mike is an illegal immi-
›Prix du meilleur ›German Book Prize‹ grant. The treatment they receive is very
livre étranger‹ 2014 (nominated)
2008 (winner) ›Swiss Book Prize‹
different. While one is fast-tracked to citi-
2011 (nominated) zenship, the other is sucked into a bureau-
cratic mill that has only one goal: to spit
him back out again as quickly as possible.
Charles
Charles Bestseller
Lewinsky Charles Bestselle
Lewinsky
r
Charles
Lewinsky
Sind Sie das?
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Lewinsky ller
»Charles Lewinsky has a Lewinsky
Doppelpass
Der Stotterer Sein Sohn # 1 Bestse
sure instinct for dramaturgy.
Eine Spurensuche
Der Halbbart
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Immensely entertaining.«
The Stutterer Halfbeard Is that You? His Son Helmut Maurò / Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich
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›Swiss Book Prize‹ »Too true to be beautiful.«
2020 (nominated)
Sonntag, Zurich
›German Book Prize‹
2020 (nominated) First published in 2009
Novel
320 pages, August 2023
»Lewinsky has a deft feel for drama; you get the impression he has a field
day setting the readers on one track and then drawing them onto another.«
Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich
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Film rights are available.
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Charles Lewinsky’s books
have been published in 16 languages.
charles lewinsky, born in Zurich in 1946, has been a freelance writer
since 1980. He won international renown with his novel Melnitz, which
was awarded numerous prizes, including the French ›Prix du meilleur livre
étranger‹. His novel Halfbeard was nominated for the Swiss and German
Book Prizes. Charles Lewinsky lives in Vereux (France) in summer, and
in Zurich in winter.
FICTION
»Magnificent. Complex, wise,
unsentimental and very moving« Andrzej Szczypiorski
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie has not only named the
The Beautiful Mrs. Seidenman one of her favourite A European contemporary classic full of
poetry and subtle humour, and at the same
books, she has also written an introduction which now time a sociopolitical work.
complements the uk and us editions of the 20th century
The winner of the ›Wiadnomości Literackie‹
classic. This is a taste of it: Award 1988, now complemented with an
introduction by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.
»What a gorgeous novel this is. Its biggest triumph is
not merely that it is wise, in the rare and enduring In the Nazi-occupied Warsaw of 1943,
Irma Seidenman, a young Jewish widow,
meaning of that word, but that its sagacity is worn lightly possesses two attributes that can spell
and with humour. This book is about Nazi-occupied the difference between life and death: she
Poland, and its attendant horrors, and yet the reader has blue eyes and blond hair. With these,
laughs often, in recognition, in broken-hearted disco- and a set of false papers, she has slipped Andrzej
very. ›A Jew is eating cake!‹ a character cries about a
out of the ghetto, passing as the wife of
a Polish officer, until one day an informer
Szczypiorski
Jew who is indeed eating cake in a café, an ordinary act spots her on the street and drags her off Die schöne
for people in Warsaw, but suddenly a crime for a Jew. to the Gestapo. The Beautiful Mrs. Frau
And in that single line of dialogue lies, illuminated and
Seidenman is the story of the thirty-six Seidenman
hours that follow Irma’s arrest and the Roman · Diogenes
dramatized, the absurdity at the heart of the Nazi events that lead to her dramatic rescue as
oppression.« the last of Warsaw’s Jews are about to
meet their death in the burning ghetto.
Original edition published in 1986 by Instytut
»Dense, lyrical and »A fine balance between poetic Literacki, Paris, under the title Początek
deeply unsettling.« tenderness and an unflinching account Novel
of the brutal realities of the day.« »A masterpiece of modern prose 304 pages, 1988/2023
Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times
The Guardian, London which grips the reader with the power
Rights to the introduction by
of a high-class thriller.«
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie are handled by
Frankfurter Rundschau the Wylie Agency.
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andrzej szczypiorski (1928 – 2000) was born in Warsaw, took part in English/UK (Weidenfeld & Nicolson/Orion)
the city’s uprising against German occupation in 1944 and was subsequently World rights are handled by Diogenes
English/USA (Grove /Atlantic)
sent to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. After the war, he worked as an
French (Noir sur Blanc)
except Polish.
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author and publisher and became a member of the executive board of the Polish Film rights are available.
pen Club and the Writer’s Association. In December 1981, he was interned Greek (Medusa-Selas)
in a camp and remained a prisoner there until spring 1982. In 1989, he was Italian (Adelphi)
chosen as a candidate by Solidarnosc and elected to the Polish Senate by the Portuguese/BRA (Estação Liberdade) Andrzej Szczypiorski’s books
people. He received the Austrian ›State Award for European Literature‹ and Portuguese/PT (Leya/ASA) have been published in 26 languages.
the ›Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany‹. Spanish/world (Seix Barral)
FICTION
»We need the poets’ gaze on the world in order
to understand and bear it. Jägersberg has this gaze.«
Otto Jägersberg
Elke Heidenreich À la Carte
Jägersberg reveals to us the magic of
the everyday, the beautiful, the unique,
Otto
Jägersberg Otto the utterly absurd.
Weihrauch Jägersberg Otto
und Keine Otto Jägersberg
Otto Jägersberg Jägersberg
Masterful, ironic, concise – food for thought
Pumpernickel zehn Pianobar
Ein westpfählisches Pferde Die Frau Liebe auf den
Sittenbild
des Croupiers ersten Blick
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and flashes of sudden inspiration about
ordinary German life.
Incense and Poems The Croupier’s Wife Love at First Sight Piano Bar
Pumpernickel Poems, 2015 Stories, 2016 Prose, 2019 Prose, 2021
Novel, 1964 Why doesn’t Germany have Wine Kings
instead of Wine Queens? Should we really
drink beer with our potato soup? Do you
»[Jägersberg’s] punchlines have »How does Otto Jägersberg write? prefer your cold meats fine or just regular? Otto
something so sublimely
casual to them, as though the
Well, you can enjoy his lines of poetry
and prose in sips, but you may become
Writing with gusto and aplomb, precision Jägersberg
and whimsy, Otto Jägersberg’s short prose
comedy were springing forth
organically from the depicted events,
tipsy quite fast in the process.«
Frank Lorentz / Welt am Sonntag, Berlin
not only explores the culinary arts but also À la carte
or rather, more frequently, touches on local German traditions, taking
from the language.« a curious peek around the neighbourhood,
»Four- or five-hundred-page epics:
Frank Schäfer / taz, Berlin
yet so swiftly devoured! Jägersberg’s
the cemetery and into the boudoir. As an
prose in Love at First Sight, by contrast, observer and humourist, Jägersberg turns
»It is a pleasure to follow this is short, shorter, the shortest. And his eagle eye on the realities of German Diogenes
wandering rascal.« it stays with you for a very long time.« life – in the forest and the city.
Nils Jensen / Buchkultur, Vienna Zeit Online, Hamburg
Prose
224 pages, November 2022
On Piano Bar,
his most recent publication:
»If I were packing my rucksack
for life on the proverbial desert island,
I would leave Proust, Joyce and Musil World rights are handled by Diogenes.
on the shelf – and instead I’d reach Film rights are available.
for Piano Bar. You could get by with
that for a long time.« Otto Jägersberg’s books
Erich Hackl have been published in 3 languages.
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otto jägersberg, born in Hiltrup (Westphalia) in 1942, worked as a book
trader, antiquarian and printer in Berlin, Zurich and Stierstadt. With his
debut novel Incense and Pumpernickel, which was published in 1964, Otto
Jägersberg became Diogenes’ first newfound German author. He has been
a freelance writer and filmmaker ever since. He lives in Baden-Baden.
Raufarhöfn
European Crime Fiction Series
Joachim B.
Schmidt
Kalmann
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Joachim B. Arjouni Bernhard Friedrich
Dönhoff Christian
Schlink
Schmidt Bruder Kemal
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Andrej Kurkow
Mord Herrscher Daily Soap
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Arjouni Schlink Hamburg Dönhoff Schünemann Andrej
Frankfurt Mannheim Hamburg Munich Kurkow
Berlin Kyiv
Kyiv
Frankfurt
Mannheim
Bielefeld
&
Hartlieb
Im großen Stil
Vienna
Ein Fall für Berlin und Wien
Munich
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&Volić
Maiglöckchen-
Hansjörg Basel weiß
Schneider Seraina Kobler
Tiefes, dunkles
Martin Suter Zurich Bielefeld & Ein Fall für Milena Lukin
Hunkeler Allmen
Hartlieb
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in der Wildnis Blau und der Koi
Vienna/Berlin
Ein Zürich-Krimi
Der zehnte Fall
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Schünemann &
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Venice Belgrade Volić
Hansjörg Seraina Martin Belgrade
Schneider Kobler Suter
Basel Zurich Zurich
Florence
Istanbul
Petros
Markaris
Verschwörung
Ein Fall für Kostas Charitos
Capri Roman · Diogenes
Donna Leon Magdalen LucaVentura
Milde Gaben Nabb In einer
Esmahan
Vita Nuova stillen Bucht
Petros
Commissario Brunettis
einunddreißigster Fall
Guarnaccias vierzehnter Fall Der Capri-Krimi Aykol
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Markaris Istanbul Tango
Ein Fall für
Kati Hirschel
Athens Athens Roman · Diogenes
Donna Magdalen Luca
Leon Nabb Ventura Esmahan
Venice Florence Capri Aykol
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»Seraina Kobler knows how to build tension.«
Bernd Noack / Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Zurich
Seraina Kobler
Bright Night
Flames above Lake Zurich: Following the
bestseller Deep Dark Blue, Seraina Kobler
presents a second case for Rosa Zambrano,
»Seraina Kobler has an officer with the Zurich Water Police.
written a compelling thriller This is a thriller with soul, plus plenty of old-
Seraina Kobler which, fortunately, town atmosphere and culinary delights.
Tiefes, dunkles
Blau eller
isn’t too gory.«
Ein Zürich-Krimi
Bests A gripping novel about the development
Gaby van Whaden / WDR2, Cologne
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of Zurich between historic charm and
modern architecture.
Deep Dark Blue »In her crime novel,
A Zurich Crime Novel, 2022 Seraina Kobler has found
a calm and
One night in November, a fire rages at
unhurried language.« the Enge marina in the middle of Zurich.
A top ten
Kristian Teetz / Sonntag, Hanover As the flames are extinguished, Rosa
Swiss bestseller
for 13 weeks Zambrano – an officer with the water
police – finds the charred corpse of a
»A gripping crime novel
that still makes a holiday in Zurich young woman. Why did Iva Schwarz,
Seraina Kobler
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sound like fun.« the daughter of a renowned architect, have Nachtschein
Ein Zürich-Krimi
Martin Meyer / to die?
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Essen
Roman · Diogenes
Amid the twists and turns of the investi-
gation, the former love of Rosa’s life, Leo,
turns up in Zurich once more – suddenly
appearing in her enchanting garden in the A Zurich Crime Novel
272 pages, July 2023
old part of town. Yet he is not the only
ghost from the past that is haunting the city.
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seraina kobler, born in Locarno in 1982, studied linguistics and cultural
studies before working as a journalist for publications including the Neue
Zürcher Zeitung. Eventually setting up as a freelance author, in 2020 she
published her debut novel, Regenschatten. Her first Zurich-based crime
novel featuring officer Rosa Zambrano, Deep Dark Blue, spent months
on the Swiss bestseller lists. Seraina Kobler lives with her family in Zurich.FICTION
»Luca Ventura skilfully combines
tension with Italian flair. Pure pleasure.« Luca Ventura
Gala, Hamburg
Pale as the Moon
150’000 copies sold.
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In Capri, moguls and bigwigs come together
in tiny speciality shops in narrow alleys.
This is the fourth case in the bestselling
series. A screen adaptation is currently in
development.
LucaVentura LucaVentura
Mitten Bittersüße LucaVentura
im August ller Zitronen ller In einer
Bestse Bestse stillen Bucht
Only last night he was roaming the island,
Der Capri-Krimi Der Capri-Krimi
ller
Bestse
Der Capri-Krimi
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savouring the aroma of pine trees and
In the Middle of August Bittersweet Lemons In a Hidden Cove revelling in the news he’d just received. But
A Capri Crime Novel, A Capri Crime Novel, A Capri Crime Novel,
2020 2021 2022 now he’s lying dead in a tub at his dairy.
Nino Castaldo was famous for his hand-
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Arabic (Al-Arabi)
»Bittersweet Lemons is a gripping milk. Yet nobody realised the struggles he
Catalan (Univers)
family saga about greed and passion was having with the family business and
LucaVentura
Spanish/world (Catedral)
French (Livre de Poche)
under the Capri sun.«
animal-rights campaigners. But in the Bleich wie
Italian (Giunti)
Volker Albers / Hamburger Abendblatt, Dortmund
bright spring light of Capri, Enrico Rizzi der Mond
Der Capri-Krimi
and Antonia Cirillo gradually uncover
»Ventura knows how to depict his secrets.
Praise for In the Middle of August: family feuds and fatal love affairs
Roman · Diogenes
»Luca Ventura’s Capri crime novel is in an exciting way.«
the start of an atmospheric series Ruhr Nachrichten, Dortmund
which promises everything that Italy A Capri Crime Novel
has to offer.« »The Gulf of Naples has held a magical
»Whether you read it with limoncello 288 pages, June 2023
Barbara Hoppe / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
appeal for me ever since I was young.
on the beach, or with lemon soda by Luca Ventura knows it inside out. He writes
the pool, Bittersweet Lemons has every- elegant, naturalistic crime novels –
»A very promising start to a new crime thing you need from a gripping including for people who don’t yet realise
series – and a trip to one of the and entertaining summer thriller.« that they like crime novels.« World rights are handled by Diogenes.
most beautiful islands in Europe.« ORF, Vienna Benedict Wells Film rights are optioned.
Münchner Merkur, Munich
Luca Ventura’s books
have been published in 3 languages.
luca ventura prefers to remain anonymous. The writer spends a large
part of the year on the Gulf of Naples, where he is currently working on the
next case in the Capri series about the islander Enrico Rizzi and his north
Italian colleague Antonia Cirillo.FICTION
»Brunetti’s humane police work is disarming,
and his ambles through the city are a delight.« Donna Leon
New York Times Book Review
So Shall You Reap
Youthful ideals and youthful misdeeds:
Brunetti’s latest case is a portrait of
»Leon’s thirty-first novel in the Brunetti
contemporary Italy – and the 1980s.
series is about human weakness
Donna Leon of all kinds: drugs, dementia and So Shall You Reap leads Commissario
Milde Gaben dietrologia or, to put it another way,
Commissario Brunettis
tseller Brunetti into the overgrown garden of
1 Bes the need to know. Isn’t that
einunddreißigster Fall
#
an old palazzo, and into the past.
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why we read mystery novels?«
The Times, London
Give Unto Others
On a cold November evening, Guido
The 31st case, June 2022 Brunetti and Paola are up late when a call
»Unarguably one of the most humane – from Ispettore Vianello arrives, alerting the
and absorbing – of the series.
A #1 Spiegel Bestseller Commissario that a hand has been spotted
[. . .] The dilemmas demand
A Sunday Times Bestseller the best of Brunetti, which is what in one of Venice’s canals. The body is
A New York Times Bestseller he delivers.« quickly recovered and the victim’s identity
Toronto Star discovered by sheer coincidence. But who Donna Leon
Rights sold: could the dead man’s enemies have been? Wie die Saat,
Catalan (Grup 62)
Dutch (De Bezige Bij)
»Still the next best thing to moving He was undocumented, leaving Brunetti so die Ernte
to Venice.« and his colleagues with no leads to chase Commissario Brunettis
English/UK (William Heinemann) zweiunddreißigster Fall
English/US (Grove/Atlantic)
Kirkus Reviews, New York up. It’s only when the Commissario delves
Finnish (Otava) into his own past, recalling the Italy of his Roman · Diogenes
French (Calmann-Lévy) »The cultivated Commissario, student days, that a solution to the case
Polish (Noir sur Blanc) seeking the truth behind this strange starts to emerge.
Spanish/world (Seix Barral) imbroglio, reads the heart
all the way back to Greek tragedy’s Commissario Brunetti’s 32nd Case
bitter truths.« 320 pages, June 2023
Tom Nolan /Wall Street Journal, New York
»There is no ambiguity about the
unalloyed affection millions
of readers feel toward Guido Brunetti,
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protagonists.«
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Bill Ott / Booklist, Chicago Donna Leon’s books
have been published in 35 languages.
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Dutch (De Bezige Bij)
donna leon, born in New Jersey in 1942, has worked as a travel guide
English/UK (William Heinemann)
in Rome and as a copywriter in London. She taught literature and language
in Iran, China, and Saudi Arabia. Commissario Brunetti made her books English/US (Grove/Atlantic)
world-famous. Donna Leon lived in Italy for many years, and although she Spanish/world (Seix Barral)
now lives in Switzerland, she often visits Venice. Polish (Noir sur Blanc)Food for thought: Narrative Non-Fiction
DORIS
LOUISE BROWN DÖRRIE THOMAS
MEYER
WAS DIE HELDIN REIST
BLEIBT
WENN WIR STERBEN
TRENNT
EUCH! Shelly
ERFAHRUNGEN EINER TRAUERREDNERIN Kupferberg
Isidor eller
Bests
eller
Ein jüdisches Leben
Bests
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Louise Brown Doris Dörrie Thomas Meyer Shelly Kupferberg
What Memories Are Made Of The Heroine’s Journey Break Up! Isidor
Non-Fiction, 2021 Non-Fiction, 2022 Essay, 2018 A Jewish Life, 2022
After the death of her parents, Heroes have to set out into the big A book about incompatible Shelly Kupferberg recounts the meteoric
the journalist Louise Brown tries to extract wide world and have adventures in order relationships and their well-earned rise and brutal fall of her great-great-uncle
something meaningful from the finitude to become heroes – otherwise there’d endings. Thomas Meyer’s controversial Isidor and those around him. This is the
of life. She becomes a funeral orator, and a be no story. But what about heroines? polemic: »Four out of five relation- story of a fascinating Jewish family, and a
witness to what remains of us when we die. ships ought to be ended right away.« moving narrative non-fiction debut.
ULRICH WEBER
Dalai Lama Malte Herwig
Mitgefühl Jörg Fauser Françoise Gilot
FRIEDRICH und Marlon Brando Die Frau, die Nein sagt
Weisheit Der versilberte Rebell eller
Bests
DÜRRENMATT Ihr Leben mit und ohne Picasso
eller
Ein Gespräch mit Eine Biographie
EINE BIOGRAPHIE
Bests
Felizitas von Schönborn
Diogenes Diogenes Diogenes
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Ulrich Weber Dalai Lama Jörg Fauser Malte Herwig
Friedrich Dürrenmatt Path of Wisdom, Path of Peace Marlon Brando. The Woman Who Says No
Biography, 2020 A Conversation With Felizitas The Silver-Plated Rebel Biography, 2015/2021
von Schönborn, 2004 Biography, 1978/2020
Ulrich Weber tells the story of Dürrenmatt’s Françoise Gilot on her life with
life (including his love of astronomy, Based on her in-depth, first-hand Fauser and Brando – two ruptured and without Pablo Picasso.
physics, painting, football and dogs), the conversations, Felizitas von Schönborn souls united by more than just She was the only woman to ever leave
genesis of his works and of the cosmic mind, has been able to bring together the their ability to getting back up when Picasso, and to him she remained
whose probing questions accompany us views and core values of the Dalai Lama knocked down. a mystery. Françoise Gilot is a painter,
well into the 21st century. and Tibetan Buddhism. a truth-seeker, a rebel.NON-FICTION
Michel Bergmann
We set off. It’s thirty degrees outside already, but appa-
Mameleben
rently if we turn the aircon on inside the car she’ll catch
her death. I switch it off and roll the window down.
There’s a draught. I put the window back up and open Is it possible to reclaim a happy future
that was stolen from you? This is the true
the sunroof a crack. »You’re telling me I went to the story of a Jewish mama and her ›bubele‹ –
hairdresser’s,« she says bitterly, »and spent three hund- touching, sad, heart-warming and richly
humorous.
red francs only to have my head fly off? Now everything
is hermetically sealed. I’m sweating,« she says, »there, A moving book by a well-known author
and screenwriter about his mother’s life.
see?« She looks at me. »It’s not normal, sweating like A piece of contemporary European history,
that. You never used to sweat so much. Must be your full of melancholy, pain and humour.
diet.«
Magnificent and infuriating, loving and
stifling, self-sacrificing yet interfering –
We’re approaching the Swiss border.
Michel Bergmann loves his mother
Shortly before Basel I suggest a detour to Riehen to Charlotte, and sometimes he can’t stand Michel
see whether there’s anything left of the camp. And I’d be
her. In this unvarnished book, he tells
the story of a strong, obstinate woman
Bergmann
interested to take a look at the children’s home where who was driven out of Germany, lost Mameleben
eller
Bests
oder
I spent the first year of my life. »God forbid! Perish the nearly her entire family, and was ultimately das gestohlene Glück
happily reunited with her future husband,
thought,« she said, »if you want to go there, you’re on yet too often had to face her troubles alone.
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your own! The Swiss! That stuck-up lot, the way they
treated us. ›Ugh, the Jews!‹ Everyone else was in the
or: Stolen Joy
shelters during the air raids, we were the only ones that »Bergmann writes with Non-Fiction
256 pages, March 2023
stayed upstairs! They’d have loved it if we all bit the so much warmth and wit.«
dust.« Sabine Doering / Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
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michel bergmann, born in Riehen, near Basel, in 1945, the child of
interned Jewish refugees. He spent his early childhood in Paris and his
youth in Frankfurt. After his studies he trained with the Frankfurter
Rundschau before working as a journalist, then as a director and producer,
and since 1990 as a screenwriter (his credits include Otto – The Disaster
Movie and Bye Bye Germany). In 2010 he published his first novel, Die
Teilacher, and six subsequent volumes. Michel Bergmann lives near and
in Berlin.NON-FICTION
Monika Czernin / Melissa Müller
Fiesta, Arias. Nos vamos. A limousine pulls up outside
Picasso’s Hairdresser
the hairdressing salon on Vallauris’ main street. The voice
echoing from the passenger seat through the open shop
door belongs to Pablo Picasso. Arias, let’s go. Voy, voy – Countless people vied for Picasso’s atten-
tion – but he and Arias were genuinely close.
I’m coming. I just need to quickly take the curlers out of
A revised and expanded new edition pub-
this lady’s hair . . . and lock up. Minutes later, Eugenio lished to coincide with the fiftieth anniver-
Arias drops into the back seat of the car next to Jacqueline sary of the famous artist’s death, which
Roque and adjusts his beret. Nos vamos. is being celebrated across the globe with
festivals and exhibitions. Featuring a new
To the villagers in the café opposite, this scene – with foreword by André Heller.
Picasso in the starring role – must look staged. How can Includes previously little-known details
anybody keep him waiting, the king, the man who does about Picasso’s support of the Communist
party.
not find waiting at all amusing? Yet it is a ritual they have
performed for years, the overture to a special occasion. When Picasso meets hairdresser Eugenio Arias
The two Spaniards are going to a bullfight. To Fréjus, to in 1947, they develop a deep relationship. Monika Czernin
Nîmes, to Arles. It is principally their communist conviction Melissa Müller
that unites the two Spaniards in exile in the
South of France, but they also share a great
Picassos Friseur
We attended the corrida four or five times a year. Picasso Die Geschichte einer Freundschaft
love of bullfighting and a mischievous sense
always said to me, »Arias, bullfighting is the noblest sport of humour. Picasso’s Hairdresser not only Diogenes
in the world.« »And why is that?« I’d ask. »In bullfight- depicts the intense friendship between these
ing there is no compromise between the opponents. In two extraordinary men but also offers a
fresh look on the world-famous painter as
football or cycling you can take a bribe to let the other a generous and loyal companion.
A Story of Friendship, Politics and Passion
First published by Kiepenheuer & Witsch,
person win. But you can’t bribe a bull.« Cologne in 2001
With photographs, 288 pages, April 2023
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monika czernin, born in Klagenfurt in 1965, is a renowned Film rights are available.
international filmmaker and author. Her books about central
figures and watershed moments in European history are best-
sellers in Germany and Austria. Picasso’s Hairdresser
melissa müller, born in Vienna in 1967, is an author and has been published in 4 languages.
scriptwriter based in Munich. Her books are international best-
Photo: © Achim Bun
sellers, have been translated into more than 20 languages and
turned into award-winning screen adaptations.
Aside from Picasso’s Hairdresser, Monika Czernin and Melissa
Müller have worked together on several documentary films.NON-FICTION
»It is impressive how Friedrich Dönhoff manages
to portray a whole life in a small book and to characterise Friedrich Dönhoff
a personality without raising questions.«
Stefanie Theile / Stern viva!, Hamburg
Marius Müller-Westernhagen
The rise of an artist during the early days of
FRIEDRICH
FRIEDRICH DONHOFF
DONHOFF
West Germany and insights into his present
MARIUS
MARIUS MULLER-
MULLER-
FRIEDRICH DÖNHOFF • MARIUS MULLER-WESTERNHAGEN
day life.
Friedrich
Dönhoff
Die Welt ist so, Friedrich
This is the authorised portrait by Friedrich
Dönhoff, well-known for his distinctive
WESTERNHAGEN
WESTERNHAGEN
EIN PORTRAIT
EIN PORTRAIT
wie man sie Dönhoff
sieht Ein gutes Leben ist biographies.
Erinnerungen an
Marion Dönhoff
Bestseller die beste Antwort
Die Geschichte des Jerry Rosenstein
Diogenes Diogenes
Freiheit, Sexy, Lass uns leben, Wieder hier
are songs that anybody in Germany could
The World Is As You See It Living Well is the Best Revenge
Memories of Marion Dönhoff The Story of Jerry Rosenstein sing along to. But who is the artist behind
Non-Fiction, 2002 Non-Fiction, 2014 them? Through in-person conversations
with Friedrich Dönhoff, Marius Müller-
Westernhagen describes what motivates
Praise for Praise for Living Well is the Best Revenge:
him and what made him the person he is
The World Is As You See It:
»He is very good with biographical matter; today. He recalls the Germany of his child-
»Rarely have we been given you can tell from the precise descriptions hood, his early stage appearances in the
such a personal insight into of his crime characters. Dönhoff is a
sixties and later during a period of youth
Countess Marion Dönhoff.« pleasant conversational partner, and an
Die Zeit, Hamburg excellent listener, too. It is not surprising, revolt, as well as the beginnings of a new
that people trust him and open up to him.« kind of music that would change the world.
Annette Schwesig / Stuttgarter Zeitung DIOGENES
DIOGENES
»A wonderful book about
an unusual friendship and a
colourful life.« »An impressive narrative
»The audience can tell if A Portrait
about one, who, after a terrible youth
Leoni Jessica Hof / Bolero, Zurich With an afterword by Philipp Keel
found a good life.« you’re genuine or not, be it an audience
256 pages, December 2022
Kathrin Meier-Rust / NZZ am Sonntag, Zurich of three or thousands.«
Marius Müller-Westernhagen
friedrich dönhoff, born in Hamburg in 1967, grew up in Kenya. World rights are handled by Diogenes.
Having studied history and politics, he now writes novels and Film rights are available.
biographies, including the bestselling The World Is As You See It:
Memories of Marion Dönhoff. Friedrich Dönhoff lives in Hamburg.
marius müller-westernhagen, born in Düsseldorf in 1948,
is an actor and musician. For Mit Pfefferminz bin ich dein Prinz,
Photo: © Marvin Zilm
he was awarded his first gold record in 1978. Today Westernhagen
Photo: Olaf Heine
looks back on an extraordinary career in music with nine number
one albums. In 2022 he released his latest album, Das eine Leben.
He lives with his wife, Lindiwe Suttle Müller-Westernhagen, in
Berlin.NON-FICTION
Her Diaries and Notebooks:
The Literary Sensation of Autumn 2021
Patricia Highsmith
First serial in The New Yorker Her Diaries and Notebooks
The New York Years, 1941 –1950
»Every artist is in the business
for his health.«
Notebook, August 31st, 1966
PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
Before Alfred Hitchcock adapted Strangers
TAGE- UND NOTIZB ÜCHER
HERAUSGEGEBEN VON ANNA VON PLANTA
DIOGENES
on a Train; before Thomas Ripley snaked his
US edition UK edition French edition German edition way into the canon of psychological sus-
by Norton by Weidenfeld & Nicolson by Calmann-Lévy by Diogenes
pense; and before The Price of Salt became
a cult classic of romantic obsession, who
»The publishing event was Patricia Highsmith?
of the season [. . .]«
David Morán / ABC, Madrid
Focused on her formative years in Man-
hattan, this edition of Highsmith’s
»And what a journey she goes through, monumental Diaries and Notebooks
from 1941 until 1995, recreated
in an elliptic, even cryptic tone.«
reveals ›Pat‹ at her most passionate and
François Rivière Le Figaro Littéraire Paris
florescent. Beginning in 1941 at Barnard
College and encompassing the Texas
Italian edition Spanish edition
by La nave di Teseo by Anagrama
native’s adventurous twenties, The New
Rights sold: York Years intertwines scenes from her
Chinese/CN (Shanghai Translation) dizzying social life with an intimate self-
»Patricia Highsmith’s lacerating Diaries English/UK (Weidenfeld & Nicolson) portrait of a young artist.
and Notebooks, however, will be seen English/US (Norton)
as one of the great twentieth-century French (Calmann-Lévy)
artistic self-portraits.« Italian (La nave di Teseo)
Amid all the hangovers and the breakups, Edited by Anna von Planta
she read voraciously and honed her craft To be published by Norton/Liveright
Frances Wilson / New York Review of Books Korean (Plain Archive)
With photos and documents
Portuguese/BRA (Intrínseca) with verve. Laid bare in this perennial 688 pages, October 2023
Portuguese/PT (Relógio d’Água) reader’s edition are the bold, hilarious,
»A war chest beneath duvet covers.« Spanish/world (Anagrama)
romantic, tragic, and maddeningly con-
Didier Jacob / L'Obs, Paris
tradictory observations of one of »our
greatest modernist writers« (Gore Vidal). World rights are handled by Diogenes.
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Patricia Highsmith’s books
»[The early chapters] comprise one of have been published in 42 languages.
patricia highsmith (1921 – 1995), born in Texas, grew up and studied in
the most observant and ecstatic accounts
New York. She achieved worldwide success in 1950 with her debut novel
Strangers on a Train, made into the famous film by Alfred Hitchcock in 1951.
I’ve read – and it’s a crowded field! – about
The Talented Mr. Ripley, published in 1955, was awarded the ›Edgar Allan being young and alive in New York City.«
Poe Scroll‹ by the Mystery Writers of America and introduced the fascinat- Dwight Garner / The New York Times
ing anti-hero Tom Ripley.CHILDREN’S BOOK
Meyer & Meyer put up a riot in children’s book
with ingenious rhymes and wonderful illustrations. Timon Meyer / Julian Meyer
Good Night, Little Panda
50’000 copies sold
Bedtime made easy: help your little ones
drift off to sleep with the little panda. The
latest hit by Timon & Julian Meyer is a gentle
good-night story and a fun interactive book
all rolled into one.
Bear & Hippo on Holiday Bear & Hippo in the Snow Bear & Hippo Celebrate a Birthday
26 pages, 18 × 15 cm 24 pages, 18 × 15 cm 24 pages, 18 × 15 cm Back at last: the little panda from the
2020 2020 2021 beloved children’s book Not Today.
Bedtime is often anything but peaceful –
there’s still so much to do and to tell, so
much that’s happened during the day, and
so much to catch the attention of little
Children’s Book
readers. Luckily, the panda feels exactly 32 pages, 25 × 19 cm, March 2023
the same way, making this book the perfect
companion for the daily bedtime ritual.
Bear ♥ Hippo Not Today Rolf Bugles Paul’s Garden
24 pages, 18 × 15 cm 32 pages, 19 × 25 cm 32 pages, 19 × 25 cm 32 pages, 19 × 25 cm
2022 2020 2020 2021 Our dear little Panda has had quite the day: World rights are handled by Diogenes.
There was lots of adventure and laughter Film rights are available.
Dasgroße
Das großeKnuddeln
Knuddeln and play.
TIMON MEYER/JULIAN MEYER · DAS GROSSE KNUDDELN
Timon
Timon Meyer
Meyer Julian
Julian MeyerMeyer
And now our Panda is all tuckered out,
So he brushes his teeth
and he washes his snout.
Picks his favorite pillow,
DIOGENES
DIOGENES
the one that’s bright red,
The Big Cuddle Oodles of Poodles And finally snuggles himself into bed.
48 pages, 30 × 25 cm 32 pages, 24 × 17 cm,
2021 2022 With his most beloved plushie
and also his blankie
In the hopes that tomorrow
he won’t wake up cranky.
timon meyer, born near Stuttgart in 1977, is a freelance author
Photo: © Kaya Wielopolski
Photo: © Nikolaus Urban
and artist who lives with his family in Queens, New York. Above
all else, he loves writing for children.
julian meyer, born in Lower Saxony in 1983, was a carpenter
before going on to study illustration in Münster. He has worked
as a freelance illustrator since 2017. Julian Meyer has a daughter
and lives in Hamburg.CHILDREN’S BOOK
»A declaration of love to imagination.«
Thomas Barth / Stuttgarter Nachrichten
Helme Heine
Mini
Helme Heine Helme Heine
Hans und Henriette Die Abenteurer
Little mice need big adventures.
HELME HEINE
Helme Heine is up to his old tricks. A tale
of courage – and why we should all be less
afraid to try new things. Lovingly written
Keine Angst vor großen Tieren
and brilliantly illustrated.
Diogenes Diogenes
Life gets so boring if you never think out-
Sauerkraut Hans and Henriette The Adventurers
176 pages, 22 × 27 cm, 1992 28 pages, 22 × 27.5 cm, 1993 28 pages, 22 × 27.5 cm, 1994
side the box! That’s Mini’s opinion, any-
way. She lives in the basement, way down
under the stairs. Unlike young Mini, Mum
HELME HEINE and Dad worry constantly. The world
outside the mousehole is riddled with peril.
Yet Mini refuses to be deterred. Bold and
determined, she sets out again and again in
Praise for My Friend RamTamTam: search of like-minded friends, finding that
»And we find ourselves leafing again
other little adventurers do exist after all. DIOGENES
Mein Freund
and again through the sensitively
RamTamTam designed pages of this enchanting No Fear of Big Animals
children’s title.« Children’s Book
DIOGENES
Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Essen 36 pages, 22 × 27.5 cm, April 2023
My Friend RamTamTam
36 pages, 22 × 27.5 cm, 2021
»Clever and wonderful.«
Katja Kraft / Münchner Merkur, Munich
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Turkish (İthaki Çocuk)
Helme Heine’s books
have been published in 36 languages.
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helme heine, born in Berlin in 1941, has authored more than thirty
children’s books, with millions of copies sold around the world. Since
publishing his first children’s book in 1976, Helme Heine has received
numerous awards and honours, including the ›Grand Prize of the
German Academy of Children’s and Young Adults’ Literature‹ (1991 for
his life’s work), and the ›Best Illustrated Children’s Books of the Year‹
by the New York Times on a number of occasions.CHILDREN’S BOOK
»Ute Krause’s captivating illustrations and
her imaginative powers of observation are fascinating.« Ute Krause
Booklist, Chicago
The Moffels
Clever rhymes and wonderfully whimsical
UTE KRAUSE
UTE KRAUSE
Der Löwe
illustrations – the rediscovery of a children’s
UTE KRAUSE · DIE MOFFELS
auf dem
Dachboden classic. DIOGENES
»The fact that this subtle
yet topical story comes across Most of all, the moffels like to sleep all day
in such a cheerful and long. Only after midnight, when people
entertaining way owes much are dreaming, do the moffels come out.
to Ute Krause’s splendid They clamber over roofs, wander through
illustrations of her own text.«
DIOGENES empty streets, pass by the bakery and the
Silke Bartlick / Deutsche Welle, Berlin
school, end up at the department store and
The Lion in the Attic
32 pages, 25 × 23 cm, 1998 / 2021 the zoo, but they can’t find what they’re
»A picture book filled looking for: a hooman, as the moffels call First published in 1991
with poetry and wisdom.«
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humans. After all, night is when humans Children’s Book
Tiroler Tageszeitung, Innsbruck 32 pages, 30.4 × 23 cm, March 2023
are asleep . . .
Chinese/CN (TB Publishing)
»Ute Krause has created these gloriously World rights are handled by Diogenes.
lazy inventions and described them in
humorous verse. Children will have lots of Ute Krause’s books
fun with these creatures.« have been published in 8 languages.
Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin
ute krause, born in Berlin in 1960, has illustrated a large number
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of books, including Leopoldo and the Mountain of Books by
Susanna Tamaro. She has also written two children’s books published
by Diogenes, The Lion in the Attic and Nora and the Great Bear.You can also read
