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    Foreign Rights List — Autumn 2021

                             est• 1952

 Stefanie vor Schulte
      Boy with a
    Black Rooster
Diogenes - Stefanie vor Schulte Boy with a Black Rooster - Diogenes Verlag
Bernhard Schlink
                                                                                                           Colours of Farewell
»In a sense, this book is a detailed gaze      »These stories really pack a punch,      Bernhard Schlink’s third major collection of stories, after Flights of Love and Summer Lies
 at our living conditions; it debates, in     and have great depth. Whether they’re
different ways, the question of how we            about lies, betrayal or guilt.«                                   #1 Spiegel Bestseller upon publication
            want to coexist.«                              Torsten Hunger                                  15 weeks among the top 20 of the Spiegel Bestseller List
                 Nico Hofmann                            MDR Thüringen, Erfurt
         Die Zeit Newsletter, Hamburg

                                                                                                                                        Bernhard Schlink Abschiedsfarben
»30 pages sometimes have the intensity        »His prose is accessible to any reader;
  of an entire novel. Far from being                written in a clear, calmly
 mere entertainment, these stories are         flowing language that doesn’t need
          deeply profound.«                             stylistic effects.«
              Rainer Hartmann                                Ursula März
              SWR 1, Stuttgart                      Deutschlandfunk Kultur, Cologne

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                                                                                            Azerbaijanian (Qanun)
                                                                                                                                                                              Bernhard
                                                                                            Catalan (Enciclopèdia Catalana)
                                                                                                                                                                               Schlink
                                                                                            Chinese/CN (Yilin)                                                             Abschiedsfarben
 »Schlink possesses an unmistakable              »There are few authors who can
                                                                                            Czech (Euromedia)                                                                                                 er
sense for unexpected turns of events,           fill the pages of a book with such                                                                                                                      stsell
                                                                                            Dutch (Cossee)                                                                                        # 1 Be
      for drama and suspense.«                           simple elegance.«
                                                                                            Finnish (WSOY)                                                                         Diogenes
               Lothar Schröder                               Günter Keil
          Rheinische Post, Düsseldorf                Landshuter Zeitung, Landshut           French (Gallimard)
                                                                                                                                                                                      Novel
                                                                                            Greek (Kritiki)                                                                 224 pages, September 2021
                                                                                            Italian (Neri Pozza)
                                                                                            Japanese (Shinchosha)                                                                   Stories
                                                                                            Macedonian (Ili-Ili)                                                               272 pages, 2020
                                                                                            Romanian (Polirom)
                                                                                            Russian (Azbooka-Atticus)
   »This book, luminous in its many             »Bernhard Schlink understand
  nuances, immediately captures the           how to put a whole life into the small        Serbian (Plato)
     reader and doesn’t let go.«                       shape of a story.«                   Spanish/world (Anagrama)
               Janina Fleischer                             Britta Helmbold                 Turkish (Dogan)                                                       World rights are handled by Diogenes.
   Hannoversche Allgemeine Zeitung, Hanover           Ruhr Nachrichten, Dortmund            Vietnamese (Nha Nam)                                                        Film rights are available.

                                                                                                     Bernhard Schlink’s books have been published in 55 languages.
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                                                                                                                                      Stefanie vor Schulte
                                                                                                                                     Boy with a Black Rooster
When the painter comes to make an altarpiece for the
church, Martin knows that by the end of the winter,
he’ll be leaving with him. He’ll go with him and not                                                                   An extraordinary debut and literary
give even a backward glance.                                                                                           masterstroke.

                                                                                                                                                                       Stefanie vor Schulte Junge mit schwarzem Hahn
                                                                                                                       An eleven-year-old boy with all the wisdom
The people in the village have spoken often about the                                                                  of the world shows us that with common
painter. Now he’s there, and he wants to get inside the                                                                sense, courage and a pure heart, we can
                                                                                                                       change the world.
church, but the key is missing. The three most out-
                                                                                                                       A novel about an era filled with superstition
spoken men in the village – Henning, Seidel and Sattler –                                                              and tyranny, which isn’t as bygone as it
search for the key, crawling through the rose hips in                                                                  seems.
front of the church gate. The wind billows their shirts                                                                Eleven-year-old Martin has nothing but
and trousers and pulls their hair back and forth.                                                                      the shirt on his back, and a black rooster
                                                                                                                       which is both a protector and a friend. The
In between searches, the men rattle the church door.
In turn. Because maybe the other one shook it the
                                                                                                                       villagers steer clear of the boy, finding
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Stefanie
                                                                                                                       him strange; far too smart and kind. They
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              vor Schulte
wrong way, after all. Each time, they are amazed that                                                                  would rather mistreat him than acknowl-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Junge mit
                                                                                                                       edge his talents. When Martin meets a
the door is still locked.                                                                                              travelling painter and seizes the chance to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                           schwarzem Hahn
                                                                                                                       leave the village with him, he is led into
The painter stands by, watching and grinning cheekily,                                                                 a terrible world which, thanks to his com-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Roman · Diogenes

with his shabby possessions beside him. They had                                                                       passion and understanding, he is able to
probably imagined him differently, but painters don’t                                                                  resist, becoming a saviour for those even
                                                                                                                       more innocent than he is.                                                                                       Novel
fall from the sky around these parts. Especially not                                                                                                                                                                         224 pages, September 2021

now, in the war.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Film rights are available.
                                                                               Photo: Gene Glover /© Diogenes Verlag

          stefanie vor schulte was born in Hanover in 1974 and studied
          Theatre- and Costume Design. She lives in Marburg with her husband
          and four children. Boy with a Black Rooster is her first novel.
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                                                                                                                                              Louise Brown
As a funeral orator, one of my roles is to hold and bear
                                                                                                                                        What Remains When We Die
the stories that are entrusted to me about the deceased.
Sometimes that also means listening to stories which,
on any other occasion, would strike me as absurd, but                                                                           What makes a life?

which seem perfectly logical as a mourner. Over time,                                                                           The journalist and podcaster on her work as

                                                                                                                                                                               WAS BLEIBT, WENN WIR STERBEN
                                                                                                                                a funeral orator – and on how to make
I learnt how comforting these inexplicable moments                                                                              peace with mortality, in a book filled with
can be to someone who is grieving. They make us feel                                                                            warmth and humanity.
connected with a world that can often seem cold and                                                                             After the death of her parents, the journal-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 LOUISE BROWN

strange in the midst of grief. The sun that shines through                                                                      ist Louise Brown tries to extract something
the circular window at the beginning of the funeral                                                                             meaningful from the finitude of life. She                                             WAS
service, directly onto the urn of a sun worshiper.
                                                                                                                                becomes a funeral orator, and a witness to
                                                                                                                                what remains of us when we die. This
                                                                                                                                                                                                                        BLEIBT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             WENN WIR STERBEN
                                                                                                                                alters her perspective not only on death,
The rain that stops at a live concert at the very moment                                                                        but on life too. She gifts us with unforget-

                                                                                                                                                                               LOUISE BROWN
when the band begins to play a deceased girlfriend’s                                                                            table images, reminding us of what makes
                                                                                                                                us human. A reassuring and liberating
favourite song. It’s often the natural world that sends                                                                         book which encourages the reader to focus
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  ERFAHRUNGEN EINER TRAUERREDNERIN

us messages of comfort: the roses that bloom longer                                                                             on the things that matter in life.
than usual in a man’s garden, bringing him joy on his
deathbed. The butterfly that flutters into the chapel                                                                                                                                                                        DIOGENES

during a farewell service, coming to rest on an urn that
has been decorated with a butterfly design. These are
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Non-Fiction
the small miracles with which everyday life seems to gift                                                                                                                                                             208 pages, October 2021
us when we need them most; or to which we are parti-
cularly sensitive while we mourn, when the once-familiar
world suddenly seems unfamiliar.                                                                                                                                                                              World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                                                                                        Photo: Gene Glover /© Diogenes Verlag

          louise brown was born in London in 1975 and moved with her family
          to East Holstein in northern Germany as a teenager. She studied Political
          Science in northern England, Kiel and Berlin. She is a journalist and has
          also been a funeral orator in Hamburg for five years, where she facilitates
          the first ›Death Café‹. In her podcast My Perfect Burial she talks to
          people about how they want to say their goodbyes. Louise Brown lives
          in Hamburg with her partner, two children and a dog.
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                                                                                                         Hebrew (Keter)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       the literary concept of Daniela Krien,
                                                                                                     Hungarian (Maxim)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                              the familiar truthfulness
                                                                                                      Italian (Corbaccio)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  of her characters,
                                                                                                     Lithuanian (Gelmes)                                                                                                                                                                                  Novel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                             their touching intimacy.«
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                                                                                                   Romanian (Humanitas)
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                                                                                                 Swedish (Louise Bäckelin)                                                                                                                                                                       Film rights are available
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Daniela Krien’s books
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          have been published in 25 languages.

                      daniela krien, born in Neu-Kaliß, Germany, in 1975, studied commu-
                      nication, media, and cultural studies in Leipzig. Since 2010 she has been a
                      freelance writer. Her debut novel Someday We’ll Tell Each Other Everything
                      has been published in 18 languages. Her novel Love in Case of Emergency
                      was a number 1 Spiegel bestseller. Daniela Krien lives in Leipzig with her
                      two daughters.
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            »There is charm, irony, and undeniable elegance
        in Martin Suter’s novels, who is probably one of the best                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              Martin Suter
                        contemporary authors.«
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                One of You

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                The story of someone who never felt
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                special – and thus became someone special.

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                Der Teufel                                                      2014 World Cup Final in Rio, is the hero
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               Small World                               The Dark Side                                  A Perfect Friend                             Lila, Lila                                                  A Deal
               Novel, 1997                                of the Moon                                     Novel, 2002                               Novel, 2004                                               with the Devil                                                    point made him unlikely to become a
              Movie Adaptation                            Novel, 2000                                   Movie Adaptation                           Movie Adaptation                                            Novel, 2006                                                      great footballer, and he tells us how Basti,
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                through his joy and determination,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                achieved immense success regardless.

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                The Last                                   The Chef                                       The Time,                                 Montecristo                                                 Elephant
                Weynfeldt                                 Novel, 2010                                     the Time                                  Novel, 2015                                                Novel, 2017
               Novel, 2008                               Movie Adaptation                                Novel, 2012
               TV Adaptation
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Novel
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    288 pages, October 2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             World rights are handled by Diogenes.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Martin Suter’s books
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             have been published in 35 languages.

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                                             martin suter, born in Zurich in 1948, is a writer, columnist and screen-
                                             play author. Until 1991 he worked as a creative director in advertising,
                                             before deciding to focus exclusively on writing. His novels (most recently
                                             Elephant and Allmen and the Koi) and his Business Class stories enjoy
                                             international success. Martin Suter and his family live in Zurich.
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           »The incredible biography of William James Sidis.
           Material crying out for a Hollywood adaptation.«                                                                                                                                                          Klaus Cäsar Zehrer
                                 Dirk Kruse / Bayerischer Rundfunk, Munich                                                                                                                                           The Terrible Zebra

                                               Klaus Cäsar Zehrer Das Genie
                                                                                                                                                                                                 What to do when the present moment
                                                                                                                                                                                                 is too serious? Take a comic look back
                                                                                                                                                                                                 at the past!
                                                                              Klaus Cäsar                                                                                                        An extraordinary gift book with wonderful
                                                                                Zehrer
                                                                               Das Genie                                  Rights sold:                                                           discoveries from old photo albums, worked
                                                                                                                Hungarian (Könyvmolyképzö)                                                       into droll, headstrong, playful texts in a
                                                                               Roman · Diogenes                       Serbian (Plato)                                                            variety of voices.

                                                                                                                                                                                                 Old photos that inspire the imagination of
                                                                              The Genius
                                                                                                                                                                                                 the contemporary viewer in a captivating
                                                                              Novel, 2017
                                                                                                                                                                                                 way. Veering from strange to touching,
                                                                                                                                                                                                 they continually pose the question: What
»The incredible story of William James Sidis’                                                                »A great joy to read –                                                              on earth was going on? Klaus Cäsar Zehrer
 life, a genius, rebel and a visionary ahead                                                          researched in an outstanding way,                                                          was inspired by pictures like these to create
   of his time. Klaus Cäsar Zehrer wrote an                                                        told in a virtuoso manner and explosive                                                                                                                   ..
                                                                                                                                                                                                 short stories, scenes and poems – from               Klaus Ca sar Zehrer
  outstanding book, as funny as it is clever                                                               in terms of social policy.«                                                           tender to ruthless, from poetic to unre-           Das schreckliche Zebra
           and surprisingly topical.«                                                                  Antje Liebsch / Brigitte Woman, Hamburg
                                                                                                                                                                                                 servedly silly. And Shakespeare’s 155th love            fotos und ihre geschichten
                   Benedict Wells
                                                                                                                                                                                                 sonnet is in there too.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 diogenes
                                                                                                    »Klaus Cäsar Zehrer’s debut The Genius
»Klaus Cäsar Zehrer wrote a fabulous novel,                                                       is a magnificent skilfully-composed novel
           clever and thrilling.«                                                                           based on true events.«
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Photos and Their Stories
          Alexander Kissler / Cicero, Berlin                                                               Kester Schlenz / Stern, Hamburg                                                                                                              192 pages, November 2021

  »The Genius is an impressive biographic                                                               »An elegant biographical novel
      story, surprisingly densely told                                                              in the same league as a John Irving.«
   on more than 650 pages, a more than                                                                       Hans Mentz / Titanic, Berlin
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 World rights are handled by Diogenes.
         successful debut novel.«
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Film rights are available.
        Peter Budig / Nürnberger Nachrichten

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Klaus Cäsar Zehrer’s books
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 have been published in 3 languages.
                                                                                                                                                 Photo: Steffi Roßdeutscher/ © Diogenes Verlag

                         klaus cäsar zehrer, born in Schwabach in 1969, lives in Berlin as a
                         freelance writer, editor and translator. His first book with Diogenes Verlag,
                         The Genius, was named the best debut novel of 2017 by the literary blog-
                         ging collective ›Das Debüt‹. Zehrer has a doctorate in Cultural Studies, and
                         edited, together with Robert Gernhardt, the classic work of comic verse
                         Hell und Schnell. He also plays for the German national writers’ football team.
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       »We need the poets' gaze on the world in order
    to understand and bear it. Jägersberg has this gaze.«                                                                                                                                                                 Otto Jägersberg
                                                             Elke Heidenreich                                                                                                                                                Piano Bar

                                                                                                                                                                                               New prose by Otto Jägersberg.

                                                                                                  Otto Jägersberg Liebe auf den ersten Blick
                                                                                                                                                                                               Linguistic brilliance in short form.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Otto Jägersberg Pianobar
          Otto
                                              Otto
                                                                                                                                                                                               In the piano bar, anything can happen:
       Jägersberg
                                           Jägersberg
       Weihrauch                             Keine                                                                                                    Otto                                     strange characters come through the door,
          und                                 zehn                        Otto Jägersberg                                                         Jägersberg
      Pumpernickel                           Pferde                          Die Frau                                                            Liebe auf den                                 stories and anecdotes are told, bon mots
        Ein westpfählisches
                                                                           des Croupiers                                                          ersten Blick
                                                                                                                                                                                               and philosophical insights shared. The bar-
             Sittenbild
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                                            Gedichte · Diogenes
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                                                                                                                                                                                               tender mixes adventurous drinks and the
        Incense and                          Poems                      The Croupier’s Wife                                                    Love at First Sight                             pianist strange notes with familiar melodies.
       Pumpernickel                        Poems, 2015                     Stories, 2016                                                          Prose, 2019
         Novel, 1964
                                                                                                                                                                                               The armchair at the back of the bar is the
                                                                                                                                                                                               perfect place for Otto Jägersberg to watch
                                                                                                                                                                                               the world in his uniquely precise way.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Otto
  »How does Otto Jägersberg write?                                           »Four- or five-hundred-page epics:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Jägersberg
 Well, you can enjoy his lines of poetry                                yet so swiftly devoured! Jägersberg’s prose                                                                                                                                                               Pianobar
and prose in sips, but you may become                                    in Love at First Sight, by contrast, is short,
    tipsy quite fast in the process.«                                   shorter, the shortest. And it stays with you
     Frank Lorentz / Welt am Sonntag, Berlin                                        for a very long time.«
                                                                                   Frank Schäfer / Zeit Online, Hamburg                                                                                                                                                                Diogenes

                               »It is a pleasure to follow this wandering rascal.«
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Prose
                                                  Nils Jensen / Buchkultur, Vienna
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                288 pages, November 2021

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Film rights are available.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Otto Jägersberg’s books
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          have been published in 3 languages.
                                                                                                                                                                     Photo: © Margrit Müller

                              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.
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    »Hansjörg Schneider pours his experiences into simple
  sentences that are perfectly clear, yet always slyly poetic.«                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Hansjörg Schneider
                                                                                                               Sibylle Birrer / NZZ, Zurich                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        The Owl over the Rhine
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Writing with outstretched wings. By the
                                                                                                                                     Hansjörg                                       Hansjörg                                                                                                    Hansjörg                                                                          author of the bestselling Inspector Hunkeler
            • Silberkiesel

                                        Hansjörg                                    Hansjörg                                         Schneider                                      Schneider                                                                                                   Schneider
                                                                                    Schneider
                                       Schneider
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  series.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Hansjörg Schneider Die Eule über dem Rhein
                                                                                                                                     Das Paar                                          Tod                                                                                                      Hunkeler
                                       Silberkiesel                                Flattermann                                                                                                                                                                                                 macht Sachen
                                                                                                                                      im Kahn                                      einer Ärztin
                Hansjörg Schneider

                                                                                     Hunkelers zweiter Fall
                                         Hunkelers erster Fall                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Der fünfte Fall
                                                                                                                                      Hunkelers dritter Fall                       Hunkelers vierter Fall

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Sometimes angry, sometimes tender,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  always laconic.
                                     Silver Pebbles                             The Fluttering Man                                   The Couple                            Death of a Doctor                                                                                                    Hunkeler
                                      Novel, 1993                                  Novel, 1995                                      on the Barge                             Novel, 2001                                                                                                      Messes around                                                                       Hansjörg Schneider is a master of the short
                                                                                                                                     Novel, 1999                                                                                                                                               Novel, 2004
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  form. The Owl over the Rhine collates
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  the most wonderful of his texts from the

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Hansjörg Schneider Hunkeler in der Wildnis
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  last 20 years: a homage to his chosen
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  home of Basel appears alongside memories
                                        Hansjörg
                                        Schneider
                                                                                     Hansjörg
                                                                                     Schneider
                                                                                                                                      Hansjörg
                                                                                                                                     Schneider
                                                                                                                                                                                    Hansjörg
                                                                                                                                                                                   Schneider                                                                                                      Hansjörg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  of his childhood in rural Aargau, together
                                        Hunkeler
                                       und der Fall
                                                                                     Hunkeler
                                                                                      und die
                                                                                                                                    Hunkeler und
                                                                                                                                      die Augen
                                                                                                                                                                                   Hunkelers
                                                                                                                                                                                   Geheimnis                                             eller
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Schneider
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Hunkeler          tselle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           r                                                      with observations of people and everyday
                                          Livius                                   goldene Hand                                                                                                                                     Bests                                                      in der Wildnis
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            # 1 Bes

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Hansjörg
                                                                                                                                     des Ödipus                                       Der neunte Fall
                                         Der sechste Fall

                                        Roman · Diogenes
                                                                                      Der siebte Fall

                                                                                     Roman · Diogenes                                  Roman · Diogenes                              Roman · Diogenes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Der zehnte Fall

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  scenes, texts about nature and jazz, about
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  dialect as a secret language and the perils
                                      Hunkeler and                                Hunkeler and                              Hunkeler and                                    Hunkeler’s Secret                                                                                                 Hunkeler in the                                                                     of technology, about actors, artists, the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Schneider
                                     the Livius Case
                                       Novel, 2007
                                                                                the ›Golden Hand‹
                                                                                   Novel, 2008
                                                                                                                         the Eyes of Oedipus
                                                                                                                             Novel, 2010
                                                                                                                                                                              Novel, 2015                                                                                                      Wilderness
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Novel, 2020                                                                        literati and his own writing.                                                                    Die Eule über
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    dem Rhein
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Diogenes
                                                                                                                                                                                                Hansjörg Schneider Kind der Aare

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         »Hansjörg Schneider narrates
   Hansjörg
   Schneider                                                      Hansjörg                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        with a melancholic ease which is indifferent
                                                                  Schneider
   Nachtbuch
   für Astrid                                                      Nilpferde                                     Hansjörg
                                                                                                                Schneider
                                                                                                                                                                Hansjörg
                                                                                                                                                                Schneider                                                                                                                                                 Hansjörg                                                       to all the noise in the world.«
  Von der Liebe, vom Sterben,
 vom Tod und von der Trauer                                         unter
                                                                                                                Das Wasser-                                     Lieber Leo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Hansjörg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Schneider                                                                           Schneider                                                                                                                                                          Stories
darüber, den geliebten Menschen
                                                                  dem Haus                                                                                                                                                                                ler                                                            Im Café und                                                      Volker Albers / Hamburger Abendblatt
      verloren zu haben
                                                                                                                  zeichen                                                                                                            Kind der AareBestsel                                                                                                                                                                                                                            240 pages, October 2021
          Diogenes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        auf der Straße
                                                                     Diogenes                                    Roman · Diogenes                               Roman · Diogenes                                                            Diogenes                                                                        Diogenes

Night Book                                                       Hippos under                                 The Watermark                                     Dear Leo                                                           Child of the Aare                                                                   In the Café and
 for Astrid                                                       the House                                     Novel, 2013                                    Novel, 2016                                                           Novel, 2018                                                                         on the Street
Diary, 2000                                                       Diary, 2012                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Stories, 2019
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Film rights are available.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Hansjörg Schneider’s books
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Photo: Philipp Keel /© Diogenes Verlag

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              have been published in 10 languages.

                                                                     hansjörg schneider, born in Aarau, Switzerland, in 1938, worked as                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Application for translation support
                                                                     a teacher and journalist. For a long time, he was one of the most performed                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   possible with Pro Helvetia.
                                                                     playwrights in the German language and his Hunkeler crime novels are
                                                                     regularly on the Swiss Bestseller list. Hansjörg Schneider has received
                                                                     numerous awards, among them the ›Friedrich Glauser Prize‹ in 2005.
                                                                     He lives and writes in Basel.
Diogenes - Stefanie vor Schulte Boy with a Black Rooster - Diogenes Verlag
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              Patricia Highsmith on big and small screens
                                                                                                                                                         Patricia Highsmith
                                                                                                                                                      Her Diaries and Notebooks
                                                                                                                                                   »Every artist is in the business
                                                                                                                                                           for his health«
                                                                                                                                                        Notebook, August 31st, 1966

              Patricia                                                      Patricia
             Highsmith                                                    Highsmith
                Tiefe                                                    Der talentierte
              Wasser                                                       Mr. Ripley                                                      The many lives and loves of a highly wilful
                                                                                                                                           and strong, yet also frail woman – in her
                                                                            Roman · Diogenes
              Roman · Diogenes

                                                                                                                                           own words.
               Deep Water                                             The Talented Mr. Ripley
         First published in 1957                                      First published in 1955                                              For the centenary year of Patricia Highsmith’s
                                                                                                                                           birth, the legendary author’s personal
                                                                                                                                           journals will be available to the public for
Movie adaptation to be released                             The Ripley TV Series                                                           the first time.
in August 2021:                                             The US adaptation for the TV series
                                                                                                                                           As much as Patricia Highsmith wrote, there
Cast: Ben Affleck, Ana de Armas                             with Showtime will be based on
                                                                                                                                           is one thing she always left out: herself.
Director: Adrian Lyne                                       Patricia Highsmith’s five Ripley novels.
                                                                                                                                           So it was a sensation when, after her death
(9 1/2 Weeks, Fatal Attraction)                             Cast: Andrew Scott (Fleabag),
                                                                                                                                           in 1995, 18 journals and 38 notebooks were
Script: Zack Helm and Sam Levinson                          Dakota Fanning, Johnny Flynn (The Dig)
                                                                                                                                           found in her linen cupboard, written in
Production: Entertainment 360 /                             Director and screenplay: Steven Zaillian
                                                                                                                                           without interruption since her college days.
New Regency Pictures                                        (Hannibal, Schindler’s List, The Night Of)
                                                                                                                                           A woman who travelled around half the
Executive Producers: Steven Zaillian,                       Production: Entertainment 360 /
                                                                                                                                           world, lived at least two lives simultaneously
Garrett Basch, Guymon Casady,                               Endemol Shine, North America
                                                                                                                                           and, from a cool half-distance, penned psy-
Ben Forkner, Anthony Katagas,                               Shooting of the first season is postponed                                                                                              Edited by Anna von Planta
                                                                                                                                           chological novels about fundamental themes             With photos and documents
Arnon Milchan, and Philipp Keel                             to the second half of 2021.
                                                                                                                                           like love, alienation and murder.                      1152 pages, November 2021

           Deep Water                                              The Talented Mr. Ripley                                                                                                  World rights are handled by Diogenes.
has been published in 24 languages.                          has been published in 39 languages.                                                                                                  Film rights are available.
                                                                                                                                               »It promises to be one of the literary
                                                                                                                                                                                                Patricia Highsmith’s books
                                                                                                                                                highlights of 2021 — publication of
                                                                                                                                                                                            have been published in 41 languages.
                                                                                                                                                 the diaries of Patricia Highsmith,
                                                                                                                                              one of the most conflicted, fascinating
                                                                                                                                                   novelists of the 20th century.«                         Rights sold:
                                                                                                         Photo: © Archiv Diogenes Verlag

                                                                                                                                                   Edward Helmore / The Guardian, London        Chinese/CN (Shanghai Translation)
                                                                                                                                                                                                English/UK (Weidenfeld & Nicolson)
                          patricia highsmith (1921 – 1995) born in Texas, grew up and studied in                                                                                                       English/USA (Norton)
                          New York. She achieved worldwide success in 1950 with her debut novel                                                                                                       French (Calmann-Lévy)
                          Strangers on a Train, made into the famous film by Alfred Hitchcock in                                                                                                     Italian (La nave di Teseo)
                          1951. The Talented Mr. Ripley, published in 1955, was awarded the ›Edgar
                                                                                                                                                                                                   Portuguese/BRA (Intrínseca)
                          Allan Poe Scroll‹ by the Mystery Writers of America and introduced the
                                                                                                                                                                                                    Spanish/world (Anagrama)
                          fascinating anti-hero Tom Ripley.
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                                                                  »Whatever he wrote left its mark.«
                                                                                                                                                     Der Spiegel, Hamburg
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Jörg Fauser
 Jörg Fauser Der Schneemann
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Kant

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Jörg Fauser
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Die Tournee
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          The ›scene thriller‹ is finally available
                                        Jörg Fauser                                                                                             Jörg Fauser                                                                                                   Jörg Fauser
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          as a single volume again.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Roman aus dem Nachlaß
                                       Der Schneemann                                                                                               Rohstoff                                                                                                        Das
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Schlangenmaul

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Jörg Fauser Kant
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          With a foreword by Helene Hegemann.
                                             Roman · Diogenes                                                                                      Roman · Diogenes                                                                                              Roman · Diogenes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Diogenes

                                       The Snowman                                                                                             Raw Material                                                                                                 The Snake Mouth                                                       The Tour
                                      Novel, 1981/2020                                                                                        Novel, 1984/2019                                                                                              Novel, 1985/2019                                                    Posthumous                                                Hezekiel Kant, private detective (with ever
                                       Movie Adaptation                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         novel, 2007                                               had) and suave anti-hero, is tasked with
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          keeping a close eye on the wholesale chain
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          SPUMEX. Are they making money with
                                                                                                                                                                 Jörg Fauser Alles muss ganz anders werden
                                                             Jörg Fauser Das Weiße im Auge

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          drugs, cut wine, or just vegetables? Since he
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          gambled away his advance payment before
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          even agreeing to the job, and the client’s
                                                                                              Jörg Fauser                                                                                                     Jörg Fauser                                                              Jörg Fauser
                                                                                             Das Weiße im Auge
                                                                                                Erzählungen 1980 – 87
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Alles muss
                                                                                                                                                                                                             ganz anders werden
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Rohstoff
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Elements
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          daughter has apparently been kidnapped,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          he allows himself to be drawn into the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Erzählungen 1975 – 79

                                                                                                     Diogenes                                                                                                         Diogenes                                                             Diogenes

                                                                             The White of the Eye                                                                                       Everything Must Be                                                                            Raw Material –
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          dangerous game.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Jörg Fauser
                                                                                 Stories, 2021                                                                                         Completely Different
                                                                                                                                                                                         Stories and Prose,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Elements
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Early Prose and                                                                                                                                                                      Kant
                                                                                                                                                                                                2020                                                                                   Poems, 2019

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   »Fauser had style, in life
Jörg Fauser Was überlebt, ist schön

                                                                                                              Jörg Fauser Eine Freundschaft

                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Jörg Fauser Caliban Berlin

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Jörg Fauser Marlon Brando

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     and in his literature.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Erzählung · Diogenes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Fauser had the legend.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     He was the champ.«
                                        Jörg Fauser                                                                                              Jörg Fauser                                                                                                  Jörg Fauser                                                       Jörg Fauser                                                          Ulf Miehe / Stern, Hamburg
                                        Der Klub, in dem                                                                                        Carl Weissner                                                                                                  Caliban Berlin                                                    Marlon Brando
                                         wir alle spielen
                                         Über den Zustand der Literatur
                                                                                                                                                Eine Freundschaft                                                                                                Kolumnen 1980 – 84                                           Der versilberte Rebell
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Eine Biographie
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Story
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    112 pages, November 2021
                                                                                                                                                    Briefe 1971 – 87

                                                  Diogenes                                                                                            Diogenes                                                                                                       Diogenes                                                          Diogenes

                                      The Club We All                                                                                           A Friendship                                                                                                 Caliban Berlin                            Marlon Brando.
                                          Play In                                                                                               Letters, 2021                                                                                                Columns, 2019                         The Silver-Plated Rebel
                                        Essays and                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Biography, 1978/2020
                                       Reviews, 2020
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Film rights are available.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Jörg Fauser’s books
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             have been published in 9 languages.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Photo: © Archiv Gabriele Fause

                                                                     jörg fauser (1944 – 1987) was born near Frankfurt. After dropping out
                                                                     of university, he spent some years living in Istanbul and London, making
                                                                     a living in office jobs, as an airport worker and night watchman, among other
                                                                     things. In 1974, he switched to writing. His novels, poems, newspaper arti-
                                                                     cles and short stories occupy an exceptional position in German literature.
                                                                     Jörg Fauser died in an accident on a motorway near Munich on the night
                                                                     after his birthday.
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»One of the 10 best modern European crime writers.«
                                                                       Brian Oliver / The Observer, London
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Petros Markaris
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               The Melody of Money

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The master of European crime fiction:
              Petros
             Markaris
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           in the top ten of the bestseller lists in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Petros
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Greece, Italy and Spain.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Petros Markaris Das Lied des Geldes
              Hellas                                                                                                                                                        Petros                                                                                 Markaris
             Channel                                                                                                                                                       Markaris                                                                                Der Groß-
                Ein Fall für                                                             Petros                                                                              Live!                                                                                 aktionär
               Kostas Charitos                                                          Markaris
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           The song of money – as seductive as
                                                                                                                                                                                 Ein Fall für                                                                     Ein Fall für Kostas Charitos
                                                                                       Nachtfalter                                                                             Kostas Charitos
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      eller
                                                                                             Ein Fall für
                                                                                           Kostas Charitos
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Bests

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           a siren song.
                                                                                         Roman · Diogenes                                                                    Roman · Diogenes                                                                        Roman · Diogenes
             Roman · Diogenes

            Deadline                                                                Zone Defence                                                                            Live!                                                                               The Major                                                                                  Left-wing politics are carried solemnly to
            in Athens                                                                Novel, 2001                                                                         Novel, 2004                                                                           Shareholder
           Novel, 2000                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Novel, 2007                                                                                 the grave, in a funeral procession through
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           the streets of Athens. What looks like a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           carnival parade is in fact the start of a new
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           protest movement: the poor, uniting to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           make their voices heard. Is the murderer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Petros
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           of the foreign investors among their ranks?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Petros
               Petros                                                                   Petros                                                                              Petros                                                                                 Markaris
              Markaris                                                                 Markaris                                                                            Markaris                                                                               Abrechnung
                                                                                     Faule Kredite                                                                         Zahltag
           Die Kinderfrau
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Detective Haritos investigates and pricks up
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Ein Fall für

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           Markaris
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Kostas Charitos
                                                                                            Ein Fall für                                                                       Ein Fall für
            Ein Fall für Kostas Charitos
                                                                                                                          eller                                                                                eller                                                                                  eller
                                                                                                                     Bests                                                                               Bests                                                                                   Bests
                                                                                          Kostas Charitos                                                                    Kostas Charitos

               Roman · Diogenes                                                         Roman · Diogenes                                                                    Roman · Diogenes                                                                         Roman · Diogenes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           his ears when he hears the song of money
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           all over the city.                                                                              Das Lied
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          des Geldes
           The Nanny                                                                 Bad Credit                                                                           Payday                                                                                 Reckoning
           Novel, 2009                                                               Novel, 2011                                                                         Novel, 2012                                                                             Novel, 2013
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Ein Fall für Kostas Charitos
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                »A writer of Mediterranean Noir in
                                                         Petros Markaris Offshore

                                                                                                                                   Petros Markaris Ferienbekanntschaft

                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Petros Markaris Zeiten der Heuchelei

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               its most sublime and classy sense.«                                                           Roman · Diogenes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          La Repubblica, Rome
                                                                                                                                                                             Petros
                                                                                                                                                                           Markaris
               Petros                                                                                                                                                     Drei Grazien
              Markaris                                                                                                                                                    Ein Fall für Kostas Charitos                                                              Petros
               Zurück                                                                    Petros                                                                                                                                                                    Markaris
                                                                                        Markaris                                                                                                                                                                     Zeiten
              auf Start                            ler                                                                       ler                                                                                 ler
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Rights sold:
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         r
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  tselle
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         A Case for Costas Haritos
                                                 el                                                                        el                                                                                  el
                  Ein Fall für
                                           Bests                                        Offshore                     Bests                                                                               Bests                                                   der HeucheleiBes
                Kostas Charitos                                                       Ein Fall für Kostas Charitos                                                                                                                                                Ein Fall für Kostas Charitos

               Roman · Diogenes                                                          Roman · Diogenes                                                                    Roman · Diogenes                                                                        Roman · Diogenes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Catalan (Tusquets)                                                      Original Greek title: O Fonos einai Hrima
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           368 pages, August 2021
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Italian (La nave di Teseo)
         Back to the Start                                                            Offshore                                                                           Three Graces                                                                         Times of Hypocrisy                                                                                       Spanish/world (Tusquets)
           Novel, 2015                                                               Novel, 2017                                                                          Novel, 2018                                                                            Novel, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 World rights are handled by Diogenes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             except Greek.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Film rights are available.
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                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Petros Markaris’ books
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 have been published in 17 languages.
                                       petros markaris, born in Istanbul in 1937, is a playwright, who worked
                                       as an author with Theo Angelopoulos (director of Eternity and a Day,
                                       Ulysses’ Gaze etc.), and translated the works of German dramatists like
                                       Brecht and Goethe. He began writing crime novels late in life, in the
                                       mid-1990s, and became an international success. His accolades include
                                       the ›Pepe Carvalho Prize‹, the ›Goethe Medal‹ and an honorary doctorate
                                       from the University of Thessaloniki. Petros Markaris lives in Athens.
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                                                                                                                                    Malte Herwig
Picasso raged. Laden with suitcases, two children,
and a young woman, the taxi sped off from the Villa                                                                            The Woman Who Says No
La Galloise in Vallauris. Soon the car was nothing
more than a cloud of dust stretching along the sou-
thern French country road in the direction of Paris.                                                              Françoise Gilot is going to turn 100
Picasso strode angrily back into the empty house. She                                                             on 26 November 2021.

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had actually done it. She had kept her word, and she                                                              Rebel, muse, painter. An inspirational
                                                                                                                  woman and a plea to live a courageous,
was gone for good with both the children—his child-                                                               self-determined life.
ren! This was outrageous, completely unforeseen, and                                                              She was the only woman to ever leave
completely unforeseeable in the old master’s life plan.                                                           Pablo Picasso, and to him she remained
                                                                                                                  a mystery. Françoise Gilot is a painter,
The woman in the car did not look back, but she could                                                             a truth-seeker, a rebel. She may have spent
readily imagine the state Picasso was in. For ten years                                                           her life in the company of men who chan-
                                                                                                                  ged the world – Picasso, Matisse, and
they had been a couple—young Françoise and old                                                                    Jonas Salk – but Gilot forged vital relation-
Pablo. She knew him better than almost anyone else.                                                               ships with ground-breaking artists and                        Françoise Gilot
She knew both his tender and his terrible sides. But she                                                          scientists on her own terms, creating an                          Die Frau,
also knew that she and her children would be lost if
                                                                                                                  artistic style all her own, translated into                     die nein sagt
                                                                                                                  an enormous collection of paintings and                        Ihr Leben mit und ohne Picasso
they stayed with him any longer. Françoise looked at                                                              drawings held by private collectors and                          von Malte Herwig                    eller
                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Bests
Claude and Paloma, who were sitting next to her. She                                                              public museums around the world. In her
                                                                                                                                                                                          Diogenes
                                                                                                                  early nineties, she generously shared her
still loved Pablo, but she loved the children more.                                                               hospitality and wisdom with writer Malte
                                                                                                                  Herwig, who started out as an interviewer
                                                                                                                  but found himself drawn into the role                      On Her Life with and without Picasso
                                                                                                                                                                                            Biography
                                                                                                                  of pupil as Gilot, whom he called ›a philoso-
                                                                                                                                                                              With photographs and illustrations
                                                                                                                  pher of joy‹, introduced him to different                   First published by Ankerherz Verlag,
                                                                                                                  ways of seeing the world.                                            Hollenstedt in 2015
                                                                                                                                                                                   272 pages, November 2021

                                                                                                                  »An encounter with a fascinating woman.«                  World rights are handled by Diogenes
                françoise gilot, born in Neuilly-sur-Seine in 1921, lives and                                                     Der Spiegel, Hamburg                                 except English.
                works between New York and Paris. Her pictures have been exhibited
                in museums all over the world (Museum of Modern Art, Musée
                Picasso in Antibes, Musée d’Art Moderne in Paris, etc.). Her first                                                                                                 Malte Herwig’s books
                                                                                                                  »The Woman Who Says No is not just a book
                                                                                                                                                                            have been published in 5 languages.
                                                                                       Photo: © Christina Körte

                book Life with Picasso became an international bestseller.                                             about art, but the art of living.«
                                                                                       Photo: ©Anna Lessing

                malte herwig, born in Kassel in 1972, studied Literature, History
                                                                                                                         Susanne Kaloff / Welt am Sonntag, Berlin
                and Politics and received his doctorate from Oxford University.
                He has written for the Süddeutsche Zeitung magazine, Spiegel and
                Stern and published several bestsellers. His most recent publication
                is The Great Kalanag, with Penguin.
ART

»What Alberto Venzago has achieved has never existed before,
    neither in cinema nor in photography; it’s unique.«                                                             Alberto Venzago
                                   Wim Wenders                                                               Taking Pictures, Making Pictures

                                                                                                           The whole world in one volume with over
                                                                                                           100 unpublished photographs.

                                                                                                           An impressive retrospective about the work
                                                                                                           of Alberto Venzago - photographer, photo-
                                                                                                           journalist, filmmaker and artist.

                                                                                                           Ayatollah Khomeini in Iran, Penélope Cruz
                                                                                                           in Zurich. Yakuza in Japan, Voodoo in
                                                                                                           Africa, indigenous tribes in the rainforest:
                                                                                                           Alberto Venzago has had half the world
                                                                                                           in front of his Leica. The autodidact has
                                                                                                           circumnavigated the globe more that once,
                                                                                                           always searching for the next unforgettable,
                                                                                                           historic moment. He has captured tens of
                                                                                                           thousands of them, a selection of retrospec-
                                                                                                           tive of the globetrotting artist: moving and
                                                                                                           astonishing.

                                                                                                                                                                    Art Book
                                                                                                                                                               256 pages, July 2021

                                                                                                                                                          International co-production
                                                                                                                                                          World rights are handled by

             alberto venzago, born in 1950 in Zurich, is a Swiss photographer, photo-
             journalist and filmmaker. An autodidact, he worked for Magnum for four
             years, his work appearing in Life, Stern and Geo and receiving numerous
             awards, including the renowned ›ICP Infinity Award‹. In addition to his
             reportage, he is known for his advertising campaigns for international cor-
                                                                                           Photo: privat

             porations, and is the official photographer of the London Symphony
             Orchestra and the Tonhalle in Zurich. Venzago lives with his family in
             Zurich and New York.
ART

  »Christoph Niemann is the 21st-century Saul Steinberg.
      He doesn’t draw anything like Steinberg, but he is                                                                                            Christoph Niemann
just as conceptually fertile — and original. Maybe more so.«
                         Steven Heller / The Atlantic, New York
                                                                                                                                                    Nicholas Blechman
                                                                                                                                                        100% Evil
                                                                                                                                 Two genius artists. One furious artwork.

                                                                                                                                 Two of the greatest illustrators of our
                                                                                                                                 time, and their collaborative work – now
                                                     »Christoph Niemann [. . .]                                                  with Diogenes.
                                                is one of my favourite illustrators.«
                                                                                                                                 150 revealingly humorous drawings about
                                                       Maria Popova for Brain Pickings
                                                                                                                                 the state of the world.

                                                »With just a few lines Christoph can                                             When you look around at the world, it’s
                                                   turn one thing into something                                                 almost enough to silence any laughter.
                                                 else completely — he uses drawing                                               But in the end, even evil can only be borne
           Souvenir
        Art Book, 2017                         to capture the joy and transformative                                             with humour; and these sometimes ironic,
                                                   potential of the imagination.«
                                                                                                                                 sometimes misanthropic, yet always
                                                   Madeleine Morley / It’s Nice That, London
                                                                                                                                 brilliantly absurd drawings show us the
                                                                                                                                 perspectives of two exceptional artists.
                                                   »Christoph Niemann is one of
                                               the world’s most in-demand artists.«
                                                           Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin

                                                     »Even if you don’t know
                                               Christoph Niemann by name, you’ve                                                                                                               Art book
                                                     probably seen his work.«                                                                                                            176 pages, June 2021
                                                              NPR, Washington

            Away
        Art Book, 2021                                                                                                                                                         World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                                                                                                                                                                                     Film rights are available.

                           christoph niemann, born in Waiblingen in 1970, is an illustrator,
                           graphic designer and (co)author of various books. His work has graced
                           more than twenty New Yorker covers since 1998, with illustrations
                           appearing in Atlantic Monthly and New York Times Magazine. He
                                                                                                     Photo: © Catalina Kulczar

                           was inducted into the ›Art Directors Club Hall of Fame‹ in 2010.
                                                                                                     Photo: © Gene Glover

                           Christoph Niemann lives in Berlin with his wife and their three sons.
                           nicholas blechman was born in 1967 in New York and is an illus-
                           trator and graphic designer. Since 1990, he has published the political
                           underground magazine Nozone. Nicholas Blechman lives in New York
                           and is art director of the New York Times.
CHILDREN’S BOOK

                                                                                                                             Christoph Niemann
                                                                                                                                    I Wish

                                                                                                       If wishes had wings ...

                                                                                                                                                        CHRISTOPH NIEMANN Ich wünsche mir
                                                                                                       Christoph Niemann’s new children’s book
                                                                                                       with Diogenes, a picture book with
                                                                                                       simple, witty illustrations about the magic
                                                                                                       of wishing.

                                                                                                       It’s usually a great joy to receive a present.
                                                                                                       But what if a present not only fulfils a wish,
                                                                                                       but leads us ever more deeply into the uni-
                                                                                                       verse of our longing?

                                                                                                         »Everything Christoph Niemann makes,
                                                                                                            from visual blogs to picture books
                                                                                                          reveals his witty, literate personality.«
                                                                                                               Steven Heller / Eye Magazine, London

                                                                                                                                                                                                         Children’s Book
                                                                                                                                                                                                72 pages, 17 x 19.5 cm, August 2021

                                                                                                                                                                                            World rights are handled by Diogenes
                                                                                                                                                                                                       except English.
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Film rights are available.

christoph niemann, born in Waiblingen in 1970, is an illustrator, graphic
                                                                                Photo: © Gene Glover

designer and (co)author of various books. His work has graced more than
twenty New Yorker covers since 1998, with illustrations appearing in Atlantic
Monthly, Weltkunst Magazine and New York Times Magazine. He was inducted
into the ›Art Directors Club Hall of Fame‹ in 2010. Christoph Niemann lives
in Berlin with his wife and their three sons.
CHILDREN’S BOOK

                                                                                                                    Hazel Brugger / Thomas Spitzer
                                                                                                                            Jannes Weber
                                                                                                                         What’s Up, Germany?
                                                                                                                   Where on earth are Hazel und Thomas?

                                                                                                                   Hazel Brugger and Thomas Spitzer are                 HAZEL BRUGGER   THOMAS SPITZER   JANNES WEBER

                                                                                                                   the dream team of German comedy. This
                                                                                                                   is their hidden object book based on the
                                                                                                                   successful series Deutschland Was Geht
                                                                                                                   (now with 20 million views on YouTube).

                                                                                                                   Their sharp-witted take on contemporary                        DAS WIMMELBUCH

                                                                                                                   life in sixteen topical scenes forms a
                                                                                                                   hilarious cardboard picture book for both
                                                                                                                   adults and children.

                                                                                                                   Whether it’s on the ostrich farm, at the
                                                                                                                   gym, the currywurst stand or the beach,
                                                                                                                   in this hidden object book you’ll find
                                                                                                                   countless people, animals and little stories
                                                                                                                   on every page – and in their midst, Hazel
                                                                                                                   Brugger and Thomas Spitzer. For their                                 DIOGENES

                                                                                                                   series Deutschland Was Geht, these two
                                                                                                                   comedians visited bizarre locations and                     Children’s Book
                                                                                                                   events all over the country. Children will         16 pages, 26 x 34 cm, October 2021

                                                                                                                   love this hidden object book, and fans
                                                                                                                   will find familiar locations and details.

                                                                                                                                                                  World rights are handled by Diogenes.

hazel brugger, born in 1993, is a stand up comedian and author. American by birth,
she grew up near Zurich and now divides her time between Zurich and Cologne.
                                                                                       Illustration Jannes Weber

thomas spitzer, born in Freiburg in 1988, is a comedy writer and director, and lives
in Cologne. Together with Hazel Brugger, he produces the YouTube channel Hazel &
Thomas and the podcasts Nur verheiratet and Good Vibes Only.
jannes weber, born in Herdecke in 1981, works as a freelance artist and illustrator
and has collaborated with Hazel and Thomas since 2018. After living in Scotland and
Switzerland for years, he is now based on the North Sea coast with his two dogs.
CHILDREN’S BOOK

                                                                                                                                                                                                                    Timon Meyer / Julian Meyer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Bear & Hippo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Celebrate a Birthday
                               Bear & Hippo                                                                                  Bear & Hippo                                                                     In this third volume of the picture

                                on Holiday                                                                                    in the Snow
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        TIMON MEYER                       JULIAN MEYER

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           TIMON MEYER / JULIAN MEYER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        BÄR & HIPPO FEIERN GEBURTSTAG
                                                                                                                                                                                                              book series, they go off in search of a
                                                                                                                                                                                                              birthday child.                                                                         r & Hippo
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Bäfeiern Geburtstag

                               TIMON MEYER                                 JULIAN MEYER

                                            &HHiippppoo
 TIMON MEYER / JULIAN MEYER
 BÄR & HIPPO MACHEN URLAUB

                                       Bäärr&
                              TIMON MEYER                                 JULIAN MEYER                                      TIMON MEYER                            JULIAN MEYER
                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Bear and Hippo
TIMON MEYER / JULIAN MEYER
BÄR & HIPPO MACHEN URLAUB

                                                                                               TIMON MEYER / JULIAN MEYER
                                                                                                    BÄR & HIPPO IM SCHNEE
                                       B        machenUrlaub
                                                machen Urlaub                                                                          Bär & Hippo
                                                                                                                                               im Schnee                                                              Oh, how lovely!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                         A birthday
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     But whose can it be?                                               DIOGENES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Children’s Book
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              24 pages, 18 x 15 cm, October 2021

                                                                              DIOGENES
                                                                             DIOGENES                                       DIOGENES

                                             26 pages, 18 x 15 cm, 2020                                                                   24 pages, 18 x 15 cm, 2020

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                               Bear and Hippo are the very best of friends.                                                      In this second volume of the picture
                                They’re ready for any adventure together.                                                      book series, Bear and Hippo are spending                                                                                                                       Film rights are available.
                                 All the better if they make new friends                                                              an exciting day in the snow.
                                             along the way!
                                                                                                                                                                                  Photo: © Kaya Wielopolski
                                                                                                                                                                                  Photo: © Nikolaus Urban

                                                                            timon meyer, born near Stuttgart in 1977, is a freelance author 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

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        Timon Meyer / Julian Meyer
     Not                                                                                                                               Rolf                                       Paul’s                                                                     The Big Cuddle
    Today                                                                                                          TIMON MEYER
                                                                                                                                      Bugles             JULIAN MEYER
                                                                                                                                                                                  Garden

                                                 TIMON MEYER / JULIAN MEYER · ROLF RÖHRT
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Feeling down? Just hug it away!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 Das große Knuddeln
    TIMON MEYER                   JULIAN MEYER
   TIMON MEYER                   JULIAN MEYER                                                                                        TIMON MEYER        JULIAN MEYER                TIMONMEYER
                                                                                                                                                                                   TIMON  MEYER

                                                                                           TIMON MEYER / JULIAN MEYER · ROLF RÖHRT
                                                                                                                                                                                                       JULIANMEYER
                                                                                                                                                                                                      JULIAN  MEYER

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              TIMON MEYER / JULIAN MEYER · DAS GROSSE KNUDDELN
                      Heute
                      Heute                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Meyer & Meyer are experts when it comes                                                        Timon Meyer                          Julian Meyer
            Do�
           Do�
          viell��t
         viell��t      ni�t
                       ni�t                                                                                                                                                                                                                       to providing comfort: This new delightful
          m�gen?
         m�gen?
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  book for reading aloud will make for good
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  humour in any child’s room.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  A colourful Animal ABC and a cuddly pig
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  deliver reading-aloud fun.

                                                                                                                                                                                    DIOGENES
                                                                                                                                                                                   DIOGENES
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  What we need now is an expert:
                     DIOGENES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Fluffily soft, of stature,
                      DIOGENES                                                                                                                           DIOGENES

                                                                                                                                                          DIOGENES
    32 pages, 19 x 25 cm, 2020                                                                                                        32 pages, 19 x 25 cm, 2020                    32 pages, 19 x 25 cm, 2021                                    and preferably of a cheerful nature.                                                                               DIOGENES

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Children’s Book
All the animals are blue today,                                                   Are your children really loud?                                                                Paul is a passionate gardener.                                                                                                                                        48 pages, 30  x 25 cm, October 2021
  full of sadness and sorrow.                                                  You’re not alone. This picture book                                                                 Everything is verdant and
 Will it get better? Not today,                                                from Meyer & Meyer is about Rolf,                                                             blooming and aromatic: Tomorrow
        maybe tomorrow!                                                        the young stag whose roar makes                                                                  is harvest day. But when Paul
                                                                                     the whole forest shake.                                                                 goes to his garden the next day, a
                                                                                                                                                                                     major surprise awaits.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       Film rights are available.
                                                                                                                                     Praise for Not Today:

        »›So maybe tomorrow, then?‹                                                                                                                            »But it gives strength, and lends
    Timon and Julian Meyer keep asking,                                                                                                                        courage to hopeless lonely days.
         hitting the nail on the head.                                                                                                                        That’s why this book now belongs –
     Yes, tomorrow the world might look                                                                                                                         and indeed, always will belong
               quite different.«                                                                                                                                        in every home.«
      Judith von Sternburg / Frankfurter Rundschau                                                                                                              Maria Riederer / Deutschlandfunk, Cologne
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Photo: © Kaya Wielopolski
                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Photo: © Nikolaus Urban

                                                 timon meyer, born near Stuttgart in 1977, is a freelance author 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
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               My Friend RamTamTam
                                                                                                                                                                                                       Helme Heine

                                                                                                                                                               Helme Heine · Die Abenteurer
                                                                                                                                          Helme Heine                                          Die Abenteurer

                                                                 Helme Heine · Hans und Henriette
                                                                                                    Hans und Henriette

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  An unforgettable story about two friends
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  who can always depend on one another.                      HELME HEINE
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             HELME HEINE
                      Die Geschichte von Hans und Henriette,
                                dem Vogelpärchen:
                            über die Liebe, die Heirat,
                         das gemeinsame Nest, die Kinder,
                          das Größerwerden der Kinder
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  The bestselling author Helme Heine is back
                               und das Älterwerden
                                   der Eltern . . .                                                                                                                                                                                               with a heart-warming tale of an immortal
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  bond.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Diogenes
                                                                                                                                                    Diogenes
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Every night, a child dreams about the big
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  wide world and fantastical treasures.
                                                                                                    CYAN MAGENTA GELB SCHWARZ
                                                                                                       Litho Atelier Thalmann, Wollerau

            Sauerkraut                                                                                          Hans and Henriette                                                                 The Adventurers
     176 pages, 22 x 27 cm, 1992                                                                            28 pages, 22 x 27.5 cm, 1993                                                      28 pages, 22 x 27.5 cm, 1994                        And suddenly the big adventure lies just
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  around the corner: RamTamTam. A tou-
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  sled, scrappy dog who becomes a best
    Where the mountains cast                                    The story of Hans and Henriette,                                                                      It’s another dull day                                                       friend. For years on end they go through
   the longest shadows, where                                       a pair of birds, is a dance                                                                in Mullewapp, and Waldemar the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  thick and thin together, until RamTamTam,                   Mein Freund

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  RamTamTam
    the cabbages are as big as                                 of love and life. A story about love,                                                                hog, Franz von Hahn and
  waggon wheels, where the bus                                  marriage, nest-building, babies,                                                               Johnny Mauser do not know what                                                     now old and grey, falls asleep and never
from town cannot go any further –                                  children growing up, parents                                                                      to do with themselves.                                                       wakes up. But their shared adventures are
     that is where you will find                                          growing older...                                                                       High time for a real adventure!
   a village called Sauerkraut.                                                                                                                                                                                                                   far from over.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                DIOGENES

                                                                                                                                                                                               Rights currently sold:                                                                                        Children’s Book
                        Praise for The Adventurers:
                                                                                                                                                                                                  Korean (Moonji)                                                                                 36 pages, 22 x 27.5 cm, September 2021
                           »A beautiful and
                     very humorous picture book.«
                           Margarete v. Schwarzkopf
                       Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Hamburg

              »This colourful story with three animal                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                musketeers will charm children.«                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Film rights are available.
                                      Südkurier, Constance
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Helme Heine’s books
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               have been published in 12 languages.

                                  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
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Photo: © privat

                                  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 several times.
CHILDREN’S BOOK

      »Ute Krause’s captivating illustrations and
her imaginative powers of observation are fascinating.«                                                                          Ute Krause
                             Booklist, Chicago                                                                               The Lion in the Attic

                                                                                                     Adapted for the screen, set to music and

                                                                                                                                                       Ute Krause · Der Löwe auf dem Dachboden
                                                                                                     finally available again: a journey into the                                                 UTE KRAUSE

                                                                                                     world of quiet notes and sounds.                                                            Der Löwe
                                                                                                                                                                                                 auf dem
                                                                                                     Karla and her family are especially good                                                    Dachboden
                                                                                                     at one thing: making a racket. Karla finds a
                                                                                                     cello in the attic, as well as a stone lion,
                                                                                                     guarding a rusty door, who shows her the
                                                                                                     world of silence and gentle notes.

                                                                                                             »The fact that this subtle yet                                                                      DIOGENES
                                                                                                          topical story comes across in such
                                                                                                           a cheerful and entertaining way
                                                                                                                                                                                                           First published in 1998
                                                                                                         owes much to Ute Krause's splendid
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Children’s Book
                                                                                                            illustrations of her own text.«                                                          32 pages, 25 x 23 cm, October 2021
                                                                                                             Silke Bartlick / Deutsche Welle, Berlin

                                                                                                                   Rights currently sold:                                                        World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                                                                                                               Chinese/CN (TB Publishing)                                                              Film rights are available.

                                                                                                                                                                                                         The Lion in the Attic
                                                                                                                                                                                                  has been published in 5 languages.
            »A picture book filled with poetry and wisdom.«
                          Tiroler Tageszeitung, Innsbruck
                                                                                   Photo: © privat

          ute krause, born in Berlin in 1960, has illustrated a large number 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.
CHILDREN’S BOOK

                                          »A brilliant author of children’s books.
                                           His books for children are timeless.«                                                                                                                      Tomi Ungerer / William Cole
                                                                      Libération, Paris                                                                                                                  Frances Face-Maker

                                                                                                                                                                                                The loveliest going-to-bed book of all time.
                                                                                                                                      TOMI UNGERER

                                                                                                 TOMI UNGERER · DIES UND DAS
                                                                                                                                                                                                A great rediscovery – published in German
                                                                                                                                  DIES UND DAS                                                                                                                                  WILLIAM COLE                  TOMI UNGERER

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Tomy Ungerer · Und jetzt du
TOMI UNGERER · NON STOP

                                                                                                                                                                                                for the first time.
                                                   TOMI UNGERER

                                                                                                                                                                                                An interactive book with charming and                                               UND JETZT DU
                                         NON STOP                                                                                                                                               fun illustrations.                                                                        EIN GUTE-NACHT-BUCH

                                                                                                                                                                                                Frances doesn’t want to go to bed – just
                                                      DIOGENES
                                                                                                                                                                                                like every child in the world, just like you.
                                                                                                                                         DIOGENES
                                                                                                                                                                                                But then her dad has a good idea: We’ll
                                                                                                                                                                                                play the face-making game! Frances has to
                                        Non Stop                                                                                     This and That                                              look angry. Then happy. Then surprised.
                                 48 pages, 30 x 21 cm, 2019                                                                    40 pages, 17 x 23.5 cm, 2019
                                                                                                                                                                                                And now it’s your turn! Join Frances in
                                                                                                                                                                                                making all sorts of faces: confused, sick,
                                 A picture book for both                                          A game of contrasts and                                                                       snooty, sweet, thoughtful ... It makes you
                                   adults and children,                                            surprising perspectives,                                                                     really tired, and before you know it, it’s
                          about friendship, trust and humanity –                               a wonderfully inspiring picture
                                 a classic in the making.                                     and wordbook for young children.                                                                  slumber time.

                                      Rights sold:                                                                                   Rights sold:
                                                                                                                                                                                                »No one, I dare say, no one was as original.                                                    DIOGENES
                                 Catalan (Kalandraka)                                               Catalan (Kalandraka)                                                                              Tomi influenced everybody.«
                              Chinese/CN (Feel (Tianjin))                                         French (École des Loisirs)                                                                                      Maurice Sendak
                                English/world (Phaidon)                                             Galician (Kalandraka)                                                                                                                                                                 A Going-To-Bed Book
                               French (École des Loisirs)                                        Spanish/world (Kalandraka)                                                                                                                                                               First published in 1963
                               Italian (Orecchio Acerbo)                                                                                                                                         »For over 50 years he illustrated the most                                                   Children’s Book
                                  Korean (Bear Books)                                                                                                                                             beautiful children’s books imaginable.«                                           32 pages, 14.8 x 22 cm, October 2021
                              Spanish/world (Kalandraka)                                                                                                                                                        Andreas Platthaus /
                                                                                                                                                                                                           Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                World rights are handled by Diogenes.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      Film rights are available.

                                                              tomi ungerer, born in Strasbourg (Alsace) in 1931, failed his school                                                                                                                                            Tomi Ungerer’s books have been published
                                                              exams but hitchhiked all around Europe and published his first drawings                                                                                                                                                     in 42 languages.
                                                                                                                                                              Photo: © Gaëtan Bally/ Keystone

                                                              in the legendary Simplicissimus magazine. He began his unstoppable
                                                              career as an illustrator, children’s book author and artist in New York.
                                                              His children’s books like The Three Robbers and Moon Man are
                                                              modern classics. Tomi Ungerer died in 2019 in Cork, Ireland.
                                                                                                                                                              Photo: © privat

                                                              william cole (1919-2000) was an American author. After serving
                                                              in World War II, he worked in the publishing industry in New York, for
                                                              Alfred A. Knopf and Simon & Schuster, among others. He published
                                                              numerous anthologies and wrote columns, poetry and children’s books.
Four high-flyers
         »Touching and timeless.«                  »Olga is a beautiful, polyphonic novel                           »A gripping scientific thriller.«                               »We want more of this.«
           Publishers Weekly, New York                about highly unequal lovers.«                                               Kester Schlenz / stern, Hamburg                Cathrine Krøger / Dagbladet, Oslo
                                                                                   De Volkskrant, Amsterdam

                                                           Bernhard Schlink Olga

                                                                                                                                                                                 Daniela Krien Die Liebe im Ernstfall
                                                                                                                      Martin Suter Elefant
                    Benedict
                      Wells                                                               Bernhard                                              Martin Suter                                                            Daniela Krien
                   Vom Ende                                                                Schlink                                                Elefant                                                                 Die Liebe
                 der Einsamkeit                                                             Olga                                                                                                                         im Ernstfall
                                                                                           Roman · Diogenes                                        Roman · Diogenes                                                       Roman · Diogenes
                     Roman · Diogenes

       The End of Loneliness                                                               Olga                                                 Elephant                   Love in Case of Emergency
                   Novel, 2016                                                           Novel, 2018                                              Novel, 2017                                                            Novel, 2019

  On the Spiegel Bestseller list for 80 weeks                 #1 Spiegel Bestseller                                         #1 Spiegel Bestseller                                  #1 Spiegel Bestseller
            560’000 copies sold                    In the Top Ten of the Spiegel Bestseller list                            380’000 copies sold                         On the Spiegel Bestseller list for one full year
        Published in 38 languages                                 for 15 weeks                                           Published in 8 languages                                   180’000 copies sold
                                                          Published in 28 languages                                                                                            Published in 24 languages

       »The End of Loneliness is both              »It is simultaneously full of substance,                   »A quirky tale, composed with tangible joy,                 »Whoever wants to know something
       affecting and accomplished –              captivating, informative, between a thriller                     which affirms Suter’s standing as                          about the life of today’s women
               and eternal.«                      and a historical novel. Very sensitive, also                 one of Europe’s most versatile authors.«                   in a hundred years, will learn it from
                    John Irving                    subtle, gripping from beginning to end                                       Günter Keil / Landshuter Zeitung                 Daniela Krien’s novel.«
                                                             A coup that will last.«                                                                                       Karin Grossmann / Sächsische Zeitung, Dresden
                                                       Gilles Pudlowski / Service Littéraire, Paris
 »A bittersweet, intricately plotted family                                                                   »A slick, very gripping story which tugs at
   saga [...] A tender, affecting novel,                                                                                  your heartstrings!«                             »This is a touching and moving read,
one that packs a lot into a slender frame.«       »Schlink’s lucid, no-frills prose lends his                        Annemarie Stoltenberg / NDR, Hanover                      without ideological furore,
             Kirkus Reviews, New York             novel immediacy, and at times potency,                                                                                   but with an incredibly exact stance
                                                   and gives us a character to root for.«                                                                                      on everyday experiences.«
                                                                                                              »Martin Suter provides a fresh approach;
                                                         Malcolm Forbes / The Herald, Glasgow                                                                                 Julia Schröder / Deutschlandfunk, Berlin
»With a surprising maturity [. . .] Benedict                                                                   the novel is artfully structured, and the
Wells has found a voice to describe, neither                                                                  unexpected shifts in narrative perspective
cruelly nor over-sensitively, human fragility,      »Always economical with words and                               guarantee a gripping read.«                              »With psychological refinement
             failure and ageing.«                   feelings, he evokes them precisely by                                                    Ulf Heise / MDR, Leipzig       Daniela Krien recounts the chaos
           Nicolas Weill / Le Monde, Paris               keeping a certain distance.«                                                                                       of feelings and the short half-life
                                                          Kerenn Elkaïm / Livres Hebdo, Paris                                                                                   of modern ways of living.«
                                                                                                                                                                                                              Beate Berger / Vogue, Munich
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                                                                          Benedict Wells                                  »If it leaves you cold, you've obvi-                                                                              Joachim B. Schmidt                    »Kalmann, more Forrest Gump
                                                                                                                               ously never been young.«
Benedict Wells Hard Land

                                                                                                                                                                     Joachim B. Schmidt Kalmann
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   than Miss Marple, takes on the
                                                                          Hard Land                                            Theresa Hübner / WDR 5, Cologne
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Kalmann                              challenge. It’s as lively as it is icy.«
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Spiegel, Hamburg
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                                                                          Erich Hackl                                    »One of Austria’s virtuoso masters                                                                                 Charles Lewinsky                      »That such a book is a pageturner
Erich Hackl Am Seil

                                                                                                                                                                     Charles Lewinsky Der Halbbart
                                                                                                                          of language, who has done more                                                                                                                         in the best sense of the word, which
                                                                          Roped Together                                to correct our image of history than                                                                                Halfbeard                            you can hardly put down, shows the
                                                                                                                         a dozen historians put together.«                                                                                                                             faculties of the author.«
                             Erich Hackl
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                              Eine Heldengeschichte
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                                                                          Patricia Highsmith                              »Patricia Highsmith doesn’t get                                                                                   Andrzej Szczypiorski                  »There are accidental heroes and

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                                                                                                                        swept away with her characters, she                                                                                                                         inadvertent villains, surprising
                                                                          Ladies                                          examines them meticulously, as                                                                                    The Beautiful Mrs Seidenman             and unexpected switches that
                                                                                                                           though under a microscope.«                                                                                                                             lend the book its extraordinary
                                                                          Rights sold:                                       Brigitte Neumann / Bayern 2, Munich                                                                            Rights sold:                                     originality.«
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                               Ladies Bestseller                          Korean (Bookhouse)                                                                                                          Die schöne stseller                   French (Noir sur Blanc)
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                                    Diogenes
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                                                                          Magdalen Nabb                                   »Nabb presents Florence without                                                                                   Donna Leon                              »Donna Leon’s Brunetti series
  21999

                                                                                                                                                                     Donna Leon Kein Weg zurück
                                                                                                                              fuss and gush, her Italians                                                                                                                             is an epic achievement.«
                                                                          Death of an Englishman                           are believable, non-jokey types,                                                                                 Transient Desires                         Mark Sanderson / The Times, London
                                                                                                                            her stories crafted with care.
                                                                          Rights sold:                                           A pleasure to read.«                                                                                       Rights sold:
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                              Ein Fall für Guarnaccia                                                                                                                                                     dreißigster Fall

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