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Esther Kinsky at Litfest Bergen 6-9 February 2020
Esther Kinsky is reading at the Literature Festival in Bergen on February 8! https://www.littfestbergen.no/en/litfest-2020/programme-sessions/river-and-life/ Kinsky won the Leipzig Book Fair Prize 2018 for HAIN (Suhrkamp) and was shortlisted for the Warwick Prize for Women in Translation with RIVER (Matthes & Seitz). One comparison often made when talking about Kinsky’s works is W.G. Sebald. Rights to…
Weiterlesenraving English press for modern classic writer Gabriele Tergit
In six frenzied weeks, Gabriele Tergit wrote her first novel, which made her instantly famous upon its publication in 1931. KÄSEBIER TAKES BERLIN is the story of the rise and fall of Käsebier, an entertainer discovered by a newspaper reporter at a cheap variety show. Trying to make a splash among his colleagues, he turns…
WeiterlesenSold to Sweden, Denmark and Finland !
The Swedish translation of Hauke Friederichs and Rüdiger Barth’s historical count-down of the last ten weeks of the Weimar Republic – THE GRAVE DIGGERS (S. Fischer) – will be published soon. Norwegian and Icelandic rights are still available. Don’t miss the chance to read this thriller of a history book! Rights sold to Czech Republic,…
WeiterlesenDanish Praise for Robert Seethaler’s THE FIELD !
If the dead could speak, what would they say? Would they tell a story, recall the memory of a moment, a certain feeling or an emotion? What remains of a life? Robert Seethaler’s new novel is about things that happen at the end: about things that cannot be grasped. It is a book of human lives,…
WeiterlesenLukas Bärfuss Wins Georg Büchner Prize 2019
The Georg Büchner Prize is the most important award for literary works written in German. This year’s Büchner Prize will be awarded to Swiss author Lukas Bärfuss who described it as „feeling the kiss of an angel“ towards press upon hearing the news. Lukas Bärfuss, born in Thun, Switzerland in 1971, is one of the…
WeiterlesenJuli Zeh Wins Heinrich Böll Prize 2019
Every two years the City of Cologne awards a writer for his or her extraordinary talent. This year the prize will go to Juli Zeh! Former recipients include no one less than Herta Müller, Eva Menasse, Uwe Timm, and Christoph Ransmayr. The award comes with a prize money of 30.000 Euro. https://www.boersenblatt.net/2019-06-11-artikel-heinrich-boell-preis_2019.1670779.html?nl=newsletter20190611&nla=artikel1670779&etcc_newsletter=1
WeiterlesenFinally: Babylon Berlin arrives on Swedish TV
The series directed by Tom Tykwer (director of “Cloud Atlas” and “The International”) has been and will be broadcasted in all Scandinavian territories. With sales to 90 countries around the world, it has been an absolute phenomenon to watch and will be aired in Sweden on June 20 !!! And what a ride for the…
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dtv is one of the largest independent publishers in the German language and their titles are regularly guests on the top of the bestselling lists. dtv was originally founded in 1960 with the sole purpose of publishing paperback licences. Nowdays, 70% of the books stem from dtv’s own authors. 400 titles are published each year. The broad spectrum…
WeiterlesenCarl Hanser Verlag
Carl Hanser Verlag was established by its eponymous owner in 1928 in Munich, and its founder’s interests in both literature and science have been maintained to the present day. The firm publishes fiction and non-fiction for both adults and children. Its authors include Italo Calvino, Umberto Eco, Jostein Gaarder, Lars Gustafsson, Milan Kundera, Philip Roth, Peter…
Weiterlesennominated: Halina Kirschner for Best New Illustrator 2019
Among the three nominees for the German Children’s Books Award 2019 in the category „Best Young Talent“ You will find Halina Kirschner who is the amazingly talented illustrator of the children’s book „TRACTOR IS COMING, TOO“ (mairisch, 2018) and “ a genius when it comes to screen-print-optic.“ The book was already awarded as one of…
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