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Beck’s Last Summer the debut by Benedict Wells

… and other books by Esmahan Aykol · Paul Flora Yadé Kara · Loriot · Walter Muschg · Ingrid Noll Bernhard Schlink · Toni Sepeda Urs Widmer & Tatjana Hauptmann F. K.Waechter & Bernd Eilert and TomiUngerer 08_foreign_rights_autumn.qxp:08_7_foreign_rights_spring.qxp 18.4.2008 13:43 Uhr Seite 2

Ivana Jeissing Loriot Christian Reinhart Lempp Schünemann Awards Loriot was awarded the 50th Cultural Prize of Anniversaries the City of Munich. The laudation was given by Joachim Kaiser. Ivana Jeissing 50th birthday on 6 October 2008 Doris Dörrie’s new motion picture film ›Cherry Blossoms – Hanami‹ was awarded the Bavarian Film Reinhart Lempp Prize. The leading actor Elmar Wepper received a 85th birthday on 21 October 2008 Best Actor award. In German cinemas since 6 March Loriot 2008. 85th birthday on 12 November 2008 ›Cherry Blossoms – Hanami‹ is also on the long-list for the German Film Awards, namely in the catego- Christian Schünemann ries ›Best Picture‹, ›Best Actor‹ (Elmar Wepper), 40th birthday on 29 November 2008 ›Best Supporting Actress‹ (Hannelore Elsner, Birgit Minichmayr), ›Best Costume Design‹, ›Best Sound‹, ›Best Script‹ and ›Best Direction‹. The winners will be announced on 25 April 2008. Tomi Ungerer was awarded the Saarland Order of Merit on 27 February 2008 for his contribution to good German-French relations. On 26 February 2008, Tomi Ungerer had already received the Zeralda Prize for Illustrators. Theatre Doris Dörrie Kirschblüten For her translation of Hartmut Lange’s ›Leptis Hanami Laura de Weck Ein Filmbuch ›Peer Pleasures‹ Magna‹, Monica Pesetti has received the German- Diogenes Italian Translation Prize in the category ›Young Euro Theater Central, Bonn Translators‹. The prize was for the first time Theater an der Sihl, Zurich awarded in Rome on 21 February 2008. Junges Theater, Göttingen Staatsschauspiel, Dresden Anthony McCarten’s novel ›Death of a National Theatre, Mannheim Superhero‹ has been nominated for the German Theatre Basel Youth Literature Award 2008 in the segment Theater am Sachsenring, Cologne ›Books for Young People‹. Anthony ›SumSum‹ McCarten The readers of Buchmarkt have elected the Publi- Superhero Theatre Chur Landestheater, Tübingen shing House of the Year 2007. In the current rating, Roman · Diogenes Diogenes is number 3. In the permanent list of top Doris Dörrie publishing houses, Diogenes is number one. ›Happy‹ Junges Theater Hürth, Bergheim Friedrich Dürrenmatt ›The Visit‹ Exhibitions National Theatre, Brünn Martin Suter Business Class Landesbühne Niedersachsen Nord, Paul Flora. Poets in the Soup. Centre Dürren- Geschichten aus der Welt des Managements Wilhelmshaven matt, Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 18.5.–31.8.2008. Theatre Oberhausen www.cdn.ch. Diogenes Vienna Also exhibition in the Thomas Flora Gallery, Volkstheater, Budapest Innsbruck, 24.6.–6.9.2008. József Attila Theatre, Habimah Theatre, Tel Aviv 08_foreign_rights_autumn.qxp:08_7_foreign_rights_spring.qxp 18.4.2008 13:43 Uhr Seite 3

Cinema Bernhard Schlink. A film adap- Martin Suter. Filming of ›Lila Karl Fischer, Annett Renneberg, tation of the story ›The Other Man‹, Lila‹ will continue until July 2008. Michael Degen and Julia Jäger. from the volume ›Flights of Love‹ With Daniel Brühl, Hannah Herz- Actors appearing in individual epi- will be made with Oxford, Milan and sprung and Henry Hübchen. Direc- sodes include: Bettina Zimmermann, Lake Como as settings. Starring Laura tor: Alain Gsponer. Screenplay: Axel Milberg, Mina Tander, Helmut Linney, Liam Neeson and Antonio Alex Buresch. Producer: Falcom Media Zierl and Hannah Herzsprung. Banderas. Director: Richard Eyre. Group/Film I. Planned theatrical Director: Sigi Rothemund. Producer: Screenplay: Charles Wood, Richard release: spring/summer 2009. teamWorx Television and Film GmbH Eyre. Producer: Rainmark Films/ commissioned by ARD Degeto for Gotham Films. Theatrical release Anthony McCarten. A film Das Erste. This means that screen (UK): end of 2008. version of ›Endurance‹, the fourth adaptations have been made of 14 novel by the New Zealand author cases by Donna Leon. Planned broad- Stephen Daldry will make a film (Diogenes publication in the pipeline) cast: November 2008 on Das Erste. adaptation in Berlin and Görlitz of was made by the writer himself star- the novel ›The Reader‹. Starring Kate ring Melanie Lynskey and Craig Hall. Martina Borger & Maria Winslet, Ralph Fiennes as well as The film title is ›Show of Hands‹. Elisabeth Straub. In Hamburg, David Kross, Bruno Ganz, Karoline Planned theatrical release: 2009. director Kai Wessel (›The Flight‹) Herfurth, Volker Bruch, Hannah adapted ›In the Ring‹. Screenplay: Herzsprung. Screenplay: David Hare. Donna Leon. In the two new Martina Borger. Starring Robert Production: Mirage Enterprises/ Commissario Brunetti film adapta- Atzorn, Axel Milberg, Judith Studio Babelsberg. Distribution: tions ›Wilful Behaviour‹ and ›Blood Rosmair and others. A Typhoon Senator Film. Planned start in from a Stone‹, Uwe Kockisch production. Planned theatrical release: Germany: spring 2009. investigates again. Also starring autumn 2008 on ZDF.

›The Conformist‹ S¥awomir Mro‡ek Martin Suter Divadlo Na Zábradlí Theatre, ›Out at Sea‹ ›Business Class‹ Prague GNM Szinitanoda Theatre, Casino Theatre, Winterthur Staatstheater Kosice, Bratislava Budapest ›Above Things‹ ›Hercules and the Augean Faro Teatro, Madrid Theater Rampe, Stuttgart Stables‹ Nationaltheater, Szeged F. K.Waechter Theatre, Buenos Aires ›The Fox as a Philosopher‹ ›The Devil with the Three Golden The Khan Theatre, Jerusalem National Theatre, Constanta City Hairs‹ Divadlo Na Vihoradech Theatre, ›Emigrants‹ Schauspielhaus, Nuremberg Prague Kenter Theatre, Istanbul ›Prince Hamlet‹ ›Play Strindberg‹ ›Karol‹ Theater Pfütze, Nuremberg Companhia de Teatro de Sintra, GNM Szinitanoda Theatre, Budapest Theater Waidspeicher, Erfurt Lisbon ›Tango‹ ›The Match‹ Ungelt Theatre, Prague Gardonyi Géza Theatre, Eger Theater der Jungen Welt, Leipzig Neomluvene Divadlo Theatre, Bez Zábradlí Theatre, Prague Prague Academic Regional Dramatic Taras Proa Produções Artisticas, Shevchenko Theatre, Ternopil São Paulo ›Serenade‹ ›Romulus the Great‹ National Theatre, Constanta City Vychodocestke Divadlo Theatre, ›The Contract‹ Pardubice Theatergesellschaft Haupt, Prague Ingrid Noll Jazekszin Theatre, Budapest ›Vazlav‹ More news at: ›Ladylike‹ Terszinhaz Theatre, Prague Westfälisches Landestheater, www.diogenes.ch Castrop-Rauxel 08_foreign_rights_autumn.qxp:08_7_foreign_rights_spring.qxp 18.4.2008 13:44 Uhr Seite 4

»But I was so much older then, I’m younger than that now.« Bob Dylan, ›My Back Pages‹

A novel about music, love and life – odd, witty, wise and touching. The debut of a 23-year-old author – a real discovery!

• A lovesick teacher,

• an eccentric German-African man and

• a musical child prodigy from Lithuania

together on the trip of their lifetime, from Munich through Eastern Europe to Istanbul, all under the protection of an aging rock star and his immortal songs. g a l r e V s e n e g

Benedict Wells was born in Munich in 1984 and ini- o i D tially grew up in Switzerland. At the age of six began / n n a

his journey through three Bavarian boarding schools. m i s Following his graduation from high school in 2003, o M e n he moved to Berlin where he decided not to go to i g e university. Instead, he devoted himself to his first R © : o

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Benedict Wells Beck’s Last Summer

Seventeen-year-old Rauli from Lithuania is an outsider in his class until his music teacher Robert Beck discovers that the boy is fantasti- cally talented: his voice and E-guitar playing are divine. Beck, himself a failed musician, wants to help the boy get on the fast lane to success. But it is not all pure altruism: as the man who discovered Rauli and as his manager, the thirty- seven-year-old Beck may yet find his way back into the world of glamour. But as is the case with Beck himself, Rauli too has his secrets. Benedict Other protagonists: young waitress Lara who Wells is also in the process of conquering the world Becks letzter and who tries hard not to fall in love with Beck. A Lithuanian family with a mysterious past. Sommer Anna Lind, the incarnate erotic dream of every ul, teacher and student. Colossal German-African Charlie, Beck’s only friend who is a philoso- pher at heart and has just failed in his attempt to become a bouncer. And an ageing rock star Roman·Diogenes as a guardian angel. All the figures are on a long road to discover themselves and they will arrive – though not Novel necessarily where one would expect. 464 pages September 2008 Beck’s Last Summer is an artist’s novel, a road movie and an Odyssey through the onslaughts World rights are handled by Diogenes. of genius and mediocrity. Film rights are available. g a l r e V s e n e g o i D / n n a m i s o M e n i g e R © : o t o h P

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»A novel about a vibrant multi-cultural city.« Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Yadé Kara Selam Berlin

Roman · Diogenes

2003

Praise for Yadé Kara’s first novel Selam Berlin:

»We have been waiting for the great ›fall-of-the-wall novel‹ for a long time, and finally a young Turkish woman has written it. A wonderful novel.« Hamburger Abendblatt

»A felicitous portrait after the fall of the wall and a tragicomic novel about love, identity, adolescence and home. A distressing debut.« News, Vienna

»The novel describes a wide range of different ways of coming to terms with life in transit, but it is not restricted solely to human beings: for it is also the portrait of a city undergoing major changes.« Die Welt, Berlin

Selam Berlin has been published by: r e

E/O (Italy) y e a M

Inkilap (Turkey) l e a h c i M ©

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.« Yadé Kara Cafe Cyprus

In the new novel Cafe Cyprus the protagonist Hasan tops what has already been attested to him by critics: »Dynamic, freaky, colourful!« (Brigitte, Hamburg)

In Selam Berlin, Hasan Kazan witnessed the fall of the wall. In Cafe Cyprus he tries to gain a foothold in London and is fascinated by the mixture of different nationalities characterising the city. Khan and Betty, Kazim and Sukjeet, Ali and Ayse are the friends with whom Hasan – a present-day nomad – socialises in the London of the early nineties. In Green Lanes, North London, he works in ›Ali’s Supermarket‹. In ›Cafe Cyprus‹, he waits on old Cypriots who Yadé Kara still engage in embittered discussions on the so- lution of the Cyprus conflict. He also sells Ke- Cafe Cyprus babs with Kazim and clothes with Khan and Betty at Portobello Market, falls in love with Roman · Diogenes Hannah, takes his mom, on a visit from Istan- bul, and cousin Leyla to the city’s tourist high- lights, philosophises about Englishness, and Novel compares his experiences with Berlin and Istan- 384 pages bul, the cities in which he grew up. No doubt – September 2008 everything is one notch hotter and tougher in London. World rights are handled by Diogenes. Film rights are available. r e y e a

M Yadé Kara was born in Cayirli in Turkey in 1965 and l e a

h studied English and German. She has worked as an c i

M actress, teacher, manager and journalist in Berlin, © : o

t London, Istanbul and Hong Kong. She is currently o h P living in Berlin.

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Bernhard Schlink The Reader

For the release of the film The Reader in 2009 Diogenes is going to publish a special edition of Schlink’s novel.

Director: Stephen Daldry Screenplay: David Hare Cast: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Bruno Ganz, Karoline Herfurth, Volker Bruch, Hannah Herzsprung, Alexandra Maria Lara Producers: Anthony Minghella, Sydney Pollack, Scott Rudin Production: Mirage Enterprises/Studio Bernhard Babelsberg Schlink Der Vorleser

»Moving, suggestive and ultimately hopeful. The Reader leaps national boundaries and speaks straight to the heart.« Roman · Diogenes The New York Times Book Review

»A literary event.« Novel Der Spiegel, Hamburg 208 pages first published in 1995 World rights are handled by Diogenes. m u a b l h O e d l o s I © : o t o h P

Bernhard Schlink’s books have been published in 43 languages.

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Publication on the occasion of its screen adaptation: short story The Other Man by Bernhard Schlink, from the collection Flights of Love, in paperback.

The story of a man who only fully grasps who his wife was – and who he himself is – after her death.

Director: Richard Eyre Screenplay: Charles Wood, Richard Eyre Cast: Liam Neeson, Laura Linney, Antonio Banderas and Romola Garai Producer: Richard Eyre, Frank Doelger, Bernhard Tracey Scoffield, Mary Beth O’Connor, Schlink David Richenthal, Michael Dreyer Production: Rainmark Films, Gotham Films Liebesfluchten

Diogenes Bibliothek

Stories 320 pages first published in 2000 World rights are handled by Diogenes.

Bernhard Schlink was born in 1944 in Bielefeld, m u

a Germany. A lawyer, Schlink resides in Berlin and b l h

O New York. He published his first crime novel, Self’s e d l

o Punishment, with co-author Walter Popp. Following s I

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o The Gordian Knot and Self’s Deception, Schlink h P departed from the crime genre. His novel The Reader, published in 1995, has received both national and in- ternational prizes, and his collection of short stories, Flights of Love, published in 2000, established his world renown as a novelist. In 2007, Diogenes pub- es. lished his collection of essays Guilt of the Past.

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Ingrid Noll .« Cuckoo’s Child

Mama’s baby – papa’s maybe? Cuckoo’s Child is a story about three paternity tests, a preg- nancy test, a baby in a laundry basket, a few dead persons and unconventional family bliss in a nest which, though entirely unfamiliar, is nonetheless rather cosy.

A little house with a garden, a happy marriage and above all two children, those were my goals in life, Anja, a teacher in her late thirties thinks to herself. Far from having reached her goals, she is stuck in a ›rat hole‹ as she calls the lodging Ingrid Noll into which she fled following her divorce. When her colleague Birgit becomes pregnant, Kuckucks- Anja can’t help suspecting the child was con- kind ceived by her own ex-husband. She persuades Birgit’s husband secretly to undergo a paternity test. The side effects are potentially dangerous… With an equal portion of humour and insight into the slings and arrows of nest-building, Roman · Diogenes Cuckoo’s Child depicts family constellations which are anything but boring and common. In the process she shows that the road to happi- Novel ness is not always straight and smooth. 352 pages July 2008 World rights are handled by Diogenes. Film rights are available. m u a b l h O e d l o s I

© Ingrid Noll was born 1935 in Shanghai, studied : o t

o German philology and art history in Bonn. She is h P the mother of three adult children. After her children left home, she began to write crime stories, which all became instant bestsellers. Head Count received the ›Glauser Prize‹ and is just one of her novels which have been successfully adapted for the screen.

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Kati Hirschel interferes for the third time. What she interferes with is, of course, none of her business whatsoever.

Kebab is no longer hip, as Kati has discovered the advantages of a healthy diet. She hopes that this will help her avoid botox injections and other artificial beautification procedures. She has recently taken to having lunch, together with her fellow employee and friend Fofo, in a small eatery near her bookstore specialising in crime fiction. Every day, a beautiful woman sits alone in front of her salad, diagonally opposite Esmahan her. When the news is all over the press that Aykol the daughter-in-law of an industrialist, Cem Scheidung Ankarahgil, has died, Kati immediately recog- nises the stranger from the restaurant in the auf Türkisch Ein Fall für photo. This arouses her curiosity. Although the Kati Hirschel police believe it was an accident, Kati suspects something more sinister has happened. Roman · Diogenes

A Case for Kati Hirschel Novel 336 pages September 2008 World rights are handled by Diogenes (except Turkish language). Film rights are available. r i m e d z Ö n i

y Esmahan Aykol was born in Edirne, Turkey, 1970, e s ü now living in Berlin and Istanbul. While studying H ©

: towards a degree in law, she worked as a journalist o t o

h for several Turkish newspapers and radio stations. P Later she and a friend opened a bar, which went bust in no time. Her friend then opened a bookshop and Esmahan Aykol wrote a novel which became a best- seller not only in that bookshop, but throughout . Turkey: Hotel Bosporus.

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The Calli, Campi and Caffès which Brunetti frequents all combined into city tours:

thirteen walks developed and tried by Toni Sepeda through the Serenissima reveal the world of the Commissario. And he knows Venice like no other: rich and poor, the present and the past, during daytime and at night.

This travel guide is provided with: • 13 city map excerpts • a map of the lagoon

»Donna Leon has a wonderful feel for the hidden evils that lie below the façade of the magical city.« The Times, London

»What makes the Brunetti novels so special is their strong reference to the real world which tempts tourists into looking for the Commissario at the scenes of his work. This means that Brunetti has a rival for the reader’s affection, a rival who is treated with as much tenderness and love as the principal figure himself: the city of Venice.« Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

»The Brunetti novels abound in careful descriptions and discrete recommendations the quality and credibility of which cannot be surpassed by any city, restaurant or shopping guide. Donna Leon leaves nothing to chance when it comes to choosing the restaurants and bars frequented by Brunetti – and his adversaries.« Brigitte Woman, Hamburg h t i

Brunetti’s Venice has been sold to: m S k r Seix Barral (Spain) a M © : o t o h P

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Toni Sepeda Brunetti’s Venice rio. What happened, where and why? Toni Sepeda on the trail of Commissario Brunetti. A literary travel guide. Even for armchair travellers. With a preface by Donna Leon.

Why does Commissario Brunetti in Friends in High Places take a seat in the Torino and not, as is his habit, in the Rosa Salva? Author Toni Sepeda has meticulously retraced Brunetti’s paths through the alleys of Venice and through the novels and carefully collated everything that is set in the vicinity of the Questura, in San Polo or near the Ospedale Civile etc. Her tried and tested tours – inter- spersed with Donna Leon quotes – offer some- Toni Sepeda thing like Ariadne’s thread through the tangle of alleys. Brunetti’s Venice allows the reader, Mit Brunetti either at home or on site, casually to follow durchVenedig Brunetti on his strolls through the City of Vorwort von Donna Leon Water … Roaming about while letting your Diogenes thoughts wander, just as Brunetti does: this is what the book invites the reader to do. Preface by Donna Leon With 13 city map excerpts and a map of the lagoon 320 pages November 2008 World rights are handled by Diogenes.

Toni Sepeda, born in 1942, has been teaching literature and art history at the University of Maryland for more than fifteen years, the same institution where Donna h t

i Leon used to work. She has also given guided tours for m S

k both individuals and groups through the Commissa- r a

M rio’s home city. They are the only tours authorised © :

o by Donna Leon. She has co-authored an American t o h

P guide to Venice. Her latest university lecture series is dedicated to Brunetti’s Venice.

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»We step into the world of Arabian Nights as if it was the seductive twilight of a covered bazaar. U We are lured from one tale to the next…« Th Iring Fetscher

»The tales of Arabian Nights are the Orient’s most beautiful gift to the world.« ZEIT-Bibliothek der 100 Bücher g a l r e V s e n e g o i D / n n a m i s o M

Urs Widmer was born in Tatjana Hauptmann was e n i g

Basel in 1938. He studied born in Wiesbaden in 1950. e R ©

German, Romance After attending the Werk- : n n

languages and history in kunstschule in Offenbach, a m t p

Basel, Montpellier and she worked as an appren- u a H

Paris. In 1966 he completed tice graphic artist at the o t o h

his doctoral thesis on Werkkunstschule in Wies- P /

German postwar prose, baden for three years, and m u a b

and then worked as an she was subsequently oc- l h O

editor for Walter Publish- cupied drawing ›Mainzel- e d l o s

ing House in Olten, Switzerland, and for Suhrkamp männchen‹ for ZDF television. In 1977, armed with a huge I © :

Publishing House in Frankfurt. In Frankfurt he stayed for folder of her work, she visited the Diogenes stand at the r e T m d

17 years, though with Suhrkamp only until 1968. Together Frankfurt Book Fair. The folder included A Day in the Life i W o

with other editors he founded the ›Verlag der Autoren‹. of Petronella Pig, which was subsequently her first book t o h

Urs Widmer now lives and works as a writer in Zurich. published by Diogenes. P

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Urs Widmer / Tatjana Hauptmann The Most Beautiful Tales From Arabian Nights

For all those who have always shied away from the sheer length of the original Urs Widmer has carefully abridged the wonderful tales from Die schönsten Arabian Nights while preserving their oriental Geschichten flavour. Highly vivid and amusing, he recounts ausTausendundeiner the six most famous tales of the immortal Nacht Sheherazade: The Fisherman and the Jinni, erzählt von Urs Widmer Alibaba and the Forty Thieves, Aladdin and mit vielen Bildern von Tatjana Hauptmann Diogenes the Magic Lamp, The Magic Horse, The Adventures of Haroun-al-Raschid, and Sinbad the Sailor. To ensure that the great collection of fairytales becomes »a source of infinite pleasures and the richest picture book in the world« (Hermann Hesse), Tatjana Hauptmann has collaborated on the work, the artist to illustrate Oriental lavishness and subtlety.

»Tatjana Hauptmann has retained a dreamy playfulness and a sense of vital naivety. Both qualities are reflected in her drawings and account for her success with children 160 pages as well as young-at-heart adults. November 2008 Stern, Hamburg g a l r e World rights are handled by Diogenes. V s e n e g o i D / n n a About Urs Widmer’s adaptation of m i s o

M Shakespeare’s King Plays: e n i g e R ©

: »An excellent read. With their breath-taking n n a m

t pace, Widmer’s prose versions of Shakespeare’s p u a

H plays are true masterworks.« o t o h Basler Zeitung P / m u a b l h O e d l o s I © : r e Tatjana Hauptmann’s books have been published in 19 languages. m d i W o t

o Urs Widmer’s novels have been published in 25 languages. h P

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Friedrich KarlWaechter Wir können nochviel zusammen machen Diogenes

F. K. Waechter F. K. Waechter 64 pages 40 pages 1998 first published in 1973 re-editioned in 2006 The Red Wolf has been awarded the ›German Youth Literatur Prize‹ in 1999. We Can Do So Many Things Together has been awarded the ›German Youth Literatur Prize‹ in 1975. It has been published in 7 languages. It has been sold to: L’Ecole des Loisirs (France) Lemniscaat (Netherlands) Babalibri (Italy) Borim Press (Korea) m o c . o t o h p h c s t i e p / h c s t i

Friedrich Karl Waechter Bernd Eilert was born e P r e

was born in Danzig (now in Oldenburg in 1949. t e P

Poland) in 1937. From He studied drama at the © : t r e

1962, he has lived in Frank- University of Marburg. l i E o

furt am Main, working first Eilert has authored texts t o h P

as a graphic artist and later and plays for radio, televi- / n e

as a freelancer for various sion and the satirical jour- g i E t s

newspapers and magazines, nal Pardon. He was one of r o including a number of the co-founders of Titanic H © : r e

satirical publications. In in 1979. In the 1980s he t h c e

1966 he published his first volume of drawings and cartoons. co-authored, with Robert Gernhardt and Peter Knorr, texts a W

His famous appeared in 1970. and scripts for comedian Otto Waalkes, apart from a detec- o Anti-Struwwelpeter t o h

F.K. Waechter died in 2005 in Frankfurt am Main. tive novel and a volume of short stories. Bernd Eilert lives P in Frankfurt.

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F. K. Waechter / Bernd Eilert The Crown Snatchers

Easy to become king, being one the hardest thing. After numerous adventures and practical tests, this is the insight gained by the children Die Robert, Moritz and Johanna, king Schwarte the pig, Charlie ›Tasso‹ Trunk the mouse and Carlo Kronenklauer Spannnagel the donkey, Miss Bellmouse the cat von F. K.Waechter and Dr Johannes Loy the owl. F. K.Waechter und Bernd Eilert and Bernd Eilert lure the reader into a cheer- Diogenes fully upside-down yet fundamentally good world. This rollicking book for children, parents and other demanding readers which was first pub- lished in 1972 crowns it all: apart from reading it, one can join in the fun with folding, guessing, rhyming, puzzling, painting, singing, and even maltreating it with a pair of scissors.

»I later bought a few of Waechter’s children’s books and posters for my little brother: The Crown Snatchers, which he wrote together with Bernd Eilert, for example. With their masterful hatching, the drawings 192 pages came across as somewhat conventional at first, first published in 1972 but they were completely new and fresh re-editioned in October 2008 m o c . in their mischievous and anti-authoritarian o t o

h World rights are handled by Diogenes. p attitude, their celebration of nonsense and h c s t i e in that they animated children to participate p / h c s t in the creation of the book, i.e. to draw i e P r e into the book, cut things out of it and t e P

© to invent their own stories.« : t r e l i Axel Scheffler E o t o h P / n e g i E t s r o H © : r e t h c e

a This book is a real surprise bag, brimful with jokes W o t o h

P and wonder, full of tricks and fantastic deeds.

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Tomi Ungerer The Sorcerer’s Apprentice

»One day, the wizard said to Humboldt, the sorcerer’s apprentice: ›Sorcerers and magi- cians from all over the world are invited to a congregation. I must meet them. Guard my castle and assiduously discharge your duties. While I am gone, I expect you to wipe the glasses until they are crystal-clear, polish the brass mortar, and there must not be even a hint of a stain anywhere on the floor by the time I get back. And before I forget: the water trough must always be full precisely to the brim. I hope you don’t even think of resting until you have done all your work!‹ The sorcerer then put on his cloak, mumbled a few incantations and – whiz! – disappeared in a cloud of pale blue powder which immedi- ately settled on all the furniture and floors. Der Zauberlehrling ›As if I wasn’t busy enough as it is‹, Hum- von BarbaraHazen undTomiUngerer boldt murmured to himself. ›He keeps Diogenes dumping more and more work on me and reserves all the pleasure for himself. That’s unfair. While he, the master, rattles off a few 48 pages magic words, I have to slave away like a first published in 1974 servant. He has the power and the fun…‹« re-editioned in October 2008 World rights are handled by Diogenes.

The Sorcerer’s Apprentice has been published in 9 languages.

After the famous poem by Johann Wolfgang Goethe d r r a e r h e n

about a sorcerer’s apprentice who g e i n L U r i e

conjures up ghosts he subsequently t m e o P T - g r cannot get rid of anymore. © ü : J n o i © t : a o r t t s o u h l l P I

Tomi Ungerer’s books have been published in 36 languages.

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Tomi Ungerer Useless Thoughts

»One should always have a notebook handy, both at home and when out and about«, Tomi Ungerer says. Having followed his own advice for over thirty years he has, in passing, filled stacks of diaries and notebooks. »Ideas race through my head. I am like a computer; it is as if someone pressed a button. That even applies to languages: French, Ger- man, English – I switch from one to the other, sometimes I use all three of them in one sentence«, Tomi Ungerer explains. Tomi Ungerer Apart from ideas, sketches and drawings, Tomi Ungerer’s notebooks reveal his predilection Nutzlose for aphorisms, puns, and little stories. From Gedanken this reservoir, a book has been compiled for the first time. It shows an unfamiliar part of Tomi Ungerer, although perhaps it is not that unusual for him after all: »I am a note-taker. I draw what I write down, and I write down what I draw in order to express my thoughts Diogenes clearly and succinctly«, Tomi Ungerer says.

128 pages N0vember 2008 World rights are handled by Diogenes.

Tomi Ungerer was born in 1931 and comes from a Strasbourg watch maker family. He messed up his University Entrance examination, tramping through Europe instead and publishing his first drawings in Simplizissimus literary magazine. In the mid 1950s he moved to New York, where he achieved increasing success as a painter, illustrator, children’s book author

d and graphic artist. After spending a number of years r r a e r h e

n on a farm in Nova Scotia, Canada, he now lives with g e i n L U r i his family in the southwest of Ireland and in Stras- e t m e o P T - bourg. Tomi Ungerer has been awarded the ›Hans g r © ü : J n Christian Andersen Award for Illustration‹ in 1998. o i © t : a r o

t t In October 2000, the Council of Europe appointed s o u h l l P I him ›Ambassador for Childhood and Education in Europe‹. The Tomi Ungerer Museum opened its doors in Strasbourg in November 2007.

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»Walter Muschg’s writing is overbearing in its tone and sharp in its judgements but also seductively brilliant.« Neue Zürcher Zeitung

Walter Muschg Tragische Literaturgeschichte Diogenes

A Tragic Literary History 748 pages first published in 1948 re-editioned in 2006

Rave reviews following the reissue of Walter Muschg’s A Tragic Literary History:

»One of the most essential books ever written.« Die Welt, Berlin

»Walter Muschg’s book is uncanny and fully deserves to be reprinted. A fascinating text on account of the big questions it raises, it enthrals the reader with the sheer vigour and decisiveness with which it answers these questions.« Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung

»With his Tragic History of Literature Walter Muschg belongs to the authors of classic works l e s a

who, in Lessing’s words would have deserved ›to be less elevated and read more‹! B y r a r b

Only two pages long, the afterword by Urs Widmer is a stylistic masterpiece which, based i L y t i s

on critical analysis, pays beautiful, subtle and befitting tribute to the author. It is recommended to all r e v i n

readers as their next book, irrespective of whether they already know it or pick it up for the first time.« U e h t

Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich f o n o i s s i m r

A Tragic Literary History e p d n i k h t

sold to: i W : o

Ithaki (Turkey) t o h Aletheia (Poland) P Fondo de Cultura Economica (Mexico) 22 08_foreign_rights_autumn.qxp:08_7_foreign_rights_spring.qxp 18.4.2008 13:46 Uhr Seite 23

« Walter Muschg Selected Essays

An expert in the study of German language and literature, Walter Muschg was originally trained as a psychoanalyst, and it was from this perspective that he gained profound and sur- prisingly modern insights into the subconscious and mythical nature of literary texts. These insights gave rise to original, often provocative but invariably convincing, literary interpreta- tions. His collection of essays The Destruction Walter Muschg of German Literature caused a sensation in Ausgewählte 1956, as Muschg was the first critic to draw at- Essays tention to the ›burnt-out poets‹ of expression- über Barlach, Brecht, Döblin, ism after 1945. Dürrenmatt, Freud, Compiled from this as well as other works by Gotthelf, Kafka u.a. Muschg, the volume contains the critic’s most important essays on ›his‹ authors Brecht, Döblin, Goethe, Hebel, Kafka, Barlach, Keller, Diogenes Stifter as well as many others.

Selected Essays on Barlach, Brecht, Döblin, Dürrenmatt, Freud, Gotthelf, Kafka and others 352 pages December 2008 World rights are handled by Diogenes. ks l e s a B y r a r b

d i L y t i s

to all r e v i n

time.« U e h t f o n o i s s i m r

e Walter Muschg was born in 1898 in Zurich. He was p d

n professor for German literary history in Basel. His i k h t

i students, among them Max Frisch and Urs Widmer, W

: revered him as an exceptional teacher. Walter Muschg o t o h

P died in Basel in 1965.

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Paul Flora Fauna, Fables and Figures

PAU LFLORA FAU N A FA B E LN U N D F I G U R E N DIO GEN E S

62 new drawings 80 pages December 2008 World rights are handled by Diogenes.

Paul Flora was born in Glurns in Austria in 1922. m u a b He started working for the Münchener Neue Zeitung l h O

in 1949, and in 1957 he became the political caricaturist e d l o s of the Hamburg newspaper Die Zeit. He drew over I © :

3500 political caricatures in fourteen years, as well as o t o h

doing innumerable ›free‹ drawings which have been P shown in collections all over the world. He lives in Innsbruck. 08_foreign_rights_autumn.qxp:08_7_foreign_rights_spring.qxp 18.4.2008 13:47 Uhr Seite 25

Loriot Christmas with Loriot

At long last it is possible to celebrate Christmas with Loriot: with presents which are sure to please (for example the game: ›Let’s build our own nuclear power plant‹), with classic recipes such as ›Dachshund in a nightgown‹ and ›Papa made of marzipan‹, with Loriot’s legendary advent poem and grandpa Hoppenstedt’s time- less verdict: »There used to be more tinsel!« and, last but not least, a number of edifying New Year’s resolutions.

A book for all those who can hardly wait for the next Christmas season, but also for those Weihnachten who can hardly wait until the whole festive fuss mit is finally over. Loriot

Diogenes

88 pages November 2008 World rights are handled by Diogenes.

m Loriot alias Vicco von Bülow was born in Branden- u a b l

h burg in 1923, grew up in Berlin, is a member of the O

e Akademie der Schönen Künste and lives at the Starn- d l o s I bergersee, in Bavaria. © : o

t Loriot was one of the first Diogenes authors: his o h

P humorous writings in Stern and Quick fired the enthusiasm of publisher Daniel Keel – his books became Diogenes’ first best-sellers.

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»Those who think humour is about laughing at the expense of others do not understand its nature. To be funny, one must first and foremost expose oneself to ridicule.« Loriot

Loriot Loriot Gesammelte Gesammelte Prosa Bildergeschichten

Diogenes Diogenes

Loriot Loriot Collected Prose Collected Picture Stories 752 pages 928 pages 2006 November 2008 World rights are handled by Diogenes. World rights are handled by Diogenes.

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t Loriot ›Collected Prose‹ and ›Collected Picture Stories‹

»If there was no Vicco von Bülow, i.e. Loriot – ›Oh… yes‹ – he would have to be invented. You all know him from films, radio and television: ›fa-bu-lous‹. The fact that he has been refusing to appear in the circus ring in his own very personal way and live in one way or another, well, who can hold it against him? If Diogenes now releases Loriot’s Collected Prose, 750 pages thick, on a market already overflowing with books, then you must buy it and more importantly read it! ›Ter-ri-fic‹!« Norddeutscher Rundfunk, Schwerin

1680 pages November 2008 World rights are handled by Diogenes.

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Diogenes is handling rights of the following authors’ work:

Fiction Noll, Ingrid Padrutt, Hanspeter Pisani, Liaty Reinhardt, Stephan Allen, Woody Schlink, Bernhard (Andersch biographer) (European rights only) Schünemann, Christian Schönborn, Felizitas von Andersch, Alfred Sinowjew, Alexander Sepeda, Toni Arjouni, Jakob Sterchi, Beat Urban, Peter Aykol, Esmahan Straub, Maria Elisabeth (Chekhov biographer) (excl. Turkish language) Strittmatter, Thomas Vollenweider, Alice Borger, Martina Süskind, Patrick Willms, Johannes Cacucci, Pino Suter, Martin (Balzac biographer) Dankowtsewa, Anna Szczypiorski, Andrzej Dobelli, Rolf Taylor, Amanda Graphic Art Dönhoff, Friedrich Toddi, Silvio Dörrie, Doris Tokarjewa, Viktorija Deix, Manfred Dürrenmatt, Friedrich Vermeulen, John Flora, Paul Fellini, Federico (excl. Dutch language) Loriot Gilbert, Marianne Waechter, F.K. Topor, Roland Goebel, Joey Weck, Laura de Traxler, Hans (excl. US rights) Wells, Benedict Ungerer, Tomi Hackl, Erich Widmer, Urs Waechter, F. K. Heine, E.W. Winter, Leon de (excl. English language) (excl. Dutch language) Children’s Books Highsmith, Patricia Jägersberg, Otto Non Fiction Bosshard, Andreas Jeissing, Ivana Bracharz, Kurt Kara, Yadé Amann, Jürg Dankowtsewa, Anna Kettenbach, Hans Werner Arnold, Heinz Ludwig Dörrie, Doris Kurkow, Andrej Böhmer, Otto A. Hauptmann, Tatjana (excl. Russian language) Dalai Lama Heine, Helme Lange, Hartmut Friedell, Egon Kernke, Gabriele Leon, Donna (excl. English language) Krause, Ute Limacher, Roland Häsler, Alfred A. Maeder, Babette Loetscher, Hugo Howald, Stefan Murschetz, Luis Markaris, Petros (Ambler biographer) Nabb, Magdalen (excl. Greek language) Lamberti Zanardi, F. & Schaad, Hans P. Matussek, Matthias Schisa, Brunella Steger, H. U. McCarten, Anthony Lempp, Reinhart Timm, Uwe (excl. English language) Leonhart, Dorothea Traxler, Hans Meienberg, Niklaus (Mozart biographer) Ungerer, Tomi Morweiser, Fanny Marcuse, Ludwig Waechter, F. K. Mro‡ek, S¥awomir Mertens, Fritz Zimnik, Reiner Mulot, Sibylle Muschg, Walter Nabb, Magdalen Nigg, Walter

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