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Friedrich Dürrenmatt Patricia Highsmith H.U. Steger Luis Murschetz and Tomi Ungerer th Nocturnal Conversation Ripley Under Ground Travelling to Tripiti F. K. Waechter 85 Birthday 28.11.2016 with a Scorned Man Teatr Studio im. Konzert Theater Bern Here I am at the Olaf Gul- Petros Markaris Theater und Orchester St. I. Witkiewicza, Warsaw bransson Museum, Tegernsee 80th Birthday 1.1.2017 Patrick Süskind from 12.2.2017 until 14.5.2017. Neubrandenburg/ The Talented Mr. Ripley Magdalen Nabb Neustrelitz Theater der Jugend Wien The Double Bass (1947–2007) Teatro Armonia, Friedrich Dürrenmatt th Play Strindberg 70 Birthday 16.1.2017 Santiago de Chile Permanent exhibition Friedrich Teatro Stabile del Friuli Anthony McCarten Rainer Brambach Theater Lüneburg Dürrenmatt – writer and artist Venezia Giulia (1917–1983) Death of a Superhero Münchner Volkstheater at the Centre Dürrenmatt Theater und 100th Birthday 22.1.2017 Romulus the Great Theater Krefeld und Neuchâtel. Philharmonie Essen Stadttheater Gießen Mönchengladbach Hartmut Lange Städtische Bühnen th Městská divadla pražská, Objectif 3000, France Paul Flora 80 Birthday 31.3.2017 Osnabrück Prague Atelier Théâtre Actuel, Permanent exhibition at the Claus-Ulrich Bielefeld Theater Konstanz The Physicists France Paul-Flora-Museum, Glurns 70th Birthday 31.7.2017 Staatstheater Mainz Higher State School (Austria). Sławomir Mrożek Donna Leon Rheinisches Landestheater of Drama, Krakow 75th Birthday 29.9.2017 Neuss Emigrants Fundacja Sceny im. F.K. Waechter Viktorija Tokarjewa Pfalztheater Kaiserslautern b.a.n.t. Theatre, Istanbul St. Wyspiańskiego, Krakow Permanent exhibition at carica- 80th Birthday 20.11.2017 Theater Aachen Theatre Bulgarian Army Chekhow Moscow Art tura museum Frankfurt. Schlossfestspiele Teatteri Vanha Juko, Lakti Theatre Hagenwil State Theatre, Istanbul Viktorija Tokarjewa Photos: Tomi Ungerer: © Gaëtan Bally/keystone; The Pledge Die Witwen Musical Petros Markaris: © Regine Mosimann; Magdalen Nabb: Theatre Teo, Daejeon © Dirk Vogel; Rainer Brambach: Archiv Diogenes Verlag; Mecklenburgisches Mara Hartmut Lange: © Hans-Christian Plambeck/laif; Claus-Ulrich Bielefeld: © Bastian Schweitzer / Diogenes Verlag; Donna Leon: Staatstheater sogar theater, Zurich © Regine Mosimann / Diogenes Verlag; Viktorija Tokarjewa: Ein Sommertag Friedrich Dürrenmatt © Isolde Ohlbaum; Konzert Theater Bern Teatrul Tineretului Tomi Ungerer The Visit The Visit Piatra Neamţ Moon Man Theatre 1010, nia Produções Artísticas Love on Crimea Schauspielhaus Graz Tokyo-Kitasenju Liepājas Teātris Divadlo Astorka Korzo ’90, Canal City Theatre, Fukuoka Vakhtangov State Academic Bratislava The Three Robbers Chunichi Theatre, Nagoya Westfälisches Landestheater Theatre, Moscow Out at Sea Theatre Drama City, Osaka Konzert Theater Bern Gekidan Tsunobue, Tokyo Friedrich Karl Waechter Kompanie Lluis Graells Wir können Mezzanin Theater, Graz noch viel Tüpraş, İzmit Montserrat, Spain zusammen machen

Patrick Viktorij a Süskind Tokarj ewa Friedrich Patricia Sławomir Mrożek Der Anthony Mara Highsmith Friedrich Auf hoher See Kon trab aß Dürrenmatt Dürrenmatt McCarten Der Besuch Der talentierte Striptease Superhero Die Physiker Zwei Einakter der alten Dame Mr. Ripley Komödie Tragische Komödie Roman · Diogenes Diogenes Diogenes Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Diogenes Diogenes Diogenes TV Awards Cinema

Martin Suter Patricia Highsmith Hansjörg Schneider Lukas Hartmann Director: Andy Goddard. Ingrid Noll With Allmen and the secret Neil Cross has boarded the TV The Swiss author received The movie adaptation of Script: Susan Boyd. Director Wei Zhao is fi lming of the Dragonfl ies, the fi rst adaptation of her Ripley book the ›Honorary Prize‹ of the his novel Dark Bliss will Cast: Haley Bennett, the movie adaptation of episode of his crime novel series. Script: Neil Cross. ›Crime Novel Festival come to the Swiss cinemas Jessica Biel, Patrick Wilson. Hell Hath No Fury. series is coming to the small Production: Television 360, Burgdorf‹ in October 2016. in November 2016. Production: Killer Films. Script: Li Qiang, Production: screen. The premiere was Endemol Shine Studios. The prize is worth 5,000 chf. Director and Script: Stefan Distribution: Magnolia Cheerland. Scheduled release: at the ›Filmfest München‹ Executive Producer: Neil Haupt. Cast: Eleni Haupt, Pictures, Ascot Elite Enter- December 2016. in June 2016 and the release Cross, Guymon Casady and Erich Hackl Noé Ricklin, Elisa Plüss. tainment Group, Eagle Films. is scheduled for 2017. Ben Forkner (Television 360), In May the Association of the Production: Fontana Film, Beat Sterchi Director: Thomas Berger. and Philipp Keel (Diogenes Austrian Industry honoured Triluna Film AG. Distributi- Chris Kraus The movie rights of his novel Script: Martin Rauhaus. Verlag). him with the ›Anton Wild- on: Xenix Filmdistribution. His latest movie The Bloom Blösch have been optioned. Cast: Heino Ferch, Samuel gans 2015‹, which comes with of Yesterday will come Finzi. Production: ufa Tomi Ungerer a honorarium of 15,000 eur. to German and Austrian Friedrich Dürrenmatt fi ction. His children’s book Flix will cinemas this winter. The movie rights of his be adapted as cartoon tv se- Benedict Wells Director and Script: novella Mondfi nsternis have Leon de Winter ries. Optioned by Eye Present In June his novel On Chris Kraus. Cast: Adèle been optioned. Leon de Winter’s novel The Ltd and Pictor Productions the End of Loneliness was Haenel, Hannah Herzsprung, Right to Return will be turned Ltd, the project will be deve- awarded the ›European Jan Josef Liefers. Production: Yadé Kara into a series for the small loped in close collaboration Union Prize for Literature‹. Dor Film West and Four The movie rights of her novel screen. Production: Endemol. with Tomi Ungerer. The prize is worth 5,000 eur. Minutes Filmproduktion. Selam Berlin have been Distribution (world): Beta optioned. Hartmut Lange Cinema. In September 2016, Hartmut Lange took up his artist Photo: © TRILUNA FILM AG residency at the Villa Massimo in Rome. His stay is part of Patricia Highsmith A Kind of Murder is the movie the ›Rome Prize‹, awarded to adaptation of her novel The him in 2016 by the German Blunderer and was premiered Academy Rome. at the ›Tribeca Film Festival‹ in April 2016. First release dates are in November (Russia) Allmen and the secret of the Dragonfl ies: Johann Friedrich von Allmen (Heino Ferch) The Bloom of Yesterday: Zazie (Adèle Haenel) and Toto (Lars Eidinger). Photo: © ard Degeto/ufa Fiction/Hardy Brackmann and in December 2016 (usa). Photo: Edith Held © Four Minutes Filmproduktion

Erich Hackl Drei tränenlose Geschichten Hansjörg Lukas Yadé Kara Leon Schneider Benedict Hartmann Selam Berlin Patricia Martin Suter Beat Sterchi Highsmith Allmen de Winter Hunkelers Wells Finsteres Das Recht auf Geheimnis Vom Ende Glück Blösch Der und Der neunte Fall Stümper die Libellen Rückkehr der Einsamkeit

Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Please find more information at: www.diogenes.ch/rights The great new German novel by fi lmmaker Chris Kraus who proves himself Chris Kraus a great narrator and fi nds images of biblical force. Cold Blood

Cold Blood tells the story of an entire epoch: An epos of two Baltic-German brothers in the maelstrom of the 20th century. a drama of betrayal and self-delusion spanning A novel that takes readers to the dark cham- the years 1905 to 1975 and taking us from Riga bers of history and shows how West Germany to Moscow, Berlin and Munich all the way to arose from the rubble of the Nazi regime.

Tel Aviv. Two brothers from Riga climb the career ladder: first in Nazi Germany, then as spies The protagonists are Hubert, Konstantin and for the young West Germany. Along with and between them is the Jewess Ev, the lover Ev Solm – two Baltic-German brothers and of both of them by turns. A passionate their Jewish adopted sister. ménage à trois unfolds that takes the protagonists to terrifying moral and political depths. Chris Kraus Das kalte Blut Their constant companion on their convoluted The story of the Solms is also the story of paths through life is a lie, disguised as a secret. twentieth-century Germany: the decline of an old world and the rise of a new one – under new auspices but with the same familiar protagonists. »Chris Kraus is a highly passionate storyteller.« Roman· Diogenes Martina Koben/ Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich

Novel 1120 pages, April 2017

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chris kraus, born in Göttingen in 1963, is a film director, screenwriter and novelist. His films (including Scherbentanz, Poll) have won numerous awards, Four Minutes with Monica Bleibtreu and Hannah Herzsprung picking up the ›German Film Prize‹ for best feature film in 2007. His most recent film, the comedy The Bloom of Yesterday starring Lars Eidinger, will be in cinemas from autumn 2016. Cold Blood is Chris

Kraus’s second novel. He lives in Berlin. © Maurice Haas Photo: Chris Kraus Excerpts from the novel Cold Blood The Bloom of Yesterday

»The fact that we never managed to »Ev and I, we didn’t feel like we An almost romantic comedy on the brink of keep the lie out of our lives, even came from this world. Yes, we admi- the abyss. though Hub, Ev and I longed for the red heroes like Hub and desired him With a colour picture section and truth, I swear to you, that brought too (taking Ev’s perspective for a annotations by the director and screenplay depravity into our existence, follo- second), but we didn’t live with or writer Chris Kraus. wed by crime and eventually death. among other people like him or our In cinemas from January 2017. Featuring Lars It could well be that most Nazis had parents, we lived alongside them, on Eidinger, Adèle Haenel, Hannah Herzsprung, the same problem.« the very margins, and while they Jan Josef Liefers, Sigrid Marquardt, Rolf Hoppe thought the world ﬁ rm and unaltera- and others. »I was deeply sincere. And I was ble, we saw that it was dangling from World premiere at the 29th Tokyo International deeply insincere. But insincerity was loose screws and shaken by the wind. Film Festival 2016. part of my job. The honest part was We were outsiders but we both had ›Thomas Strittmatter Prize‹ 2013 for the my inner self. A skin that could not the gi of not looking like outsiders, screenplay. be shed, the last layer of very thin but because we gave each other strength, Chris Kraus tough, honest skin. Beneath it my and yes, perhaps also through our In the midst of his deepest personal crisis, Die Blumen ﬂ esh, bones, heart. I never let the de- harmless touching, like chimpanzees Holocaust historian Toto meets the French von gestern ception get through to my guts. picking lice from one another.« research assistant Zazie, a Jewish woman with Ein Filmbuch That’s what I always think. That’s a fi nely honed abhorrence for all things Diogenes what I thought. That’s what everyone Germanic. Her eccentric approach turns in my position thinks, of course. Toto’s private and professional life on its head, Deception is my currency. There’s until nothing is left of it – apart from the no currency harder than that. But horror and beauty of an impossible romance. Film Script those who deal in it, I say, aren’t An irresistibly charming story marked by 182 pages, January 2017 necessarily false themselves.« absurd humour and underlying melancholy.

Chris Kraus »The Bloom of Yesterday is a masterful film, Das kalte Blut which balances with confident style World rights are handled by Diogenes. between comedy and tragedy, never slipping into silliness or kitsch. Roman· Diogenes Absurd, sophisticated genius.« Deutsche Film- und Medienbewertung »Martin Suter catches his readers with ingenious, streamlined plots.« Martin Suter Wolfgang Höbel / Der Spiegel, Hamburg Elephant

An edge-of-the-seat thriller and a great novel about the world we live in, about people on the margins of society and about those who Martin Suter speculate on big money. Martin Suter Lila, Lila Die dunkle Martin Suter Seite des Ein perfekter Martin Suter Freund Small World Mondes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes A creature that enchants people: a small pink Small World The Dark Side A Perfect Friend Lila, Lila elephant that glows in the dark like an alien. Novel, 1997 of the Moon Novel, 2002 Novel, 2004 Movie Adaptation Novel, 2000 Movie Adaptation Only one person knows where it comes from: Movie Adaptation the genetic scientist Roux. He has big plans for this global sensation. Or is it something sacred that must be hidden and protected? That’s what Kaung thinks, a Burmese elephant-whis- Martin Suter Martin Suter Martin Suter D er l e tzte Der Koch Der Teufel Weynfeldt perer who was present at the animal’s birth. von Martin Suter Mailand Die Zeit, Martin Suter die Zeit Montecristo An exploration of borderline territories, in

Roman· Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman· Diogenes Roman · Diogenes more ways than one. Martin Suter The Devil The Last The Cook The Time, Montecristo Elefant of Milan Weynfeldt Novel, 2010 the Time Novel, 2015 Novel, 2006 Novel, 2008 Movie Adaptation Novel, 2012 »Martin Suter reaches a huge audience with his novels. He writes exciting,

well-constructed and almost cinematic stories.« Roman· Diogenes Wolfgang Höbel / Der Spiegel, Hamburg A Martin Suter Martin Suter Martin Suter Martin Suter Allmen Allmen Allmen Allmen und die und und der und verschwundene die Libellen rosa Diamant die Dahlien María Novel Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes 320 pages, February 2017

Allmen and Allmen and Allmen and Allmen and the the Dragon ies the Pink Diamond the Dahlias Vanished María Novel, 2011 Novel, 2011 Novel, 2013 Novel, 2014 World rights are handled by Diogenes. All titles on Spiegel Bestseller list. »There is charm, irony, and undeniable Film rights are available. elegance in Martin Suter’s novels.« Martin Suter’s books have been published Pascal Bruckner / Le Nouvel Observateur, Paris in 34 languages.

martin suter, born in Zurich in 1948, is a writer, columnist and screenplay author. Until 1991, he worked as a creative director in advertising, before deciding to focus exclusively on writing. His novels (most recently Montecristo) have enjoyed huge international success. Martin Suter lives with his family

in Zurich. Tettamanti P © Franco Photo: »One of New Zealand’s most exciting literary exports.« Anthony McCarten International Herald Tribune Brilliance

Two star-studded Hollywood movie productions about Thomas Edison are in preparation, one starring Eddie Redmayne (The Theory of Everything, The Danish Girl), the other one

Anthony Anthony Anthony Michael Shannon (Nocturnal Animals, Salt McCarten McCarten McCarten Superhero Englischer Hand and Fire). Harem aufs Herz Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes A spark of genius, a Faustian pact, two Death of a Superhero The English Harem Show of Hands Novel, 2007 Novel, 2008 Novel, 2009 destinies: Thomas Edison and his banker Movie Adaptation Movie Adaptation Movie Adaptation J. P. Morgan.

Two geniuses in a historical thriller on money, corruption and murder.

Brilliance is the story of two very diﬀerent Anthony McCarten Anthony Ganz Anthony men who together were destined to change McCarten normale McCarten Liebe am Ende Helden funny girl the world. der Wel t Anthony Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes One of them brought light into the dark, McCarten Spinners In the Absence funny girl while the other was a financial genius. But Novel, 2011 of Heroes Novel, 2014 Novel, 2012 whereas J. P. Morgan left the relationship as Licht the richest man in the world, Thomas Edison, Roman· Diogenes the inventor of the lightbulb, allowed him- Praise for funny girl: self to be seduced by the sparkling world of his business partner and not only risked his creative powers but also the well-being of »Anthony McCarten has managed to write »Humorous bridging between cultures.« Novel his soul. 272 pages, March 2017 an enchantingly likeable novel about laughter Elle, Munich as a bridge builder between cultures.« »You can be sure that Brilliance will appear Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich at a screen near you. In the meantime, read.« World rights are handled by Diogenes E &T Magazine, London except English rights. Film rights (TV) are available. »Set against a backdrop of the eccentric

anthony mccarten, born in New Zealand in 1961, is an Edison and his strange diets and marriages.« Anthony McCarten’s books have been award-winning novelist, playwright and screen-writer. Author The Regency Magazine, Brighton published in 13 languages. of seven novels acclaimed by critics and readers alike and translated into 13 languages, he has adapted many of these for Published by: the big screen. In 2015 he was nominated for two Oscars and Alma Books (UK) won two baftas for his screenplay The Theory Of Everything, Hawthorne Books (USA) starring Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking. His play Ladies Night continues to be an international hit. Anthony

McCarten divides his time between London and Munich. © Privat Photo: »One of the most exquisite and subtle detective series ever.«

Washington Post Donna Leon Earthly Remains

25 Donna Leon’s public is getting larger and larger and Brunetti’s focus as well: While leaving the alleys of Venice behind, Brunetti discovers a big crime in the laguna.

Donna Leon A cosy and yet very uncosy novel. Ewige Jugend Commissario Brunettis fünfundzwanzigster Fall During an interrogation of an entitled, arro- Roman · Diogenes gant man Brunetti acts rashly, doing some- The Waters thing he will quickly come to regret. In the of Eternal Youth The 25th Case fallout, he realizes that he needs a break, needs to get away from the stiﬂing problems of his work. #1 of the Spiegel Bestseller list for 5 weeks. »The Waters of Eternal Youth . . . [is] a In the Top Ten of the Spiegel Bestseller list bittersweet story that makes us appreciate When Brunetti is granted leave from the Donna Leon for 12 weeks. Brunetti’s philosophical take on the Questura, his wife Paola ships him oﬀ to #6 of the Times Bestseller List Stille Wasser indignities, insanities, and cruelties of life.« a villa owned by a wealthy relative on Commissario Brunettis #8 of the NYTimes Bestseller List sechsundzwanzigster Fall Marilyn Stasio/New York Times Book Review Sant’Erasmo, one of the largest islands in #10 of the El Mundo Bestseller List the laguna. There he intends to pass his days rowing, and his nights reading. But »The Waters of Eternal Youth has the most Roman· Diogenes Rights sold: satisfying ending of any book I’ve read in when a new friend goes missing, Brunetti Catalan (Grup 62) recent memory.« feels compelled to investigate, to try to better Dutch (De Bezige Bij) understand the man and to piece together Finnish (Otava) Joe Hartlaub / www.bookreporter.com the puzzle of his life. Commissario Brunetti’s 26th Case French (Calmann-Lévy) 336 pages, January 2017 Hungarian (Geopen) »[. . .] the pleasures of spending time Polish (Noir sur Blanc) with Brunetti and the gang have never Rights sold: Portuguese/PT (Relógio d’Agua) been greater.« Catalan (Grup 62) Spanish (Seix Barral) Kirkus Reviews, New York World rights are handled by Diogenes. UK (William Heinemann) Spanish (Seix Barral) USA (Grove/Atlantic) USA (Grove /Atlantic) Donna Leon’s books have been published in 35 languages.

donna leon, born in New Jersey in 1942, moved to Italy at the age of 23 to continue her studies in Perugia and Siena. She has lived outside the usa since 1965 and worked as a travel guide in Rome, as a copywriter in London, and has also taught at American schools in Switzerland, Iran, China and Saudi Arabia. The Brunetti novels have made her world famous. Since 1981 she divides her time between Switzerland

and Venice. Verlag Diogenes / Mosimann © Regine Photo: »Dönhoﬀ ’s writing is a model of clarity, and Hamburg transpires to be a most alluring setting for crime.« Friedrich Dönhoff New Books in German, London Secret Rulers

Sebastian Fink has a brand new case and a brand new love, a DJ named Marissa. A highly contemporary novel about prostitu- tion and traffic in women. Friedrich Dönhoff Friedrich Der englische Friedrich Dönhoff Tänzer Dönhoff Ein Fall für Sebastian Fink Seeluft Savoy Blues Ein Fall für Sebastian Fink Ein Fall für Sebastian Fink Sebastian is planning a trip to Italy with dj Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Roman · Diogenes Marissa, his new girlfriend. But sun, sea Savoy Blues The English Dancer Sea Breeze Novel, 2008 Novel, 2010 Novel, 2013 and sand will have to wait, because a series of murders is terrifying the people of Hamburg. The victims have nothing in common – except for their marked interest in refugees.

Friedrich After numerous false leads, Sebastian Fink Dönhoff Marion Gräfin Ein gutes Leben ist Dönhoff die beste Antwort finally arrives at a place of horror that no one Friedrich Zeichen Die Geschichte des ihrer Zeit Jerry Rosenstein Ein Lesebuch talks about although everybody knows it. Dönhoff Diogenes Diogenes

The Signs A Good Life is Heimliche of her Time the Best Revenge »Friedrich Dönhoﬀ has given us a A reader, edited Herrscher The Story of new identification figure in Sebastian Fink: Ein Fall für Sebastian Fink by Irene Brauer Jerry Rosenstein, and Friedrich 2014 likeable and clever.« Dönho , 2012 Roman· Diogenes Frauke Kaberka / Frankfurter Neue Presse

Praise for his crime novel series:

A Case for Sebastian Fink »Savoy Blues is an exciting and briskly »[In Sea Breeze] Friedrich Dönhoﬀ 336 pages, May 2017 written thriller with lots of diﬀerent strands skilfully connects crime story and eco- which all come together in a terrific finale. political enlightenment.« More of the same, please!« Stefanie Wirsching / Augsburger Allgemeine World rights are handled by Diogenes. Ilias Abawi / Westdeutsche Allgemeine Zeitung, Essen Film rights are available.

friedrich dönhoff, born in Hamburg in 1967, grew up in Kenya. After completing his studies in history and political science, he compiled biographies, including the bestseller The World is the Way You See It. Memories of Marion, Countess Dönho. Since 2008, he has been writing crime novels starring

the young inspector Sebastian Fink. © Marvin Zilm Photo: »Hartmut Lange is not only one of the last grand masters of the novella, but also a virtuoso of a style refi ned to the last detail.« Hartmut Lange Peter Mohr / Mannheimer Morgen The ›Waldstein‹ Sonata

Hartmut Lange’s first novella collection (published 1984), founded his international reputation as a writer. Hartmut Lange th Der Wanderer New edition for the author's 80 birthday Hartmut Hartmut Lange Lange LeptisMagna Der on 31.7.2017. Zwei Novellen Therapeut Drei Novellen

Diogenes Novelle · Diogenes Diogenes

Leptis Magna The Wanderer The Therapist Novellas about the state of those unhappy Two Novellas, Novella, 2005 Three Novellas, 2007 2003 individuals for whom consciousness was a particular doom. Novellas about Nietzsche’s insanity, the Goebbels children, the mys- terious suicide of Kleist and Henriette Vogel, the nihilist Alfred Seidel, who ended his life

Hartmut in a psychiatric hospital at the age of twenty- Hartmut Lange Lange Hartmut DerAbgrund Im Museum Lange nine, and about a Jewish woman who goes Hartmut Lange des Endlichen Das Haus in der Drei Novellen Dorotheenstraße Diogenes Diogenes Novellen ⋅ Diogenes walking with an ss man, who will become her DieWaldstein- murderer. The Abyss In the Museum The House on sonate of the Finite Weird Episodes, 2011 Dorothea Street Fünf Novellen Three Novellas, Five Novellas, 2013 2009 »Hartmut Lange deserves being read with a very special attention because he clearly Diogenes diﬀers from loud drummers, such as Praise for The House on Dorothea Street: Grass or Böll, on the other side of the Rhine. One feels reminded of the »Hartmut Lange’s laconically beautiful »Hartmut Lange’s exquisite depictions of plays by Maeterlinck and Wedekind.« 5 Novellas storytelling also owes its immense suggestive the uncanniness of human life as well Alain Bosquet / Le Figaro, Paris 112 pages, March 2017 power to an inner tension, arising from as the nightmarish potential of suburbia seem First published in 1984 the way he clothes the unexpected in the ready-made for an art-house film.« Rights sold: plainest of sentences.« New Books in German, London Persian (Ofoq) World rights are handled by Diogenes. Roman Bucheli / Neue Zürcher Zeitung Film rights are available.

Hartmut Lange‘s books have been published in 9 languages. hartmut lange, born in Berlin in 1937, studied theatrical production. In 1960, he became theatrical producer at the Deutsches Theater in East Berlin. From a trip to former Yugoslavia he did not return to the former German Democratic Republic. He settled in West Berlin where he worked as theatrical producer and director at renowned stages. He has been honoured with several awards for his

plays, essays and prose. Plambeck/laif © Hans-Christian Photo: Friedrich Dönhoff Excerpt from A Good Life is the Best Revenge A Good Life is the Best Revenge

»I am six when my parents start whis- fl ags are fl ying from every corner. Exci- A book about a man that will not let anyone pering to each other. Mother is o en ner- ted people crowd together by the side of keep him down: neither as a German Jew vous and lost in thought, father is always the road and on the sidewalks. They are in Europe nor as a homosexual in America. travelling. He’s in Holland, they say. happy because the Führer is coming. He Holland – I have no idea where that is, is passing through Bensheim on his way Two generations separate them, but a friend- but it sounds like something out of a from Heidelberg to Darmstadt, and will ship unites them: Friedrich Dönhoff (45) and fairy tale. wave to the people here. Gerald B. Rosenstein, known as Jerry (86). In summer 2013 they set off on a road trip from Amsterdam to Bensheim, following the path of Something must have happened. Al- I know the Führer’s name, because Jerry’s childhood and youth. A few weeks later though Hans and I were already allowed Darmstädter Strasse, the road in front of they meet up again in San Francisco, where to go to school alone, the nanny sudden- our house, has just been renamed Adolf Jerry has lived since 1949. ly starts accompanying us again. Erna Hitler Strasse. And this Herr Adolf Hit- Because Jerry wants to tell his story. After Friedrich holds our hands tighter than before, and ler was about to personally drive down spending his whole life dodging questions Dönhoff we walk quickly. She told us that it was this road, past our house and past me. about his past, he now wants to tell the Ein gutes Leben ist safer that way, but she did not say why. account of what he survived as a Jew in die beste Antwort On the way we meet friends and neigh- I wait with the other people at the side Germany, Holland and Auschwitz – how he Die Geschichte des Jerry Rosenstein bors. Some of them no longer greet us. of the road. Finally, the Mercedes arrives. coped as a homosexual in the usa, and how Ernst is not to go to the grammar school It is large, the roof is down. There stands he found his inner freedom. In Friedrich on Wilhelmstrasse anymore, and when I the Führer. The people call to him, stick Dönhoff he has an attentive listener, one who Diogenes ask why I am told that it doesn’t suit him their right arm in the air, stretching to- writes his story without any trace of pathos, any longer. He transfers to a school in wards him. They laugh, a few cry tears but with a great deal of sensitivity. Darmstadt and takes the train early each of joy. It is an amazing experience. The The Story of Jerry Rosenstein morning. Erna takes him to the station crowd starts to dissipate, and I go back »It is impressive, how Friedrich Dönho With a picture section and picks him up when he comes back at inside the house. manages to portray a whole life in a small 176 pages, 2014 noon. None of us children are allowed book and to characterise a personality out on our own in Bensheim anymore. My mother is standing in the living without raising questions.« World rights are handled by Diogenes. It’s too dangerous, they say. But no one room. Stefanie Theile / Stern viva!, Hamburg will tell me why. Apparently, I am too English translation available. young to understand. ›I saw the Führer!‹ I say proudly. On March 20, 1935 – I was almost 8 years old already – an atmosphere of heady Mother gives me a look I have never seen excitement and anticipation sweeps the before. town. The mood is infectious. The streets are spick and span, the bunting is out, Then she slaps me, hard.« »Walter Nigg is the forerunner of a new narrative theology and church father of a religiosity shaped by spiritual experience.« Walter Nigg Bernhard Lang / Neue Zürcher Zeitung The Book of Heretics

On the lives and thoughts of Meister Eckhart, Jan Hus, Martin Luther, Giordano Bruno, Baruch Spinoza, Blaise Pascal, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Leo Tolstoy and many more. Walter Nigg Walter Nigg Walter Nigg Friedrich Des Pilgers Vom Geheimnis In time for the 500th anniversary of Martin Nietzsch e Wiederkehr der Mönche Luther’s 95 Theses: This book puts the reformer Diogenes Diogenes Diogenes into another perspective – the church and its Friedrich On the Secret Ordainment Nietzsche Pilgrim’s Return 2002 critics throughout 20 centuries. 1994 2001 A vivid and lively read – packed full of knowledge.

Walter Nigg The standard work – now made available again. Große Heilige Diogenes Walter Nigg Sören Walter Nigg The Book of Heretics tells us about ›unsuccess- Kierkegaard Rembrandt Dichter, Büßer und Denker Maler des Ewigen ful saints‹, as Walter Nigg calls them. Diogenes Diogenes With great empathy, he writes about seekers Walter Nigg Soren Kirkegaard Great Saints Rembrandt of the divine and the truth, internally liberated 2002 2006 2006 Das Buch der but expelled from the church, or leavers by Ketzer choice. His subjects include ›witches‹ and

Cathars, famous philosophers and theologians, Diogenes writers and scholars. Praise for The Book of Heretics:

»Heretics are often among the greatest »Each chapter is a self-contained and ingen- »Written with the fire of a man who is pioneers of new ideas. Their contemporaries From Simon Magus to Leo Tolstoy ious paper. The book’s overall impression can genuinely moved, and yet with sober clarity, 736 pages, May 2017 could often not yet understand them.« be summed up in one word – overwhelming.« artistic feeling and an intuitive talent.« First published in 1986 Walter Nigg Neuer Bücherdienst, Vienna Stuttgarter Zeitung

World rights are handled by Diogenes. Rights sold: Film rights are available. Polish (Promic) Walter Nigg‘s books have been published in 12 languages.

English translation available.

walter nigg, born in Lucerne in 1903, studied philosophy and theology in Göttingen, Leipzig and Zurich. He was appointed professor of ecclesiastical history in Zurich in 1940 while at the same time working as a protestant priest in

Dänikon, Canton Zurich, where he died in 1988. Diogenes Verlag Archiv Photo: One of the most talented and inventive artists of our times: Christoph Niemann at Diogenes. Christoph Niemann Souvenir

A beautifully designed art book featuring over 150 watercolours and drawings.

Exhibitions in the Museum Angewandte Kunst in Frankfurt up to 2017 and in the Cartoon Museum Basel in 2017.

Christoph Niemann has provided covers for the New Yorker and New York Times Magazine and was commissioned to create a special edition of Zeit Magazin in 2016.

Christoph Niemann’s pictures tell stories of unfamiliar places. They are observations on travelling, arriving, and immersing oneself, on the melancholy of being on the road and the adventure of discovering new places. Virtuoso iconic sketches, capable of capturing the magic, light and mood of a place in a handful of

strokes. Art Book 208 pages, May 2017 »Christoph Niemann is one of the 21.6 30.6 cm world’s most in-demand artists.« Der Tagesspiegel, Berlin World rights are handled by Diogenes.

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, Weltkunst Magazine and New York Times Magazine, where he has his own column. 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. © Gene Glover Photo: »With Tomi: A Childhood Under The Nazis, the outstanding artist Tomi Ungerer has fi nally proven to be a signifi cant writer.« Tomi Ungerer Thomas Bodmer / Tages-Anzeiger, Zurich A Childhood Under The Nazis

The great illustrator Tomi Ungerer’s memoir of his childhood during World War II.

A touching and richly illustrated portrait of the artist as a young boy.

Tomi Ungerer Tomi Ungerer is nine years old when German The Party troops occupy Alsace in 1940. His French- Diogenes speaking teachers are replaced by Germans. German becomes the official language, with

The Party Babylon Far Out isn’t Far Posters French banned under threat of strict penalties. 128 pages, 22.5 30 cm 172 pages, 22.5 27 cm Enough 128 pages, 18.5 25 cm 1969 1979 176 pages, 18.5 25 cm 1994 Little Jean-Thomas, known by everyone as 1983 Tomi, becomes Hans, who now has to write in Sütterlin script at school. Nothing ever gets thrown away in the Ungerer family – and so all the school exercise books and pictures Tomi drew as a child are still around. Even as a small boy, he captured every-

Zvi Kolitz thing he saw and that touched him in draw- Jossel Rakovers Wendung zu Gott Tomi Ungerer Tomi Ungerer ings. Tomi Ungerer Jiddisch -D eu tsch Die Hölle Herausgegeben von Besser nie TOMI UNGERER A Scrapbook Es war einmal Paul Badde ist das Paradies als spät Using these pictures and documents, Tomi Mit Zeichnungen von des Teufels Neue Gedanken und Notizen mein Vater Antworten auf philosophische Fragen von Kindern 144 pages, May 2017 Tomi Ungerer Gedanken und Notizen Ungerer tells the story of his everyday life in Diogenes Diogenes First published in 1999 Diogenes Diogenes DIOGENES German-occupied Alsace, of the war and

From Father to Son Zvi Kolitz: Yosl Rakover Useless Thoughts I Useless Thoughts II Why Am I Not You? liberation. And he writes about the perfectly 114 pages, 18.5 25 cm Talks to God 160 pages, 12.5 18 cm 160 pages, 12.5 18 cm 192 pages, 16.8 24 cm 2003 208 pages, 12.5 18 cm 2008 2015 2016 normal tricks, fun and games and experiences World rights are handled by Diogenes. 2004 of a boy growing up. Film rights are available. An incredibly lively memoir. Tomi Ungerer‘s books have been published in 43 languages.

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tomi ungerer, born in Strasbourg (Alsace) in 1931, went to New York in the middle of the 1950s. There began his incred- ible career as an artist, illustrator and children’s book author. He lives with his family in southwest Ireland and in Stras- bourg, where the French state dedicated a museum to him. His children’s books have become modern classics.

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