Klett-Cotta Foreign Rights Guide Autumn 2020 Fiction & Non-Fiction

KLETT-COTTA FOREIGN RIGHTS GUIDE

AUTUMN 2020 FICTION & NON-FICTION

Iris Wolff GERMAN BOOK PRIZE 2020 (LONGLIST)

The Blurriness of the World ENGLISH SAMPLE AVAILABLE

216 pages Hardcover Iris Wolff, born in 1977 in Hermannstadt, August 2020 Transylvania, studied German language ISBN: 978-3-608-98326-5 and literature, religious studies, graphics and painting. For many years she worked

at the German Literature Archive in Rights handled by Michael Gaeb Marbach. She received several awards for Literary Agency (World, except IT) • her literary work. She was nominated for Berla & Griffini (IT) the highly regarded Alfred-Döblin-Prize and received Scholarships of the Art Foundation Baden-Württemberg, the state of Baden-Württemberg and the Künstlerhaus Edenkoben. Wolff is a Recommended by New Books in German • Highly acclaimed Author: Ernst-Habermann-Prize 2014 • ALPHA Prize member of the international exile PEN. She for Literature 2018 • Otto Stoessl-Prize 2018 • Thaddäus-Troll-Prize 2019 • Alfred-Döblin-Prize 2018 (Shortlist) • lives in Freiburg, in the south west of Marie-Luise-Fleißer-Prize 2019 (oeuvre) Germany.

Rights sold to: France (Éditions Grasset), Italy (Rizzoli), Netherlands (Signatuur) Fiction | 2 Zaia Alexander FULL ENGLISH MANUSCRIPT AVAILABLE A Long Spell of Earthquake Weather

Approx. 320 pages Hardcover August 2020 ISBN: 978-3-608-50459-0

Zaia Alexander lives in Potsdam and Los Angeles. She holds a PhD in German Studies from UCLA, was a research assistant at the Getty Research Institute and program director of the Villa Aurora in Paciﬁc Palisades/ Los Angeles. In 2008 she was awarded the Lannan Residency in Marfa, Texas. ›Erdbebenwetter‹ is her first novel.

An exciting, cosmopolitan, new literary voice • For readers of Mariana Leky and Olga Grjasnowa Fiction | 3 Michael Wildenhain

Inventing Zero

304 pages Hardcover July 2020 Michael Wildenhain was born in 1958 in Berlin. After his studies in Industrial ISBN: 978-3-608-98305-0 Engineering and Philosophy he got involved with the Squat-Scene – this inspired his first literary publications. Wildenhain wrote several pieces for theatre and received numerous well-known prizes and scholarships. His novel ›The Alligators‘smile‹ was shortlisted for the Leipzig Book Fair Prize in 2015. Wildenhain’s previous novel ›Das Singen der Sirenen‹ was published in 2017 and was nominated for the German Book Prize. In 2018, the Literary Forum in the Brecht House dedicated an

Works by Michael Wildenhain sold more than 17,000 times in Germany • Award-winning author: entire symposium to his work. nominated for the German Book Prize and the Prize of the Leipzig Book Fair • Winner of the Alfred Döblin Award and the Ernst Willner Award Fiction | 4 Ulla Lenze | The Radio Operator ENGLISH BOOKLET AVAILABLE 302 pages | ISBN: 978-3-608-96463-9 Rights handled by Michael Gaeb Literary Agency (World, except IT) • Berla & Griffini (IT)

Ulla Lenze, born in Mönchengladbach in 1973, received several awards for her literary works, including the ›Jürgen-Ponto-Prize‹ for best debut, the ›Rolf-Dieter-Brinkmann Ulla Lenze received the Lower Rhine Literary award 2020 for this outstanding novel based Förderpreis‹ and the ›Ernst-Willner-Prize‹ at the Ingeborg Bachmann-Competition. In 2010 on a true story she was writer-in-residence in Mumbai. In 2016 Ulla Lenze was awarded the ›Literaturpreis des Kulturkreises der deutschen Wirtschaft‹ for her complete oeuvre up to date.

Rights sold to: Brazil (Harper Collins), Croatia (Fraktura), Finland (Like), France (Lattès), Greece (Patakis), Italy (Marsilio), Netherlands (Meridiaan), Spain World (Salamandra), US WER (HarperVia)

Backlist Fiction | 5 Ingeborg Villinger

Gretha Jünger

The Invisible Woman

Approx. 464 pages Hardcover September 2020 ISBN: 978-3-608-98352-4

Ingeborg Villinger studied political science and literature, history and comparative literature. After her doctorate on Carl Schmitt and her habilitation on Ernst Cassirer, she was Professor of Political Science at the University of Freiburg until 2009. Among other things, she is the editor of the correspondence between Gretha Jünger and Carl Schmitt. For readers of »Frau Thomas Mann« • First biography on Ernst Jünger's wife • Brilliantly narrated

Memoir | 6 Ernst Jünger | Storm of Steel NUMEROUS RIGHTS REVERSED AND AVAILABLE AGAIN 1920 • 2015 | 301 pages | ISBN: 978-3-608-96080-8

Ernst Jünger was born on 29th March 1895 in Heidelberg. In 1913 he ran away to join the Foreign Legion. During the First World War he volunteered for the army, serving as a lieutenant on the Western Rights sold to: China (People's Literature Publishing House), Czech Republic (Divize Front. He was taken over into the Reichswehr in Hannover and Academia), France (Bourgois), Italy (Guanda), Turkey (Jaguar Kitap), WER (Penguin served for some time on the Regulations Committee in Berlin. He UK) left the Reichswehr in 1923, and studied philosophy and zoology in Leipzig and Naples. From 1925 onwards he was active as a freelance writer in Leipzig, Berlin, Goslar, Überlingen and Kirchhorst near Ernst Jünger | On the Marble Cliffs Hannover. 1939 • 2015 | 113 pages | ISBN: 978-3-608-96065-5 After serving as a captain in the Second World War he moved to Wilflingen (Baden-Württemberg) in 1950 where he lived for the rest of his life. In 1982 he was given the Goethe Prize of the City of Frankfurt. Ernst Jünger died on 17th February 1998, only a couple of weeks before his 103rd birthday.

Rights sold to: China (People's Literature Publishing House), Denmark (Gyldendal), Estonia (SA Kultuurileht), France (Gallimard), Italy (Guanda), Serbia (Ultimatum), Turkey (Kirmizi Kedi), WER (New York Review Books)

Ernst Jünger | The Glass Bees 1957 • 2015 | 147 pages | ISBN: 978-3-608-96072-3

Rights sold to: Italy (Guanda), France (Bourgois), Poland (Fundacja Korporaja Ha!art), Turkey (Jaguar Kitap), Ukraine (FOP Zhupansky) Backlist Klett-Cotta Classics | 7 Thilo Corzilius

The Night Thieves

Approx. 480 pages Hardcover

September 2020 ISBN: 978-3-608-98330-2

Thilo Corzilius, born in 1986, studied theology in Freiburg and Münster. His fantasy novels ›Ravinia‹, ›Epicordia‹ and ›Dorn‹ were published by Piper (Bonnier). He plays in several bands and has a soft spot for rainy weather.

Fantasy | 8 Ronald D. Gerste ENGLISH SAMPLE + FOLDER AVAILABLE Healing the World

The Golden Age of Medicine 1840 - 1918 UPCOMING TOP TITLE 2021

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Approx. 400 pages with various illustrations January 2021 ISBN: 978-3-608-98409-5

Rights handled by Michael Gaeb Ronald D. Gerste is a practicing physician Literary Agency (World, except IT) • ‹ and historian. Based in Washington, D.C., he Berla & Griffini (IT) is the science correspondent for leading German-language newspapers including the »Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung«, »Neue Zürcher Zeitung«, »DIE ZEIT« and scientific magazines. Klett-Cotta published his books A fascinating journey along the medical landmarks of modern life • Entertaining and highly on America and on other deciding factors in informative • Works by Ronald Gerste sold more than 64.000 copies in Germany history, like the weather or maladies.

Rights of previous works sold to: Hungary (Corvina), Italy (Keller Editore), Korea (Miraebook Non-Fiction | 9 Publishing), Taiwan (Inno-Fair), Turkey (Kolektif Kitap) • Offer pending: China Stefan Bollmann ENGLISH SAMPLE AVAILABLE

The Breath of the World UPCOMING TOP TITLE 2021 Johann Wolfgang Goethe and his Nature Experience

Approx. 350 pages Stefan Bollmann, born in 1958, studied with various illustrations literature, history and philosophy. He holds a

February 2021 doctorate in German studies (thesis on ISBN: 978-3-608-96416-5 Thomas Mann) and wrote several books on the history of reading and alternative ways of

living. His unconventional Goethe biography Rights handled by Michael Gaeb "Why a life without Goethe is pointless" as well Literary Agency (World, except IT) • as “Women Who Read Are Dangerous” and Berla & Griffini (IT) “Women Who Read Are Dangerous and Clever” became bestsellers. Bollmann lives in Munich and has been working as a nonfiction editor at C.H.Beck for 13 years.

Books by Stefan Bollmann have been translated into 16 languages and sold nearly half a million copies • For readers of Andrea Wulff and Wolfram Eilenberger • A surprisingly new image of Goethe Non-Fiction | 10

Wolfram Eilenberger ENGLISH SAMPLE AVAILABLE

The Visionaries • Four Women and the Salvation

of Philosophy in Dark Times (1933 - 1943)

Approx. 400 pages with various illustrations Hardcover September 2020 Wolfram Eilenberger was born in Freiburg in ISBN: 978-3-608-96460-8 1972. He studied Philosophy, Psychology and Romance Philology in Heidelberg, Berlin and Rights handled by Michael Gaeb Turku, Finland. In 2007 he completed his PhD Literary Agency (World) with a thesis on Mikhail Bakhtin at Zurich’s ETH. In 2011 he founded the ›Philosophie Magazin‹, the major philosophical magazine in Germany. Wolfram Eilenberger is a regular guest on philosophical topics on German television and radio. He lives with his family in Berlin. His • ›Time of the Magicians‹ sold 75.000 copies and is being published in 22 countries For readers of previous book ›Time of the Magicians‹ stayed Philipp Blom, Andrea Wulf and Rüdiger Safranski on the bestseller lists for 36 weeks in Germany, Italy and Spain. Rights sold to: Brazil (Todavia), Croatia (Fraktura), Italy (Feltrinelli), Netherlands (De Bezige Bij), Spain Non-Fiction | 11 (Taurus), UK (Penguin), US (Penguin) | Offer pending: China, Denmark, Finland, France Heino Falcke • Jörg Römer ENGLISH SAMPLE AVAILABLE

Light in the Darkness • Unveiling the Secrets of ENGLISH VIDEO PITCH AVAILABLE Black Holes and the Nature of the Human Spirit

Professor Heino Falcke is an astrophysicist and holds a professorship at the Radboud Approx. 384 pages University in Nijmegen as well as a guest professorship at the Max Planck Institute for Hardcover Radio Astronomy in Bonn. His scientific October 2020 achievements earned him knightly accolades ISBN: 978-3-608-98355-5 from the Dutch King. Among others, he received the Spinoza Prize, the highest Rights handled by Michael Gaeb scientific award in the Netherlands. He is a member of the Royal Netherlands Academy Literary Agency (World) of Arts and Sciences and an ordained predicant of the Protestant Church.

Born in 1974, Jörg Römer has been working as freelance editor, and since 2015 as SPIEGEL ONLINE editor in the health & science Sold into 12 territories pre-publication • A journey to the end of time and the depths of the human mind department. Römer has written numerous articles about Heino Falcke and his research. Rights sold to: Brazil (Buzz), China (Guomai), Finland (Aula), France (Buchet Chastel), Italy (Mondadori), Korea (Eco Livres), Netherlands (Prometheus), Russia (Corpus), Spain (Debate), Taiwan Non-Fiction | 12 (Commonwealth), UK (Wildfire), USA (Harper One)

Gerhard Schweizer | With an Open Mind • Encounters with Foreign Cultures

Approx. 320 pages | Hardcover | August 2020 | ISBN: 978-3-608-96377-9

Gerhard Schweizer, born in 1940, took his doctorate in empirical cultural science. Today

he lives as a freelance writer in Vienna. He is an acknowledged expert on the Islamic world; a noted analyst of cultural conflicts between the West and the Near East.

Works by Gerhard Schweizer sold nearly 160.000 copies in Germany • Sharp analysis by expert and social scientist • Schweizer has more than a decade of experience in travelling the world

Johannes Willms | The Myth of Napoleon • Promise, Banishment and Glorification Approx. 384 pages | Hardcover | September 2020 | ISBN: 978-3-608-96371-7 Historian Johannes Willms, born in 1948, was

head of the feature section and cultural correspondent of ›Süddeutsche Zeitung‹ in

Paris. He is regarded as one of the best experts on the history of France.

Best-selling author • 200 years of ›The Napoleonic Myth‹ – historically explained • More than a biography: history told in a vivid and thrilling way

Non-Fiction | 13 Martin Brüne | The Unadjusted Human • Our Psyche and the Blind Spots of Evolution Approx. 368 pages | Hardcover | July 2020 | ISBN: 978-3-608-96418-9 Rights handled by Michael Gaeb Literary Agency (World, except IT) • Berla & Griffini (IT) Martin Brüne, born in 1962 in Dortmund, is Professor of Psychiatry at the Ruhr University Bochum and also Managing Senior Physician at the LWL University Hospital for Psychiatry

and Psychotherapy there. One of his main areas of expertise is research into the evolutionary causes of mental illness.

The psychology of human evolution • Educational and entertaining

Andreas Buck • Johannes Ehrmann | Turbo • My Race Against the Football Business Andreas Buck, born in 1967, became a Approx. 224 pages | Hardcover | August 2020 | ISBN: 978-3-608-50469-9 champion in the German football league with Stuttgart and Kaiserslautern. After his career ended, he managed to get out of the industry. He now successfully runs two companies and supports the claims of injured football professionals with the liability insurance association.

Johannes Ehrmann, born in 1983, is a writer and former sports reporter. He won the For readers of Ronald Reng • Alarming inside story on the football business • Written by one of Grimme Online Award for 11 Freunde- Germany's leading sports journalists, recipient of the Grimme Online Award Livetickers.

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Levi Israel Ufferfilge | Not Without my Kippa! My Everyday Life in Germany Between Clichés and Anti-Semitism Approx. 208 pages | Softcover | January 2021 | ISBN: 978-3-608-50412-5 Levi Israel Ufferfilge, born in 1988 in Minden, North Westphalia, studied Jewish and Yiddish studies. After obtaining his doctorate, he is now head of the Jewish department at the Jewish High School in Munich. He writes about his experiences as a visible Jew on Twitter and on Facebook, where his anecdotes have a large readership. For readers of Shahak Shapira und Oliver Polak • Antisemitism and racism is still a German and global problem

Thomas Wagner | The Poet and the Neo-Nazi • Erich Fried and Michael Kühnen – a German Friendship Approx. 176 pages | Hardcover | January 2021 | ISBN: 978-3-608-98357-9 Thomas Wagner, born in 1967 in Rheinberg, is a cultural sociologist. He has worked in adult education and as a newspaper editor. As a freelance author, he wrote for the ›Neue Zürcher Zeitung‹, the ›taz‹ and the ›Süddeutsche Zeitung‹. His most recent publications include the socio-political works of non-fiction: ›Die Angstmacher‹ (2017), The story of two unequal men as an appeal for an open culture of debate • 2021 marks the 100th ›Das Netz in unserer Hand‹ (2017) and birthday of Erich Fried ›Herrschaftsfreie Institutionen‹ (2019).

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Marko Martin | The Repressed Era • On Disappearance and

Discovery of East Germany’s Culture Approx. 432 pages | Hardcover | August 2020 | ISBN: 978-3-608-50472-9 If he is not travelling, Marko Martin lives and writes in Berlin. His books ›Schlafende Hunde‹ and ›Die Nacht von San Salvador‹ were published in ›Die Andere Bibliothek‹ (Aufbau), as was the collection of essays ›Dissidentisches Denken‹ in 2019. He was on the shortlist for the Leipzig Book Fair essay prize with ›Das Haus in Habana. Ein Rapport‹. 30 years of German unity • A lively account of East German cultural history • For literature and art lovers

Thomas Oberender | Empowerment East • How We Grow Together Approx. 112 pages | Softcover | July 2020 | ISBN: 978-3-608-50470-5 Thomas Oberender, born in 1966 in Jena, is author, curator and artistic director of the Berliner Festspiele. He founded innovative formats for theatre, art and literature. He

already pointed out the well-meaning and at the same time neo-colonial practice of reunification with his text ›Die Mauer ist nicht gefallen‹ in 2017. The peaceful German revolution of 89/90 as a bridge to today’s political activism • German

history in a nutshell

Non-Fiction | 16 Bettina Hitzer | Oncomotions • The History of Cancer and ENGLISH SAMPLE AVAILABLE Emotions in the Twentieth Century 540 pages | ISBN: 978-3-608-96459-2

Bettina Hitzer, studied history, got a Ph.D. and teaches as private lecturer at the Free University Berlin. Since 2014, she’s been leading a research team at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development (Berlin), studying illness as a subject of the history of Winner of the Leipzig Book Fair Price 2020 (Non-Fiction) • First book on the significance of emotions. Bettina Hitzer lives in Berlin with her emotions in the history of cancer family.

Gregor Hasler | The Gut-Brain-Connection • Revolutionary Knowledge ENGLISH SAMPLE AVAILABLE for our Mental and Physical Health Approx. 368 pages | Updated version tbp October 2020 | ISBN: 978-3-608-98384-5

Gregor Hasler is Professor of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy at the University of Freiburg and Head Physician and Head of the Psychiatric Research Department at the Freiburg Network for Psychic Health. His research focuses are neuroscientific Updated edition due to popular demand • Prior edition sold more than 30,000 copies • Latest psychiatry, bio-psycho-social interaction, scientific findings, entertainingly packaged • Internationally recognized and scientifically stress, depression and eating disorders. renowned author His manifold scientific publications have received numerous awards.

Backlist Non-Fiction | 17 Ines Geipel | The Battle Zone • My Brother, the East and Hatred ENGLISH SAMPLE AVAILABLE 277 pages | ISBN: 978-3-608-96372-4

Born in the former GDR, Ines Geipel fled to West Germany in 1989. In 2005 she relinquished her world relay record, as she had Author’s life story draws great attention by national and international press • SPIEGEL Bestseller: been coerced at the time into complying with East Germany's doping practices. Ines Geipel more than 37.000 sold copies of Geipel's works • Creates a link between family history and collective history holds a professorship at the Ernst Busch College of Dramatic Arts in Berlin where she

teaches German dramatic verse.

Sold to: Denmark • Offer pending: Japan

Christoph Eichhorn | Classroom Management • How Teachers, Parents, and Students Can Create Excellence in Education 223 pages | Softcover | ISBN: 978-3-608-94498-3

Christoph Eichhorn is a qualified psychologist and works at the Educational Psychology Service in Graubünden, Switzerland with focus on classroom management. He advises teachers and schools on this topic and holds lectures and workshops all over Europe and sometimes even for Egyptian teachers.

Internationally proven concept • practice-oriented tips and suggestions • currently published in its 10th edition and more relevant than ever • over 25.000 copies sold and still counting Backlist Non-Fiction | 18 For rights handled by Michael Gaeb Literary Agency please contact: For Italian language rights please contact:

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