KLETT-COTTA FOREIGN RIGHTS GUIDE

AUTUMN 2020

FICTION & NON-FICTION

Iris Wolff, born in 1977 in Hermannstadt,

Transylvania, studied German language

and literature, religious studies, graphics

and painting. For many years she worked

at the German Literature Archive in

Marbach. She received several awards for

her literary work. She was nominated for

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

member of the international exile PEN. She

lives in Freiburg, in the south west of

Germany.

Fiction | 2

Iris Wolff

The Blurriness of the World

GERMAN BOOK PRIZE 2020 (LONGLIST)

Rights sold to: France (Éditions Grasset), Italy (Rizzoli), Netherlands (Signatuur)

Recommended by New Books in German • Highly acclaimed Author: Ernst-Habermann-Prize 2014 • ALPHA Prize

for Literature 2018 • Otto Stoessl-Prize 2018 • Thaddäus-Troll-Prize 2019 • Alfred-Döblin-Prize 2018 (Shortlist) •

Marie-Luise-Fleißer-Prize 2019 (oeuvre)

216 pages

Hardcover

August 2020

ISBN: 978-3-608-98326-5

Rights handled by Michael Gaeb

Literary Agency (World, except IT) •

Berla & Griffini (IT)

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Zaia Alexander

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.

Fiction | 3

An exciting, cosmopolitan, new literary voice • For readers of Mariana Leky and Olga Grjasnowa

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Michael Wildenhain

Inventing Zero

304 pages

Hardcover

July 2020

ISBN: 978-3-608-98305-0

Michael Wildenhain was born in 1958 in

Berlin. After his studies in Industrial

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

entire symposium to his work.

Works by Michael Wildenhain sold more than 17,000 times in Germany • Award-winning author:

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

302 pages | ISBN: 978-3-608-96463-9

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Ulla Lenze received the Lower Rhine Literary award 2020 for this outstanding novel based

on a true story

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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

Förderpreis‹ and the ›Ernst-Willner-Prize‹ at

the Ingeborg Bachmann-Competition. In 2010

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.

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Rights sold to: Brazil (Harper Collins), Croatia (Fraktura), Finland (Like), France (Lattès), Greece

(Patakis), Italy (Marsilio), Netherlands (Meridiaan), Spain World (Salamandra), US WER (HarperVia)

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

1920 • 2015 | 301 pages | ISBN: 978-3-608-96080-8

Rights sold to: China (People's Literature Publishing House), Czech Republic (Divize

Academia), France (Bourgois), Italy (Guanda), Turkey (Jaguar Kitap), WER (Penguin

UK)

Ernst Jünger | On the Marble Cliffs

1939 • 2015 | 113 pages | ISBN: 978-3-608-96065-5

Ernst Jünger | The Glass Bees

1957 • 2015 | 147 pages | ISBN: 978-3-608-96072-3

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NUMEROUS RIGHTS REVERSED AND AVAILABLE AGAIN

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

Front. He was taken over into the Reichswehr in Hannover and

served for some time on the Regulations Committee in Berlin. He

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

Hannover.

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)

Rights sold to: Italy (Guanda), France (Bourgois), Poland (Fundacja Korporaja Ha!art),

Turkey (Jaguar Kitap), Ukraine (FOP Zhupansky)

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 is a practicing physician

and historian. Based in Washington, D.C., he

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

on America and on other deciding factors in

history, like the weather or maladies.

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Ronald D. Gerste

Healing the World

The Golden Age of Medicine 1840 - 1918

Approx. 400 pages

with various illustrations

January 2021

ISBN: 978-3-608-98409-5

Rights handled by Michael Gaeb

Literary Agency (World, except IT) •

Berla & Griffini (IT)

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UPCOMING TOP TITLE 2021

Non-Fiction | 9 Rights of previous works sold to: Hungary (Corvina), Italy (Keller Editore), Korea (Miraebook

Publishing), Taiwan (Inno-Fair), Turkey (Kolektif Kitap) • Offer pending: China

A fascinating journey along the medical landmarks of modern life • Entertaining and highly

informative • Works by Ronald Gerste sold more than 64.000 copies in Germany

Stefan Bollmann

The Breath of the World

Johann Wolfgang Goethe and his Nature Experience

Approx. 350 pages

with various illustrations

February 2021

ISBN: 978-3-608-96416-5

Rights handled by Michael Gaeb

Literary Agency (World, except IT) •

Berla & Griffini (IT)

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Stefan Bollmann, born in 1958, studied

literature, history and philosophy. He holds a

doctorate in German studies (thesis on

Thomas Mann) and wrote several books on

the history of reading and alternative ways of

living. His unconventional Goethe biography

"Why a life without Goethe is pointless" as well

as “Women Who Read Are Dangerous” and

“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.

UPCOMING TOP TITLE 2021

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

The Visionaries • Four Women and the Salvation

of Philosophy in Dark Times (1933 - 1943)

Approx. 400 pages

with various illustrations

Hardcover

September 2020

ISBN: 978-3-608-96460-8

Rights handled by Michael Gaeb

Literary Agency (World)

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Wolfram Eilenberger was born in Freiburg in

1972. He studied Philosophy, Psychology and

Romance Philology in Heidelberg, Berlin and

Turku, Finland. In 2007 he completed his PhD

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

previous book ›Time of the Magicians‹ stayed

on the bestseller lists for 36 weeks in Germany,

Italy and Spain.

Non-Fiction | 11

Rights sold to: Brazil (Todavia), Croatia (Fraktura), Italy (Feltrinelli), Netherlands (De Bezige Bij), Spain

(Taurus), UK (Penguin), US (Penguin) | Offer pending: China, Denmark, Finland, France

›Time of the Magicians‹ sold 75.000 copies and is being published in 22 countries • For readers of

Philipp Blom, Andrea Wulf and Rüdiger Safranski

Heino Falcke • Jörg Römer

Light in the Darkness • Unveiling the Secrets of

Black Holes and the Nature of the Human Spirit

Approx. 384 pages

Hardcover

October 2020

ISBN: 978-3-608-98355-5

Rights handled by Michael Gaeb

Literary Agency (World)

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Professor Heino Falcke is an astrophysicist

and holds a professorship at the Radboud

University in Nijmegen as well as a guest

professorship at the Max Planck Institute for

Radio Astronomy in Bonn. His scientific

achievements earned him knightly accolades

from the Dutch King. Among others, he

received the Spinoza Prize, the highest

scientific award in the Netherlands. He is a

member of the Royal Netherlands Academy

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

department. Römer has written numerous

articles about Heino Falcke and his research.

Non-Fiction | 12

Rights sold to: Brazil (Buzz), China (Guomai), Finland (Aula), France (Buchet Chastel), Italy (Mondadori),

Korea (Eco Livres), Netherlands (Prometheus), Russia (Corpus), Spain (Debate), Taiwan

(Commonwealth), UK (Wildfire), USA (Harper One)

Sold into 12 territories pre-publication • A journey to the end of time and the depths of the human mind

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

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

Johannes Willms | The Myth of Napoleon • Promise, Banishment and

Glorification

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

Approx. 384 pages | Hardcover | September 2020 | ISBN: 978-3-608-96371-7

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

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.

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

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Andreas Buck • Johannes Ehrmann | Turbo • My Race Against the

Football Business

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

Approx. 224 pages | Hardcover | August 2020 | ISBN: 978-3-608-50469-9

For readers of Ronald Reng • Alarming inside story on the football business • Written by one of

Germany's leading sports journalists, recipient of the Grimme Online Award

Non-Fiction | 14

Andreas Buck, born in 1967, became a

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

Grimme Online Award for 11 Freunde-

Livetickers.

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

Thomas Wagner | The Poet and the Neo-Nazi • Erich Fried and

Michael Kühnen – a German Friendship

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

Approx. 176 pages | Hardcover | January 2021 | ISBN: 978-3-608-98357-9

The story of two unequal men as an appeal for an open culture of debate • 2021 marks the 100th

birthday of Erich Fried

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),

›Das Netz in unserer Hand‹ (2017) and

›Herrschaftsfreie Institutionen‹ (2019).

Non-Fiction | 15

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

Thomas Oberender | Empowerment East • How We Grow Together

30 years of German unity • A lively account of East German cultural history • For literature and

art lovers

Approx. 112 pages | Softcover | July 2020 | ISBN: 978-3-608-50470-5

The peaceful German revolution of 89/90 as a bridge to today’s political activism • German

history in a nutshell

Non-Fiction | 16

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‹.

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.

Bettina Hitzer | Oncomotions • The History of Cancer and

Emotions in the Twentieth Century

540 pages | ISBN: 978-3-608-96459-2

Gregor Hasler | The Gut-Brain-Connection • Revolutionary Knowledge

for our Mental and Physical Health

Winner of the Leipzig Book Fair Price 2020 (Non-Fiction) • First book on the significance of

emotions in the history of cancer

Approx. 368 pages | Updated version tbp October 2020 | ISBN: 978-3-608-98384-5

Updated edition due to popular demand • Prior edition sold more than 30,000 copies • Latest

scientific findings, entertainingly packaged • Internationally recognized and scientifically

renowned author

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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

emotions. Bettina Hitzer lives in Berlin with her

family.

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

psychiatry, bio-psycho-social interaction,

stress, depression and eating disorders.

His manifold scientific publications have

received numerous awards.

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Ines Geipel | The Battle Zone • My Brother, the East and Hatred

277 pages | ISBN: 978-3-608-96372-4

Author’s life story draws great attention by national and international press • SPIEGEL Bestseller:

more than 37.000 sold copies of Geipel's works • Creates a link between family history and

collective history

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Born in the former GDR, Ines Geipel fled to

West Germany in 1989. In 2005 she

relinquished her world relay record, as she had

been coerced at the time into complying with

East Germany's doping practices. Ines Geipel

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

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

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.

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