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Jakob Arjouni
was born in Frankfurt am Main in
1964. He has published novels, plays,
stories and radio plays and his work
has been translated into over ten
languages. His novel Happy Birthday,
Türke! was filmed in 1991, and he
was awarded the German Crime
Novel Prize in 1992 for Ein Mann,
ein Mord. His most recent book
Idioten. Fünf Märchen was on the
bestseller list for several months.
He now spends most of his time
in the south of France.
‘No other established writer in
Germany entertains us so
intelligently’ Kulturnews
‘A master of the sketch – and the
caricature – who operates with the
most economic of means’ Die Welt
Previous works include:
Happy Birthday, Türke! (Diogenes,
1987, published in English by No Exit
Press as Happy Birthday, Turk!);
Ein Mann, ein Mord (Diogenes,
1991, published in English by No Exit
Press as One Man, One Murder);
Magic Hoffmann (Diogenes, 1996,
published in English by No Exit Press
as Magic Hoffmann); Ein Freund
(Diogenes, 1998, to be published in
English by Other Press); Idioten. Fünf
Märchen (Diogenes, 2003, to be
published in English by Other Press)
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