Bernd Schroeder born in 1944, is an acclaimed author and director of radio plays and plays for television. This award-winning writing is a member of PEN. He lives in Cologne. Previous works include: Versunkenes Land (S.Fischer, 1993); Unter Brüdern (S.Fischer1995); Kleine Philosophie der Passionen: Handwerken (dtv 1999); Die Madonina (Hanser, 2001) - published in the UK by Weidenfeld & Nicolson (The Madonna) His works have been translated into a number of languages. Translation rights available from Carl Hanser Verlag Gmbh & Co KG Vilshofener Str. 10 81679 Munich, Germany Tel: +49 89 998 30460 Email: barakat@hanser.de Contact: Frederike Barakat Applications for assistance with translation costs - Germany Carl Hanser Verlag was established by Carl Hanser in 1928 in Munich. Its founder's interests in both literature and science have been maintained to the present day. The firm publishes fiction and non-fiction for both adults and children. Its authors include Italo Calvino, Umberto Eco, Jostein Gaarder, Lars Gustafsson, Milan Kundera, Harry Mulisch, Philip Roth, Susan Sontag, Botho Strauß, Raoul Chrott, Rafik Schami, Alfred Brendel, Elke Heidenreich and ten Nobel prize-winners, among them Elias Canetti, whose works have been translated into more than twenty different languages.