Saša Stanišic born in Visegrad in Bosnia-Herzegovina in 1978, came to Germany when he was fourteen. Since 2004 he has been a student at the Deutsche Literaturinstitut in Leipzig. Stanišic has received numerous scholarships and prizes, including the Public's Favourite at the Ingeborg Bachmann competition. How the Soldier Repairs the Grammophone is his first novel. Translation rights available from Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH Neumarkter Str. 28 81673 Munich, Germany Tel: +49 89 41 36 3313 E-mail: gesche.wendebourg@randomhouse.de Contact: Gesche Wendebourg Applications for assistance with translation costs - germany Luchterhand Literaturverlag was founded by Hermann Luchterhand in 1924 and has been publishing literary titles since 1954, an early and triumphant success being Günter Grass's novel Die Blechtrommel (1959). Its list includes literary fiction and poetry, as well as scrupulously prepared editions of authors' complete works. In 1977 the firm was voted Publishing House of the Year by the German trade journal Buchmarkt. Luchterhand is now part of the Random House Group. Authors include Ernst Jandl, Pablo Neruda, António Lobo Antunes, Will Self, Frank McCourt, Hanns-Josef Ortheil, Ulrike Draesner and Terézia Mora.