Katharina Raabe, born in Hamburg in 1956, is editor at Suhrkamp Verlag for Eastern European literature. Monika Sznajderman, born in Warsaw in 1959, is co-director, with Andrzej Stasiuk, of the Czarne publishing house in Wolowiec in southern Poland. Translation rights available from: Suhrkamp Verlag Tel: +49 69 75 601 233 E-mail: hardt@suhrkamp.de Petra Christina Hardt Applications for assistance with translation costs - Germany Suhrkamp Verlag was founded in 1950 by Peter Unseld and was joined in 1952 by Dr. Siegfried Unseld. The group now includes Insel Verlag (founded in 1902 in Leipzig), Deutscher Klassiker Verlag (established in 1981) and the Jüdischer Verlag (founded in 1902). Suhrkamp focuses on both contemporary literature and the humanitites. Its distinguished list includes leading writers from Germany, Switzerland and Austria, many of whom made their debuts with the firm, besides major international authors including four Nobel Prize winners.