Clemens Meyer born in 1977 in Halle/Saale, now lives in Leipzig. After high school he jobbed as a watchman, construction worker and removal man. From 1998-2003 he studied creative writing at the Leipzig Institute for German Literature and was awarded a scholarship by the Saxon Ministry of Science and Arts in 2002. He has been published in magazines and anthologies, including “Der wilde Osten”, FTV, 2002. Translation rights available from S. Fischer Verlag Hedderichstr. 114 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany Tel: +49 69 6062328 Email: kerstin.schuster@fischerverlage.de Contact: Kerstin Schuster Applications for assistance with translation costs - Germany S. Fischer Verlag was founded in 1886 in Berlin by Samuel Fischer. Many of the authors that Samuel Fischer published are now modern German classics, including Franz Kafka, Arthur Schnitzler, Hugo von Hofmannsthal and Thomas Mann. S. Fischer Verlag and Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag both focus on literature, psychology and history. Contemporary authors writing in German include Marlene Streeruwitz, Christoph Ransmayer and Wolfgang Hilbig. The firm’s distinguished list also includes many leading international authors in translation.