German Crime Fiction Prize 2016 for Der namenlose Tag

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20.01.2016
We are proud to announce that this year’s winner of the German Crime Fiction Prize is newly acquired Suhrkamp author Friedrich Ani with his literary crime novel Der namenlose Tag. Ani belongs among the most distinguished German crime writers, having accumulated a huge readership and fan base, and having won the German Crime Fiction Prize eight times so far.

Der namenlose Tag has received raving reviews and was also chosen as one of the Top Three Crime Novels of the Year 2015 by KrimiZEIT (created by German newspaper DIE ZEIT). The German Crime Fiction prize is awarded to authors who »give new impulses to the genre with literary skill and original content«.

For more information about Friedrich Ani's work, please visit the author's Foreign Rights website or contact the respective Rights Manager.

Friedrich Ani was born in 1959. His first novel was published in 1996, and since then he has gone on to write crime novels, poetry and YA-fiction, as well as writing for TV, radio and theatre. He is an award-winning script writer, while his books have also received many prominent awards. So far, he is the only author ever to receive the German Crime Fiction Prize for three titles in the same year (2003).

Friedrich Ani was born in 1959. His first novel was published in 1996, and since then he has gone on to write crime novels, poetry and YA-fiction,...


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