Galsan Tschinag

The Return

The Novel of My Life
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Galsan Tschinag
The Return / Die Rückkehr
The Novel of My Life
The big autobiographical novel by the shaman and bestselling author Galsan Tschinag. After many years on the road, he returns to his people, the Tuvans of northwestern Mongolia, and looks back upon his life – his life as a chief, as a German-language writer, as a mediator between the worlds of tradition and modernity. And he recalls the fulfilment of his life’s dream: in 1995, he led his people in a huge caravan back into the heights of the Altai Mountains, their original homeland, so that they...
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The big autobiographical novel by the shaman and bestselling author Galsan Tschinag. After many years on the road, he returns to his people, the Tuvans of northwestern Mongolia, and looks back upon his life – his life as a chief, as a German-language writer, as a mediator between the worlds of tradition and modernity. And he recalls the fulfilment of his life’s dream: in 1995, he led his people in a huge caravan back into the heights of the Altai Mountains, their original homeland, so that they could resume their nomadic way of life.
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Galsan Tschinag

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Galsan Tschinag was born in western Mongolia, the youngest son of a nomad family, he is patriarch of the Tuvans, a Turkic-speaking ethnic minority in Mongolia. In his home country, his name is Irgit Schynykbaioglu Dshurukuwaa. Tschinag studied German in Leipzig and has been writing in German since then. He has been making his livelihood as a freelance writer since 1991, living mainly in Ulan Bator, but he also spends many months on the road with his tribe in the Altai Mountains. Galsan Tschinag sees himself as an intermediary between cultures and spends a great deal of his time on reading tours abroad. He was awarded the Heimito von Doderer Prize in 2001.

Galsan Tschinag was born in western Mongolia, the youngest son of a nomad family, he is patriarch of the Tuvans, a Turkic-speaking ethnic minority...

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OTHER PUBLICATIONS

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The White Mountain
Year of Publication: 2017
Galsan TschinagYear of Publication: 2017

The White Mountain

The final instalment in the saga of the shepherd boy first introduced in The Blue Sky and The Gray Earth, weaving the timeless tale of a boy on the cusp of manhood with the story of a people on the...
Rights sold to:

France (Métailié), Turkey (Vakıf Pazarlama)

Twenty-One Days
Year of Publication: 2016
Galsan TschinagYear of Publication: 2016

Twenty-One Days

After a long absence, Galsan Tschinag returns to his homeland. His children and parents, his friends and relatives come to greet him and his wife. Twenty-one days they will stay, and Galsan Tschinag...
Rights sold to:

France (Métailié)

Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: Italy (Aer)

The Gray Earth
Year of Publication: 2015
Galsan TschinagYear of Publication: 2015

The Gray Earth

This powerful, sweeping novel continues the saga of the Tuvan shepherd boy introduced in The Blue Sky. Torn between the onset of visions and a deep interest in shamanism on one hand, and...
Rights sold to:

France (Métailié), Turkey (Vakıf Pazarlama)

Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: English world rights (Milkweed Editions)

The Other Existence
Year of Publication: 2011
Galsan TschinagYear of Publication: 2011

The Other Existence

Galsan Tschinag, a German-language writer from Mongolia and prize-winning bestselling author, tells the story of a passionate love in his new novel. The Other Existence refers to the chance to experience happiness even after a great loss.


Moscow in late spring 1977: Young Burjate Minganbajir meets the Hungarian student Anni and falls madly in love. They spend some...
The Nine Dreams of Genghis Khan
Year of Publication: 2007
Galsan TschinagYear of Publication: 2007

The Nine Dreams of Genghis Khan

Nine: to the nomads, a holy number.

In this extraordinary historico-psychological novel, Galsan Tschinag uses powerful, archaic language to tell of the life of Genghis Khan: in...

Rights sold to:

Serbia (Clio)

The Robbed Infant
Year of Publication: 2005
Galsan TschinagYear of Publication: 2005

The Robbed Infant

A very special fate is predicted to Hynndynn, the nomad boy. A mysterious stranger from a far away place leaves the boy and his adoptive parents in a glorious secret of the future and with enough...
Rights sold to:

France (Métailié)

The Blue Sky
Year of Publication: 1997
Galsan TschinagYear of Publication: 1997

The Blue Sky

Rights sold to:

English World rights (Oolichan Books), Spanish world rights (Siruela), Basque (Desclee de Brouwer), France (Métailié), Italy (Aer), Netherlands (Meulenhoff), Denmark (Roskilde), Korea (Suda), Turkey (VakifBank), Israel (Sifriat Poalim)