Alois Prinz
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Alois Prinz

Alois Prinz, born in 1958, studied literature and philosophy in Munich and now lives in Kirchheim near Munich with his family. He has published numerous biographies, including ones on Georg Forster, Hermann Hesse, Ulrike Marie Meinhof and Franz Kafka. Awards for his work include the German Youth Literature Prize and the Evangelical Book Prize. 2012 saw the publication of his book Hannah Arendt oder Die Liebe zur Welt, which sold more than 130,000 copies. In 2017 he was awarded the Grand Prize of the German Academy for Children’s and YA Fiction and in 2018 the Annual EMYS Award for Best YA Non-Fiction.

Alois Prinz, born in 1958, studied literature and philosophy in Munich and now lives in Kirchheim near Munich with his family. He has published numerous biographies, including ones on Georg Forster, Hermann Hesse, Ulrike Marie Meinhof and Franz Kafka. Awards for his work include the German Youth Literature Prize and the Evangelical Book Prize. 2012 saw the publication of his book Hannah Arendt oder Die Liebe zur Welt, which sold more than 130,000 copies. In 2017 he was awarded the Grand Prize of the German Academy for Children’s and YA Fiction and in 2018 the Annual EMYS Award for Best YA Non-Fiction.


PUBLICATIONS

The Arsonist
Year of Publication: 2024
Alois PrinzYear of Publication: 2024
He paved the way for the ideological rise of Nazism. His name is synonymous with the figure of the ruthless demagogue and the practice of mass manipulation: Joseph Goebbels.

As the...
Rights sold to:

Domestic Rights Sales: German audiobook (Hörbuch Hamburg)

The Life of Simone de Beauvoir
Year of Publication: 2021
Alois PrinzYear of Publication: 2021
Simone de Beauvoir spent her life fighting myths, prejudices and habits. One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman is the sentence that made her famous. But Beauvoir herself has become a...
Rights sold to:

Chinese simplex rights (Beijing Guangchen Culture Communication), Ukraine (Tempora)

 

Teresa of Avila
Year of Publication: 2014
Alois PrinzYear of Publication: 2014
»An important, unique, extremely human and attractive person,« Pope Paul VI called her when recognizing Teresa of Ávila as the first woman »Teacher of the Church« in 1970.


During her life she fell into the sights of the Inquisition because, in direct contrast to tradition, she nurtured a personal relationship with God; she spoke with him as if he were a friend. That not only made her...