André Kaminski

Andre Kaminski (1923–1991) was born in Geneva, Switzerland, and emigrated to Poland in 1945. After being arrested as a dissident in 1968, he emigrated to Israel but returned to Switzerland within a year. A former reporter who lived in Africa for several years, he wrote numerous plays and various books of prose. He was awarded the Mara Cassens Prize in 1987 for Kith and Kin.

PUBLICATIONS

Year of Publication: 1990

André KaminskiYear of Publication: 1990

Kith and Kin

In this vibrant and witty family saga, André Kaminski chronicles the fortunes and misadventures of two Jewish families as the Austro-Hungarian Empire is crumbling, World War I is brewing, and...

Rights sold to:

Ukraine (XXI)

Previously published in the respective language / territory; rights available again: English world rights (Fromm International), Spanish world rights (Alfaguara), France (Éditions Julliard), Italy (Longanesi), Netherlands (Bert Bakker), Denmark (Lademann), Sweden (Bra Böcker), Finland (Loki-Kirjat), Iceland (Mal og Menning), Poland (Atext), Czech Republic (Paseka)

Year of Publication: 1988

André KaminskiYear of Publication: 1988

Kiebitz

Right at the beginning of this novel, André Kaminski looks back on the life of his protagonist: just a few years after the end of the Second World War, Gideon Esdur Kiebitz, a young Jew seized by the...

Rights sold to:

Rights sold to: Greece (Skarifima), Iran (Nashr-e Now)

Previously published in the respective language/territory; rights available again: Spanish world rights (Capitán Swing), France (Julliard), Italy (Longanesi), Denmark (Lademann), Netherlands (Bert Bakker), Poland (Atext)