I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas.
I'm frightened of the old ones.
John Cage
Dear colleagues from abroad,
we cordially welcome you to our web presence, where you will find detailed information about our literary agency erzähl:perspektive.
‘erzähl:perspektive’ is to be seen as a pun, combining the German words for 'narrating' (erzählen) and 'perspective' (Perspektive). Thus, this combination does not only hint to a technical term (narrative perspective), but also intends to be a promise for our authors, who often are newcomers at the scratch line of their literary career.
Having started with this business in December 2007, we do not only represent our German language authors worldwide, but meanwhile also deal with international book and film rights for several publishing houses (see our client list here) in both directions. If you are interested in some more information to this field of our work, please feel free to contact us.
'We', that is precisely:
| Michaela Gröner (michaela.groener@erzaehlperspektive.de) finished her studies of German Language and Literature und International History at Munich’s Ludwig Maximilians University in the nineties with final degree of Magistra Artium and state examination. Then she worked for two years at dtv’s (Deutscher Taschenbuch Verlag) Rights’ centre, and afterwards for about ten years as a freelancing copy editor for various publishers.
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 | Klaus Gröner (klaus.groener@erzaehlperspektive.de) studied sociology, psychology, and criminology (and, what seems to be most important: life!) at Munich’s Ludwig Maximilians University. After finishing the studies with the diploma he started working as a consultant for an international media representative. Agents’ business he got to know by various happy accidents and since that time works within ardently. |
Please find here a list of all our titles (fiction, non-fiction, children’s and young reader’s books) that are available for foreign language editions at the moment. You can click on an English synopsis and sometimes on a short sample translation or press comments. If you are interested in receiving any reading copies or further information, please be welcome to contact us.
Recently sold: Dr. Kari Nars "Swindling Billions" (Tammi/FIN) to Wiley-VCH (autumn 2011). +++ Kenneth Slawenski "J. D. Salinger: A Life Raised High" (Pomona Books/UK) to Gimtasis žodis/Lithuania. +++ Bettina Szrama "Die Hexe und der Henker" to emons (autumn 2011). +++ Catherine Smyth "weirdo. mosher.freak." (Pomona Books/UK) to Militzke Verlag (publication spring 2011).
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