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Jakob Arjouni

Jakob Arjouni

Jakob Arjouni, born 1964 in Frankfurt on the Main, has published novels, short stories, theatre and radio plays. Arjouni was only twenty-one years old when his acclaimed debut, ›Happy birthday, Turk!‹ was published and its main character, the Frankfurt-based private detective Kemal Kayankaya, took on his very first investigation. In 1991, the book was made into a film, directed by Doris Dörrie. Three further cases followed; for the third, ›One Man, One Murder‹, Jakob Arjouni was awarded the 1992 ›German Crime Fiction Prize‹. In autumn 2012, ›Brother Kemal‹, the fifth volume starring the German-Turkish investigator was published. The series is now firmly established as a classic amongst crime literature. Apart from his stage plays, his work also includes the Berlin novels ›Magic Hoffmann‹ (1996) and ›Holy Eddy‹ (2009) as well as ›Idiots. Five Fairy Tales‹ (2003). His novels ›Homework‹, ›Chez Max‹, and particularly his novel about an East-German Nazi follower, ›Cherryman Hunts Mister White‹, are now on school reading lists. The theme of addressing violence in all its forms runs through Arjouni's work like a red thread. His readers loved him for his thrilling, sharp-tongued, linguistically unpretentious, witty and clever books. He died on the 17th of January 2013 in Berlin.
Movie Adaptations
  • Am Ruder, Stephan Wagner, 2017
  • Happy Birthday, Türke, Doris Dörrie, 1992
Awards
  • Deutscher Krimi Preis für ›Ein Mann, ein Mord‹., 1992
  • Baden-Württembergischer Autorenpreis für das deutschsprachige Jugendtheater für sein Theaterstück ›Nazim schiebt ab‹., 1987
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»Magnificent«
The Guardian
»Arjouni deserves to be better known in the English speaking world.«
The Times
»Jakob Arjouni writes the best urban thrillers since Raymond Chandler.«
Tempo
»A master of the sketch and the caricature.«
Die Welt
»Impossible to put his books down.«
El Pais
»A worthy grandson of Marlowe and Spade.«
Stern
»Arjouni tells real-life stories, and they virtually never have a happy ending. He tells them so well, with such flexible dialogue and cleverly maintained tension, that it is impossible to put his books down.«
El País, Madrid
»A genuine storyteller who beguiles his readers without the need of tricks.«
L'Unità, Milan
»Magnificent«
The Guardian
»Arjouni deserves to be better known in the English speaking world.«
The Times
»Jakob Arjouni writes the best urban thrillers since Raymond Chandler.«
Tempo
»A master of the sketch and the caricature.«
Die Welt
»Impossible to put his books down.«
El Pais
»A worthy grandson of Marlowe and Spade.«
Stern
»Arjouni tells real-life stories, and they virtually never have a happy ending. He tells them so well, with such flexible dialogue and cleverly maintained tension, that it is impossible to put his books down.«
El País, Madrid
»A genuine storyteller who beguiles his readers without the need of tricks.«
L'Unità, Milan
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Jakob Arjouni
The Kayankaya Novels
Crime fiction / 1080 pages
2014
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Brother Kemal
Crime fiction / 240 pages
2012
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Cherryman Hunts Mister White
General Fiction / 176 pages
2011
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Holy Eddy
General Fiction / 256 pages
2009
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Chez Max
General Fiction / 224 pages
2006
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Homework
General Fiction / 192 pages
2004
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Idiots. Five fairy tales
General Fiction / 160 pages
2003
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Kismet
Crime fiction / 272 pages
2001
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A Friend
General Fiction / 176 pages
1998
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Jakob Arjouni
Edelmann's Daughter
General Fiction / 96 pages
1996
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Magic Hoffmann
General Fiction / 288 pages
1996
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One Man, One Murder
Crime fiction / 192 pages
1991
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More Beer
Crime fiction / 176 pages
1987
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Jakob Arjouni
Happy Birthday, Turk!
Crime fiction / 176 pages
1987
Im Warenkorb
Chez Max
Idioten. Fünf Märchen
Ein Mann, ein Mord
Der heilige Eddy
Cherryman jagt Mister White
Mehr Bier
Kismet
Bruder Kemal
Happy Birthday, Türke!
Der heilige Eddy