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Jakob Arjouni


Born
in Frankfurt am Main, Germany
October 08, 1964

Died
January 17, 2013

Genre
Mystery & Thrillers, Literature & Fiction, Short Stories


Jakob Arjouni (alias of Jakob Bothe) published his first novel Happy Birthday, Türke! (1985) at the age of 20.Later he wrote his first play Die Garagen. He became famous after publishing his criminal novel Kayankaya, which was then translated into 10 different languages.

In 1987, he received the Baden-Württembergischen Autorenpreis für das deutschsprachige Jugendtheater for his play Nazim schiebt ab. In 1992, he received the German Crime Fiction Prize for One Man, One Murder. He died, aged 48, in Berlin, after a long fight against pancreatic cancer.

Combine Editions

Average rating: 3.55 · 3,885 ratings · 344 reviews · 32 distinct works • Similar authors
Happy Birthday, Türke! (Kay...
3.52 avg rating — 1,077 ratings — published 1985 — 42 editions
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More Beer
3.57 avg rating — 404 ratings — published 1987 — 6 editions
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Kismet
3.72 avg rating — 352 ratings — published 2001 — 26 editions
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Cherryman jagt Mister White
3.55 avg rating — 343 ratings — published 2011 — 6 editions
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Idioten. Fünf Märchen
3.38 avg rating — 326 ratings — published 2003 — 16 editions
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One Man, One Murder
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3.51 avg rating — 303 ratings — published 1991 — 27 editions
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Magic Hoffmann
3.56 avg rating — 284 ratings — published 1996 — 18 editions
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Brother Kemal (Kayankaya, #5)
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3.75 avg rating — 220 ratings — published 2012 — 18 editions
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Hausaufgaben
3.41 avg rating — 215 ratings — published 2004 — 7 editions
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Der heilige Eddy
3.73 avg rating — 138 ratings — published 2009 — 7 editions
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Series by Jakob Arjouni

Happy Birthday, Türke! More Beer One Man, One Murder Kismet Brother Kemal
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