Contents
Books
Authors
Translation Promotion Programme Litrix.de
Other translation programmes
Preview

HomeAbout usNewsletterImpressumLinks


to list of publishers
Profile
Jury
Publishers
The Litrix.de team
Peter Hammer Verlag

Wuppertal

For foreign rights please contact
mbilstein@peter-hammer-verlag.de

Publisher's homepage
www.peter-hammer-verlag.de

Publisher's profile
Founded in 1966, Peter Hammer Verlag started as a publisher mainly of literature from and about Africa and Latin America. Among the most important authors are Chinua Achebe, Ahmadou Hampâté Bâ, Aniceti Kitereza, Ahmadou Kourouma, Tierno Monénembo, Meja Mwangi, Ngugi wa Thiongo, Gioconda Belli, Ernesto Cardenal and Eduardo Galeano. Today this part of the programme is expanded by a considerable number of books from the field of ethnology.

Besides that a remarkable list of children’s books has been established during the nineties. Especially the picture books by Wolf Erlbruch contributed to the worldwide reputation of this part of the programme. Meanwhile Nadia Budde, Wolf Erlbruch, Wiebke Oeser and Henning Wagenbreth have been frequently decorated by important prizes.



Presented by Litrix.de:
Think for Yourself!
The white bear and the black bear
When Death came calling

Print version
Top of pageto list of publishers
 A project initiated by the Federal Cultural Foundation, Germany, in cooperation with the Goethe-Institut and the Frankfurt Book Fair.