Luchterhand Literaturverlag

Luchterhand Verlag was founded by Hermann Luchterhand in 1924. Since 1954, Luchterhand has been publishing literary titles, an early and triumphant success being with Günter Grass's novel Die Blechtrommel (1959). Luchterhand publishes literary fiction and poetry and scrupulously prepared editions of various authors' complete works. In 1997, the firm was voted Publishing House of the Year by the German trade journal Buchmarkt . Luchterhand is now part of the Random House Group. Authors include Christa Wolf, Ernst Jandl, Pablo Neruda, António Lobo Antunes, Will Self, Frank McCourt, Hanns-Josef Ortheil.