Martin Suter


Martin Suter is a Swiss author. He became known for his weekly column Business Class in the Weltwoche newspaper, now appearing in the Tages-Anzeiger, and another column appearing in "NZZ Folio". The columns have been published as nine books.
Suter has published fourteen novels, written four stage plays, and seven screenplays, for which he received various awards.
He is married and lives in Spain and Guatemala.
Suter worked previously as a copywriter and creative director in advertising before he decided to fully concentrate on his writing career in 1991. He achieved his break-through with his novel Small World in 1997, which was published by Diogenes Verlag.

Works

  • Small World, novel, 1997. Small World, transl. by Sandra Harper. London, Harvill, 2001,.
  • Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz, screenplay, 1999
  • Business Class, collected columns, 2000
  • Die dunkle Seite des Mondes, novel, 2000
  • Ein perfekter Freund, novel, 2002
  • Lila, Lila, novel, 2004
  • Huber spannt aus, collected columns, 2005
  • Der Teufel von Mailand, novel, 2006. A Deal with the Devil, transl. by Peter Millar. London, Arcadia Books, 2007,.
  • Der letzte Weynfeldt, novel, 2008. The Last Weynfeldt, transl. by Steph Morris, New York, New Vessel Press, 2016,.
  • Der Koch, novel, 2010. The Chef, transl. by Jamie Bulloch. London, Atlantic Books, 2013,.
  • Allmen und die Libellen, novel, 2010, Allmen and the Dragonflies, transl. by Steph Morris, New York, New Vessel Press, 2018.
  • Allmen und der rosa Diamant, novel, 2011
  • Abschalten, 2012
  • Die Zeit, Die Zeit, novel, 2012
  • Allmen und die Dahlien , novel, 2013
  • Allmen und die verschwundene María , novel, 2014
  • Montecristo, novel, 2015. Montecristo, transl. by Jamie Bulloch. Harpenden, No Exit Press, 2016,.
  • Elefant, novel, 2017, Elefant, transl. by Jamie Bulloch, London, Fourth Estate, 2018.
  • Allmen und die Erotik, novel, 2018
  • Allmen und der Koi, novel, 2019
  • Alle sind so ernst geworden, novel, 2020