Veit Heinichen
Veit Heinichen is a German novelist.
Heinichen studied economics at Stuttgart University, and then worked in publishing. In 1994 together with Arnulf Conradi, chief editor at S. Fischer Verlag, and Conradi's wife Elisabeth Ruge, Heinichen was cofounder of. He remained a director until 1999.
Heinichen writes noir novels featuring Commissario Proteo Laurenti as main character. Like his protagonist, he currently lives in Trieste.
Works
Currently the novels of Veit Heinichen are available in 10 different languages. English is not yet one of them. Here is a list of the original works:Gib jedem seinen eigenen Tod. Zsolnay, Wien 2001Die Toten vom Karst. Zsolnay, Wien 2002Tod auf der Warteliste. Zsolnay, Wien 2003Der Tod wirft lange Schatten. Zsolnay, Wien 2005Triest, Stadt der Winde. Sanssouci, München 2005Totentanz. Zsolnay, Wien 2007Die Ruhe des Stärkeren. Zsolnay, Wien 2009Keine Frage des Geschmacks. Zsolnay, Wien 2011Im eigenen Schatten. Zsolnay, Wien 2013The first four novels plus Totentanz were filmed for the German ARD television series Commissario Laurenti.
In 2014 he acted with the part of a writer in the film-comedy Sexy Shop.