Martin Suter

Martin Suter (born 29 February 1948 in Zürich) is a Swiss author. He became known for his weekly column Business Class in the Weltwoche newspaper (1992–2004), now appearing in the Tages-Anzeiger, and another column appearing in "NZZ Folio". The columns have been published as nine books.

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• Small world 1 13
• INTERVIEW Allmen author Martin Suter
• Works
• References

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, ISBN 1860469272. (film : Small World)

Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz (Beresina, or the Last Days of Switzerland, directed by Daniel Schmid), screenplay, 1999

Business Class, collected columns, 2000

Die dunkle Seite des Mondes (The Dark Side of the Moon), novel, 2000

Ein perfekter Freund (A Perfect Friend), novel, 2002

Lila, Lila (Violet, Violet), novel, 2004

Huber spannt aus (Huber relaxes), collected columns, 2005

Der Teufel von Mailand, novel, 2006. A Deal with the Devil, transl. by Peter Millar. London, Arcadia Books, 2007, ISBN 978-1-90514-752-6.

Der letzte Weynfeldt, novel, 2008. The Last Weynfeldt, transl. by Steph Morris, New York, New Vessel Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1-939931-27-6.

Der Koch, novel, 2010. The Chef, transl. by Jamie Bulloch. London, Atlantic Books, 2013, ISBN 978-1-78239-061-9.

Allmen und die Libellen (Allmen and the Dragonflies), novel, 2010

Allmen und der rosa Diamant (Allmen and the Pink Diamond), novel, 2011

Abschalten, 2012

Die Zeit, Die Zeit, novel, 2012

Allmen und die Dahlien (Allmen and the Dahlias), novel, 2013

Allmen und die verschwundene María (Allmen and the Vanished Maria), novel, 2014

Montecristo, novel, 2015. Montecristo, transl. by Jamie Bulloch. Harpenden (Herts), No Exit Press, 2016, ISBN 978-1-84344-830-3.

Elefant, novel, 2017