About the Author
Hartmut Lange was born in Berlin in 1937. He studied film and began his career as a playwright. His first play made his name in theatrical circles and he was appointed artistic director of the Deutsches Theatre in East Berlin. Conflicting with official cultural policy, he left for West Berlin in 1965 where he continues to live.
His writing has won considerable acclaim and he has been awarded numerous literary prizes including the prestigious Adenauer Prize in 1998. His books have been translated into French, Italian and Spanish. Missing Persons (published in German as Italienische Novellen) is his first work to be translated into English.
