Frank Arnau

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name =Frank Arnau


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deathplace=Munich
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Frank Arnau (March 9, 1894 Vienna - February 11, 1976 Munich) was the pseudonym of a German crime fiction writer, born as Heinrich Schmitt.

Biography

He was the son of a hotel manager and began his literary career as a newspaper journalist. With the political ascent of Hitler, the avowed opponent of national socialism emigrated in 1933 first to France, then in 1939 to Brazil, where he lived until 1955. There he was further active as journalist and freelance writer. After his return to Germany he worked as a freelancer for the Stern magazine. Arnau wrote over one hundred books and was president of the German league for human rights.He wrote stage plays, novels, detective stories and critical studies about society and the law system. In 1934 he described in his novel "Die braune Pest" (The Brown Plague) the ascent of the Nazis.

Frank Arnau on Forgery

In 1959 he published what is still one of the best books about counterfeiting art: "Kunst der Fälscher - Fälscher der Kunst. 3000 Jahre Betrug mit Antiquitäten." It is available in an English translation by J. Maxwell Brownjohn as "The Art of the Faker - 3,000 Years of Deception."

Works

Crime Fiction

*1929 "Der geschlossene Ring"
*1933 "Männer der Tat"
*1944 "Die Maske mit dem Silberstreifen"
*1953 "Auch sie kannten Felix Umballer"
*1956 "Pekari Nr 7"
*1957 "Tanger nach Mitternacht"
*1957 "Verwandlung nach Mitternacht"
*1957 "Mordkommission Hollywood"
*1957 "Der geschlossene Ring"
*1958 "Nur tote Zeugen schweigen"
*1958 "Jenseits aller Schranken"
*1958 "Heisses Pflaster Rio"
*1958 "Heißes Pflaster Rio"
*1959 "Nur tote Zeugen schweigen"
*1959 "Lautlos wie sein Schatten"
*1960 "Der perfekte Mord"
*1960 "Der letzte Besucher"
*1960 "Das andere Gesicht"
*1961 "Die Dame im Chinchilla"
*1961 "Der letzte Besucher"
*1962 "Heroin AG"
*1962 "Im Schatten der Sphinx"
*1963 "Der Mord war ein Regiefehler"
*1963 "Schuss ohne Echo"
*1963 "Verwandlung nach Mitternacht"
*1964 "Der Mord war ein Regiefehler"
*1965 "Mit heulenden Sirenen"
*1968 "Das verbrannte Gesicht"
*1984 "Das verschlossene Zimmer" (posthumous)

Others

*1934 "Die braune Pest"
*1959 "Kunst der Fälscher - Fälscher der Kunst. 3000 Jahre Betrug mit Antiquitäten"
*1962 "Im Schatten der Sphinx"
*1964 "Warum Menschen töten"
*1966 "Jenseits der Gesetze"
*1967 "Die Straf-Unrechtspflege in der Bundesrepublik"
*1971 "Tatmotiv Leidenschaft"
*1972 "Lexikon der Philatelie"
*1972 "Gelebt, geliebt, gehasst" (autobiography)
*1974 "Watergate - Der Sumpf"

Movie Adaptations

* 1931 "Kampf"
* 1932 "Täter gesucht" (novel "Der geschlossene Ring")

External links

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* [http://www.krimilexikon.de/arnau.htm Frank Arnau im Lexikon der deutschen Krimi-Autoren, Internet-Edition]