Veit Heinichen (born 1957, in Villingen-Schwenningen) is a German novelist.[1][2]
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 Berlin Verlag [de].[3] He remained a director until 1999.[4][failed verification]
Heinichen writes noir novels featuring Commissario Proteo Laurenti as main character. Like his protagonist, he currently lives in Trieste.
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:
The first four novels plus Totentanz were filmed for the German ARD television series Commissario Laurenti (2006–2009).
In 2014 he acted with the part of a writer in the film-comedy Sexy Shop.
...Näheres von Veit Heinichen über die Hintergründe seiner Triestiner Kriminalromane... [...details from Veit Heinichen about the background of his Trieste-based crime novels...]
Die Toten vom Karst/Der Tod wirft lange Schatten – Die Krimis von Veit Heinichen und deren TV-Verfilmungen spielen in Triest und Istrien. Sie spiegeln brisante Themen des Grenzgebiets – Menschenschmuggel, politische Vergangenheit... [... Heinichen's crime novels... and the TV series are set in Trieste and Istria. They address controversial issues of the border area – smuggling, political history...]
Im Jahre 1994 gründete ich mit meiner Frau, Elisabeth Ruge, und Veit Heinichen den Berlin Verlag, ... [In 1984 I founded Berlin Verlag with my wife... and Veit Heinichen, ...]
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