Johannes Mario Simmel

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Johannes Mario Simmel (born April 7, 1924) is an Austrian writer.

He was born in Vienna and grew up in Austria and England. He was trained as a chemical engineer and worked in research from 1943 to the end of World War II. After the end of the war, he worked as a translator for the American military government and published reviews and stories in the Vienna Welt am Abend. Starting in 1950, he worked as a reporter for the Munich illustrated Quick in Europe and America.

He has written a number of novels and screenplays. Many of his novels were successfully filmed in the 60's and 70's.

He has won numerous prizes, including the Award of Excellence of the Society of Writers of the UN.

[edit] Selected bibliography

• You don't always have caviar ("Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein") - 1961
• The Berlin Connection a.k.a. "Dear Fatherland" or "Double Agent - Triple Cross" ("Lieb Vaterland magst ruhig sein") - 1966
• Cain '67 ("Alle Menschen werden Brüder") - 1967
• The Caesar Code ("Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen") - 1969

Johannes Mario Simmel in the Internet Movie Database