Heinz-Joachim Simon

Heinz-Joachim Simon (born April 15, 1943 in Posen ; † February 28, 2020 in Stuttgart ) was a German writer and specialist book author. He lived near Stuttgart.

life and work

Until 2003 the author was the managing director of an advertising agency and only wrote on the side.

From 2004, however, he concentrated exclusively on his literary work and wrote historical and criminal novels . Following his highly acclaimed novels about the famous war photographer Robert Capa and a six-volume cycle of novels about German history since the 19th century, Simon published a novel about Che Guevara in 2017 .

The author died on February 28, 2020 after a short, serious illness.

Bibliography (selection)

• The Honor of Weil der Stadt: The Shakespeare Secret. Westkreuz-Verlag, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-944836-41-6 .
• Che. The guerrilla's dream. Acabus, Hamburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-86282-488-5 .
• The man from Hamburg. The Vatican Conspiracy. Acabus Verlag, Hamburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-86282-389-5 .
• The miracle of Weil der Stadt. Westkreuz-Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-944836-14-0
• Robert Capa and Hemingway's story. Westkreuz-Verlag, Berlin 2013, ISBN 978-3-944836-12-6 .
• The Picasso killer. Huntinger and the secret of evil. Acabus Verlag, Hamburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-86282-097-9 .

The Germany cycle - The Berlin cycle

The following works appeared in the “Berlin Cycle”:

• Kotzebue. Herbig, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-8004-1370-1 .
• The year of the storm. Herbig, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-7766-2142-7 .
• Berlin 1918. Ed. Lithaus, Berlin 2005, ISBN 978-3-939305-01-9 .
• The inspector from the Gendarmenmarkt. Westkreuz-Verlag, Bad Münstereifel 2005, ISBN 978-3-929592-77-1 .
• The flowers of Wilhelmstrasse. Ed. Lithaus, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-939305-31-6 .
• Last Requiem in Berlin. Ed. Lithaus, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-939305-32-3 .
• The Commissioner and the Reichstag fire. Westkreuz-Verlag, Bad Münstereifel 2011, ISBN 978-3-939721-32-1 .

Web links

• Author's website
• Author's website at Acabus Verlag

Individual evidence

1. ^ Obituaries of Heinz-Joachim Simon | stuttgart-gedenken.de. Retrieved on March 26, 2020 (German). 
2. ↑ Heinz-Joachim Simon. In: ACABUS Verlag. Retrieved July 31, 2017 . 
3. ↑ Barbara Bross-Winkler: Line by line it has fallen into old times. (PDF) In: Stuttgarter Zeitung. September 8, 2012, accessed July 31, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Heinz-Joachim Simon. In: histo-couch.de. Retrieved August 9, 2017 . 
5. ^ Heinz-Joachim Simon | Book market. March 23, 2020, accessed on March 26, 2020 (German). 
6. ^ Obituaries of Heinz-Joachim Simon | stuttgart-gedenken.de. Retrieved on March 26, 2020 (German). 
7. ↑ Ingo Löchel: … Heinz-Joachim Simon on »The Picasso Murderer«, the inspectors Huntinger and Reinecke and his Germany cycle. In: zauberspiegel-online.de. Retrieved July 31, 2017 . 
8. ^ Literatur-Couch Medien GmbH & Co. KG: Heinz-Joachim Simon . In: Krimi-Couch.de . ( krimi-couch.de [accessed on July 31, 2017]).