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Anthony McCarten
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Anthony McCarten

Anthony McCarten, born in New Zealand in 1961, is an award- winning novelist, playwright and screen-writer. He has adapted several of his novels, acclaimed by critics and readers alike, for the big screen. In 2015 he was nominated for two ›Oscars‹ and won two ›BAFTAS‹ for his screenplay The Theory Of Everything, starring Eddie Redmayne as Stephen Hawking. His play Ladies Night continues to be an international hit. Anthony McCarten divides his time between London and Munich.

Awards
  • Oscar-Nominierung ›Bestes Drehbuch‹ für Die zwei Päpste, 2020
  • Oscar-Nominierung ›Bester Film‹ für Darkest Hour, 2018
  • ›Bestes adaptiertes Drehbuch‹ für The Theory of Everything bei der Verleihung der 68. BAFTA Awards, 2015
  • Oscar-Nominierung ›Bester Film‹ für The Theory of Everything, 2015
  • ›Young Generation Award‹ des 6. FSFF (Fünf-Seen-Filmfestival) für die Verfilmung Am Ende eines viel zu kurzen Tages, 2012
  • ›Jugendbuchpreis‹ der Jury der Jungen Leser (Altersgruppe 15/16) für Superhero, 2008
  • ›hörBücher Grandios‹-Auszeichnung des Magazins Hörbücher für das Hörbuch Superhero, gelesen von Rufus Beck, 2007
  • ›Molière-Preis‹ für das beste ausländische Stück für Ladies Night, 2001
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Movie Adaptations
  • The Two Popes , Fernando Meirelles, 2019
  • Superhero, Ian FitzGibbon, 2011
  • Show of Hands, Anthony McCarten, 2008
  • The English Harem, Robin Sheppard, 2005
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»One of New Zealand’s most exciting literary exports.«
International Herald Tribune, Paris
»Here's a writer with heart and an amazing boldness of invention … There is not a false sentiment or conventional genuflection in this book.«
Timothy Mo

»Anthony McCarten is surely the most creative author of his generation in New Zealand.«

Günter Keil / Münchner Feuilleton

»Anthony McCarten has a knack for great stories, a talent for treating serious subjects with a great deal of wit.«

Antje Deistler / Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Cologne
»One of New Zealand’s most exciting literary exports.«
International Herald Tribune, Paris
»Here's a writer with heart and an amazing boldness of invention … There is not a false sentiment or conventional genuflection in this book.«
Timothy Mo

»Anthony McCarten is surely the most creative author of his generation in New Zealand.«

Günter Keil / Münchner Feuilleton

»Anthony McCarten has a knack for great stories, a talent for treating serious subjects with a great deal of wit.«

Antje Deistler / Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Cologne
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Jack
Anthony McCarten
American Letters
General Fiction / 256 pages
2018
Im Warenkorb
Licht
Anthony McCarten
Brilliance
General Fiction / 368 pages
2017
Im Warenkorb
funny girl
Anthony McCarten
funny girl
General Fiction / 384 pages
2014
Im Warenkorb
Ganz normale Helden
Anthony McCarten
In the Absence of Heroes
General Fiction / 464 pages
2012
Im Warenkorb
Liebe am Ende der Welt
Anthony McCarten
Spinners
General Fiction / 368 pages
2011
Im Warenkorb
Hand aufs Herz
Anthony McCarten
Show of Hands
General Fiction / 336 pages
2009
Im Warenkorb
Englischer Harem
Anthony McCarten
The English Harem
General Fiction / 592 pages
2008
Im Warenkorb
Superhero
Anthony McCarten
Death of a Superhero
General Fiction / 304 pages
2007
Im Warenkorb
American Letters
Brilliance
funny girl
In the Absence of Heroes
Spinners
Show of Hands
The English Harem
Death of a Superhero
Jack
funny girl
Licht
Going Zero
Die zwei Päpste
Superhero
Hand aufs Herz
Ganz normale Helden
Ganz normale Helden
Hand aufs Herz
funny girl