Johannes Mario Simmel

• 1959 First prize in the competition playwright Mannheim
• 1981 Culture Award of German Freemasons (Lessing-Ring)
• 1984 Gold Medal of the City of Vienna
• 1992 Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class
• 1993 Hermann Kesten Prize
• 2004: Grand Decoration of Honour in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria[3]
• 2005 Merit Cross 1st Class of the Federal Republic of Germany (Verdienstkreuz 1. Klasse)
• 2011 naming of Simmelgasse in Floridsdorf (the 21st district of Vienna)

Johannes Mario Simmel photographed by Oliver Mark in his home in the city of Zug, 2007

• Encounters in the Fog ("Begegnung im Nebel." 1947)
• Why Am I So Happy? ("Mich wundert, daß ich so fröhlich bin." Zsolnay, Vienna 1949). The title is a quote from Martinus von Biberach (died 1498); but also hints at Heinrich Heine's 1837 poem "Die Lorelei": "Ich weiß nicht, was soll es bedeuten / Daß ich so traurig bin".
• Das geheime Brot. Zsolnay, Vienna 1950. (English: Secret, or hidden, bread.)
• Der Mörder trinkt keine Milch. Ein Kriminalroman. Demokratische Druck- und Verlags-Gesellschaft, Bären-Bücher 19, Linz 1950. (English: Murderers don't drink milk. A detective story.)
• Man lebt nur zweimal. Demokratische Druck- und Verlags-Gesellschaft, Bären-Bücher 21, Linz 1950. (English: You only live twice.) The title is a parody of the German proverb "Man lebt nur einmal".
• I Confess ("Ich gestehe alles." Zsolnay, Vienna 1953)
• The Pretender (?) ("Der Hochstapler. Immer, wenn er Kuchen aß...". Südverlag, München/Konstanz 1954), (mit Hans Hartmann)
• The Sibyl Cipher (Gott schützt die Liebenden, Zsolnay, Vienna 1957)
• The Affair of Nina B. ("Affäre Nina B.", Zsolnay, Vienna 1958)
• It Can't Always Be Caviar a.k.a. "The Monte Cristo Cover-up" ("Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein.", Schweizer Druck- und Verlagshaus, Zürich 1960)
• To the Bitter End ("Bis zur bitteren Neige.", Knaur, München 1962)
• Love is Just a Word ("Liebe ist nur ein Wort.", Knaur, München 1963)
• The Berlin Connection a.k.a. "Dear Fatherland" or "Double Agent - Triple Cross" ("Lieb Vaterland magst ruhig sein." Knaur, München 1965)
• The Cain Conspiracy a.k.a. "Cain '67" ("Alle Menschen werden Brüder.", Knaur, München 1967). The German title is taken from Schiller's 1785 poem "Ode to Joy".
• The Caesar Code ("Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen.", Knaur, München 1970). The German title is from Rudyard Kipling's "And Jimmy went to the rainbow's foot. Because he was five. And a man".
• The Traitor Blitz (Der Stoff aus dem die Träume sind, Knaur, München 1971). The German title is taken from Shakespeare's play The Tempest.
• The Wind and the Rain (Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind, Knaur, München 1973.)
• No Man Is an Island (Niemand ist eine Insel, Knaur, München 1975). The title is from Devotions upon Emergent Occasions (1624) by John Donne.
• Hurra, wir leben noch (Knaur, München 1978)
• Wir heißen euch hoffen (Knaur, München 1980)
• Let the Flowers Live ("Bitte, laßt die Blumen leben", Knaur, München 1983)
• The Secret Protocol ("Die im Dunkeln sieht man nicht", Knaur, München 1985)
• With the Clowns Came Tears ("Doch mit den Clowns kamen die Tränen", Knaur, München 1987)
• Im Frühling singt zum letztenmal die Lerche (Knaur, München 1990)
• Auch wenn ich lache, muß ich weinen (Knaur, München 1993)
• Dream the Impossible Dream (?) ("Träum den unmöglichen Traum", Knaur, München 1996)
• The Man who painted Almond Trees (?) ("Der Mann, der die Mandelbäumchen malte", Knaur, München 1998)
• Love is the Last Bridge ("Liebe ist die letzte Brücke", Knaur, München 1999)

(?): Not sure about English title

• My Schoolfriend, directed by Robert Siodmak (1960, based on the play Der Schulfreund)
• The Nina B. Affair, directed by Robert Siodmak (1961, based on the novel Affäre Nina B.)
• It Can't Always Be Caviar, directed by Géza von Radványi (1961, based on the novel Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein)
• This Time It Must Be Caviar, directed by Géza von Radványi (1961, based on the novel Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein)
• Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen, directed by Alfred Vohrer (1971, based on the novel Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen)
• Love Is Only a Word, directed by Alfred Vohrer (1971, based on the novel Liebe ist nur ein Wort)
• The Stuff That Dreams Are Made Of, directed by Alfred Vohrer (1972, based on the novel Der Stoff aus dem die Träume sind)
• All People Will Be Brothers, directed by Alfred Vohrer (1973, based on the novel Alle Menschen werden Brüder)
• The Sibyl Cipher, directed by Alfred Vohrer (1973, based on the novel Gott schützt die Liebenden)
• Only the Wind Knows the Answer, directed by Alfred Vohrer (1974, based on the novel Die Antwort kennt nur der Wind)
• To the Bitter End, directed by Gerd Oswald (1975, based on the novel Bis zur bitteren Neige)
• Dear Fatherland Be at Peace, directed by Roland Klick (1976, based on the novel Lieb Vaterland magst ruhig sein)
• Es muss nicht immer Kaviar sein, directed by Thomas Engel (1977, TV miniseries, based on the novel Es muß nicht immer Kaviar sein)
• Mich wundert, daß ich so fröhlich bin, directed by Michael Kehlmann (1982, TV film, based on the novel Mich wundert, daß ich so fröhlich bin)
• The Roaring Fifties, directed by Peter Zadek (1983, based on the novel Hurra wir leben noch)
• Please, Let the Flowers Live, directed by Duccio Tessari (1986, based on the novel Bitte laßt die Blumen leben)
• Mit den Clowns kamen die Tränen, directed by Reinhard Hauff (1990, TV miniseries, based on the novel Doch mit den Clowns kamen die Tränen)
• And Jimmy Went to the Rainbow's Foot, directed by Carlo Rola (2008, TV film, based on the novel Und Jimmy ging zum Regenbogen)
• The Sibyl Cipher, directed by Carlo Rola (2008, TV film, based on the novel Gott schützt die Liebenden)
• Love Is Only a Word, directed by Carlo Rola (2010, based on the novel Liebe ist nur ein Wort)
• Niemand ist eine Insel, directed by Carlo Rola (2011, TV film, based on the novel Niemand ist eine Insel)

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