Walter Moers

Zamonia

A world full of bizarre creatures, where even books can be deadly.

💡 Did you know? Moers pretends merely to „translate“ the novels from the Zamonian.

The City of Dreaming Books

A declaration of love to reading, with antiquarian shops, book hunters and catacombs.

💡 Did you know? The novel is regarded as Moers’s most popular book.

Captain Bluebear

The tall-tale-spinning blue bear became a darling of the German kids’ show „Sendung mit der Maus“.

💡 Did you know? Moers also created the scandalous comic figure „Little Asshole“.

The 13½ Lives of Captain Bluebear

The novel tells Bluebear’s adventurous youth in Zamonia: long before the TV figure.

💡 Did you know? It was Moers’s first big Zamonia novel.

Rumo & His Miraculous Adventures

A dog-like creature becomes Zamonia’s greatest hero.

💡 Did you know? As in all Moers books, the illustrations are by the author himself.

Optimus Yarnspinner

The poet dinosaur narrates several books: a game with authorship.

💡 Did you know? Moers claims merely to translate his novels from this figure’s work.

Ensel und Krete

Two little bear children get lost in a dangerous enchanted forest.

💡 Did you know? Moers keeps interrupting the tale with witty „Mythenmetzian digressions“.

he does not appear in public

There are almost no current photos of him.

💡 Did you know? Thus the creator of Zamonia stays almost as mysterious as his characters.