Daniel Kehlmann's novel was recorded as a radio play for MDR with Xaver Kroetz in the title role. Director: Götz Fritsch. You can hear him, and Ilja Richter too, on Sunday 16 November 2014 at 6 p.m. on MDR FIGARO. Daniel Kehlmann is one of Germany's most successful contemporary writers, who made his name with novels such as "Die Vermessung der Welt" and "Ruhm". In his first radio play, co-produced by MDR, Kehlmann turns to the vanities of the literary world: a young, ambitious writer clashes with a playwright whose successes lie some years in the past.