Markus Hediger

Markus Hediger
Born	Markus Hediger 31 March 1959 Zurich, Switzerland
Nationality	Swiss
Alma mater	University of Zurich
Period	Late 20th century/Early 21st century
Genre	Poetry, essays, translations
Website
www.markushediger.com

Markus Hediger (born 31 March 1959) is a Swiss writer and translator.

Life

Markus Hediger was born in Zürich and brought up in Reinach, Aargau. From 1980 to 1990 he studied French literature, literary criticism and Italian literature at University of Zurich.

At the age of 16 he went to Paris for the first time. In 1979 he met there the Lebanese poet and playwright Georges Schehadé who opened to him new poetical horizons and whom he visited regularly until his death in 1989. In Switzerland he became friends with the writers Erika Burkart, Hugo Loetscher, Alice Rivaz and Walter Vogt.

In 1996 Markus Hediger published his first book of poetry, Ne retournez pas la pierre. This was followed by En deçà de la lumière in 2009.

In 2011 he was invited to the International Poetry Festival of Rosario^[1] (Argentina), in 2014 to the International Poetry Festival of Medellín^[2][3] (Colombia) and in 2016 to the International Poetry Festival of Lima.^[4][5]

Works

Poetry

• Ne retournez pas la pierre, romésie (1981–1995), Éditions de l'Aire, Vevey 1996 ISBN 2-88108-437-0
• Ne retournez pas la pierre – Dreht den Stein nicht um, Français – Deutsch (Audio CD), German translation by Yla Margrit von Dach, Arsmedia, Schöftland 1999 ISBN 3-909188-36-2
• Là pour me souvenir / Qui per ricordare (traduzione di Alberto Panaro e Grazia Regoli), selection of 17 poems in French and Italian translation. Lietocollelibiri, Faloppio 2005 ISBN 88-7848-154-8
• En deçà de la lumière, romésie II (1996–2007), Éditions de l'Aire, Vevey 2009 ISBN 2-88108-886-4
• Pour que quelqu'un de vous se souvienne (2008-2013), Alla Chiara Fonte, Viganello Lugano 2013

Essay

• Les Après-midi de Georges Schehadé, in: Rencontre II, Éditions de l'Aire, Vevey 2009, ISBN 978-2-88108-900-8

Anthology

• Passagen – Erzählungen aus der französischen Schweiz 1970–1990. Benziger Verlag, Zürich 1991

Translations

• Jacques Mercanton: Der Verbannte von Grado (fr. La Sibylle). Italian short stories. Benziger, Zürich 1984
• Étienne Barilier: Die Katze Musica (fr. Musique). Novel. Benziger, Zürich 1991
• Bernard Comment: Diener des Wissens (fr. L’Ombre de mémoire). Novel. Benziger, Zürich 1992
• Alice Rivaz: Wolken in der Hand (fr. Nuages dans la main). Novel. Huber, Frauenfeld 1992
• Jacques Mercanton: Die Stunden des James Joyce (fr. Les Heures de James Joyce). Essay. Lenos Verlag, Basel 1993
• Yves Laplace: Ein vorbildlicher Mann (fr. Un Homme exemplaire). Novel. Lenos, Basel 1994
• Alice Rivaz: Schlaflose Nacht (fr. Jette ton pain). Novel. Lenos, Basel 1994
• Jacques-Étienne Bovard: Warum rauchen Sie, Monsieur Grin? (fr. La Griffe). Novel. Lenos, Basel 1996
• Élisabeth Horem: Der Ring (fr. Le Ring). Novel. Lenos Verlag, Basel 1996
• Yvette Z’Graggen: Matthias Berg (fr. Matthias Berg). Novel. Lenos, Basel 1997
• Alice Rivaz: Aus dem Gedächtnis, aus dem Vergessen (fr. De Mémoire et d’oubli). Short stories. Lenos, Basel 1997
• Yvette Z’Graggen: La Punta (fr. La Punta). Novel. Lenos, Basel 1999
• Alice Rivaz: Wie Sand durch die Finger (fr. Comme le sable). Novel. Lenos, Basel 2000
• Alice Rivaz: Das Wellental (fr. Le Creux de la vague). Novel. Lenos, Basel 2001
• Rose-Marie Pagnard: Judiths Vermächtnis (fr. La Leçon de Judith). Short story. Lenos, Basel 2002
• Jean-Bernard Vuillème: Mit dem Gesicht zum Rücken (fr. Face à dos). Novel. Lenos, Basel 2003
• Yvette Z’Graggen: Die Hügel (fr. Les Collines). Short story. Lenos, Basel 2004
• Nicolas Bouvier: Aussen und innen (fr. Le Dehors et le dedans). Poems. Lenos, Basel 2005
• Yvette Z'Graggen: Weiher unter Eis (fr. Un Etang sous la glace). Novel. Lenos, Basel 2006
• Yvette Z’Graggen: Lebenssplitter (fr. Eclats de vie). Lenos. Basel 2008
• Claire Krähenbühl: Ailleurs peut-être / Vielleicht anderswo. Poetry anthology 1991–2010. Wolfbach, Zurich 2013

External links

• Markus Hediger's personal web page
• Audio reading with Markus Hediger on YouTube discussing and reading poetry in French with Slovenian translation by Brane Mozetič, Ljubljana, November 2009

References

1. http://fipr.com.ar/2011/edicionesanteriores/2011/p_markus-hediger.html
2. http://poesiamedellin.tumblr.com/post/90859659067/markus-hediger-suiza
3. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4_9i-vT_x0
4. http://fiplima.com/poeta/hediger/
5. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ofzw-ECh0MU

• Markus Hediger at the International Poetry Festival of Rosario
• Markus Hediger at the International Poetry Festival of Medellín
• Markus Hediger at the International Poetry Festival of Lima