Urs Widmer
| Urs Widmer | |
|---|---|
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Urs Widmer in April 2012 | |
| Born |
21 May 1938 Basel, Switzerland |
| Died | 2 April 2014 (aged 75) |
| Occupation | Novelist, essayist, playwright |
| Language | German |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Period | 1968–2013 |
| Notable awards |
Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden (1976) Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis (1997) Schweizer Literaturpreise (2014) |
Urs Widmer (May 21, 1938 – April 2, 2014) was a Swiss novelist, playwright, an essayist and a short story writer.[1][2]
Widmer was born in Basel in 1938, and for many years lived in Zurich.[1] Widmer studied German, French and history at the universities of Basel and Montpellier.[1] After completing his PhD, he worked briefly as an editor at Suhrkamp Verlag, but left the publishing house during the Lektoren-Aufstand (‘Editors’ Revolt’) of 1968.[1]
In 2014, Roman Bucheli, Literary Editor of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, said that Widmer:
- "is without doubt one of the most significant and versatile talents currently at work in the field of contemporary German-language literature as well as one of the most successful. His sales are invariably in the high five-figure bracket"[1]
Works in English translation
- My mother's lover (Der Geliebte meiner Mutter). Tr. Donal McLaughlin, London, Seagull Books [2011], ISBN 9781906497965.
- My father's book (Das Buch des Vaters). Tr. Donal McLaughlin, London, Seagull Books [2011], ISBN 9780857420176.
- On life, death, and this and that of the rest. The Frankfurt lectures on poetics (Vom Leben, vom Tod und vom Übrigen auch dies und das). Tr. Donal McLaughlin, London, Seagull Books [2013], ISBN 9780857421005.
- The blue soda siphon (Der blaue Siphon). Tr. Donal McLaughlin, London, Seagull Books [2014], ISBN 9780857422118.
- In the Congo (Im Kongo). Tr. Donal McLaughlin, London, Seagull Books [2015], ISBN 9780857423153.
- Mr Adamson (Herr Adamson). Tr. Donal McLaughlin, London, Seagull Books [2015], ISBN 9780857422323.
Awards and honors
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- 1977 Hörspielpreis der Kriegsblinden, Fernsehabend
- 1992 Preis der SWR-Bestenliste
- 1997 Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis, Top Dogs
- 1998 Heimito von Doderer Prize
- 2001 Bertolt Brecht Literature Prize
- 2002 Großer Literaturpreis der Bayerischen Akademie der Schönen Künste[1]
- 2013 Friedrich Hölderlin Prize[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Roman Bucheli (Spring 2014). "Deviation From The Norm, or The Realistic Fantast". New Books in German. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- ↑ Roman Bucheli (3 April 2014). "Der Schriftsteller Urs Widmer gestorben". Neue Zürcher Zeitung (in German). Retrieved April 3, 2014.
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