Urs Widmer
Urs Widmer in April 2012.
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]
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
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Roman Bucheli (Spring 2014). "Deviation From The Norm, or The Realistic Fantast". New Books in German (35). 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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