Thomas Hürlimann

Thomas Hürlimann ( born December 21, 1950 in train ) is a Swiss writer.

Life

Thomas Hürlimann was born the son of the later Federal Hans Hürlimann in train. His mother Marie -Theres fragrance comes from the St. Galler CVP Dynasty fragrance. After Hürlimann attends primary school in train and a summer had worked long with his uncle Johannes fragrance in the Abbey Library of St. Gallen, he entered the seminary Einsiedeln, where he, according to his own words, " sour times " as " bald shaven little monk in ankle-length frock » supernatant.

After graduation, he studied philosophy at the University of Zurich and the University of Berlin. This study, he broke off in 1974 and settled as a freelance writer in Berlin- Kreuzberg down. He called this step the " happiest day of my life ." Since 2000 he is a lecturer at the German Literature Institute in Leipzig, since 2001 lecturer at the University of Konstanz. He lives in Switzerland Willer cell and in Berlin.

Artistic creation

As author Thomas Hürlimann debuted in 1981 with the short story collection The Ticino, published in Zurich Ammann Verlag. From 1982 to 1985 he was assistant director and dramaturg at Berlin's Schiller Theater. In 1985 he returned to Switzerland. For narrative work of the author, who had been repeatedly dealt engaged with the recent Swiss history, including The Garden House, The Messenger (via the Swiss Minister in Berlin during the Second World War, Hans Frölicher ), the satellite city, The Wood Theater, The Big Hangover, Miss Strong and Forty roses. There are also plays and comedies, including The Frenchman in Ybrig (1991 ) and The Hermit World Theatre, Hürlimann version of Calderón's mystery play El Gran teatro del mundo (2000, revised 2007).

The most noted work was the novella Miss Stark ( 2001). His uncle John fragrance felt like a victim of a key novel and wrote in the episode a ten-page pamphlet ( comments and corrections; published privately printed ), in which he described Hürlimann inter alia, as " Mr. spoiled son ." Similar discussions had Hürlimann lead after the publication of his novel The Big Hangover, in which his father served as a literary model.

For his work Thomas Hürlimann has received numerous prizes and awards. Among them he received in 2001 for Miss Stark Joseph Breitbach Prize, the highest prize Prize for Literature in German-speaking and in 2012 the Thomas Mann Prize for his work, with which he " the knowledge of the fragility of existence, a profound humanity oppose to ". His first short story collection The Ticino has been translated into 13 languages ​​The garden house in six, the novella.

Awards

Works

Prose

• The Ticino. Stories. Ammann, Zurich 1981.
• The garden house. Amendment. Ammann, Zurich, 1989; " Gently corrected " edition ibid. 2001.
• The satellite city. Stories. Ammann, Zurich 1992.
• The wooden theater. Stories and thoughts in the margin. Ammann, Zurich 1997.
• The big hangover. Novel. Ammann, Zurich 1998.
• Miss Stark. Amendment. Ammann, Zurich 2001.
• Himmelsöhi, help! About Switzerland and other nests. Ammann, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-250-30010-1.
• Forty roses. Novel. Ammann, Zurich 2006.
• The jump in the trash. Stories, thoughts and notes in the margin. Ammann, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-250-60125-8.
• Sundowners. Stories from 30 years. Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-250-10801-6.

Theater

• Grandfather and half-brother. A play. UA: Schauspielhaus Zurich, 1981; Ammann, Zurich 1981, ISBN 3-250-01001-4.
• Sheet date. UA: Düsseldorf Schauspielhaus 1984. Edition ( with grandfather and half-brother ): Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-596-27086-3.

Sprechoper

• Güdelmäntig. Sprechoper for an actor, choir and orchestra. Music: John Wolf Brennan. UA: Aarau 2002; Musica Rara Vocalis, Wind Soloists of Aargau. Ammann, Zurich 2001.

Audiobook

• My favorite crocodile. According to Anton Chekhov's " The Lady with the Dog " and letters to and from Olga Knipper. Music: John Wolf Brennan and Arkady Shilkloper. 1 CD. Christoph Merian, Basel 2008, ISBN 978-3-85616-358-7.

Film

• The mountain. ( Screenplay with Mark Imhoof ), Movie, 1990.
• De Frenchman in Ybrig. ( Recording of a performance; video by Bernhard Lang), Swiss TV, 1991.
• The Messenger. ( Recording of a performance ), Swiss TV, 1993.
• Frenchman in Ötz. ( Recording of a performance ), ORF, 1994.
• The Hermit World Theatre. ( Documentation on a staging), cultural space Swiss TV, 2007.

Editorship

• Meinrad Ingle: The black Tanner and other stories. ( With epilogue ). Ammann, Zurich 1985, ISBN 3-250-01052-9.
• Botho Strauss: She / He. Narratives. Hanser Verlag, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-446-23865-7.