Markus Werner
Markus Werner (born 27 December 1944 Eschlikon, Canton Thurgau ) is a Swiss writer.
Life
Markus Werner was born in Eschlikon (Canton Thurgau ). 1948 the family moved after Thayngen ( Canton of Schaffhausen ). There Werner attended school and graduated in 1965 Matura. Subsequently, he studied German literature, philosophy and psychology at the University of Zurich and received his doctorate in 1974 with a thesis on Max Frisch, whose influence on Werner's letter is significant. From 1975 to 1985 he was Head Teacher, 1985-1990 Lecturer at the Canton Schaffhausen school. Since 1990 he is a freelance writer. Werner lives in Schaffhausen.
Werner figures
The hero of Markus Werner, who made his debut at the age of 40 years with Zundel's departure (1984 ), have turned their backs on their profession. From their point of view Werner with humor, astonishment, but also despair describes laconically, everyday. This creates an abundance of severely calculated scenes and episodes in which the arrangement of the world, the Werners protagonist can not make a rhyme, in over sharp, sometimes grotesque details came to light. Especially at the seemingly innocuous quirks of everyday life fail Werner's figures, on the deaf ears of their fellow men, to their cold, stubborn souls - Zundel's finish is prefixed as a motto a telling quote Robert Walser: " For getting warm all appearances was by no cause before ." The human shortcomings are presented in tragicomic tone. In Werner's texts, the obvious is as strange; one marvels and wonders how a child. His fictional characters plead for the right to have weaknesses and can make mistakes ( "Safety is the hallmark of the gannet ", in: The cold shoulder, or Chinese proverb ), they long for tenderness, but at the same time cursing in often sharply the world, their fellow human beings and not least himself
Works
- Images of the Final, drafts of the possible. To the work of Max Frisch, Univ. Diss 1974, Bern: Lang, 1975 ( = European University Studies Series 1, German literature and German, 111. ).
- Zundel's departure, novel, 1984, ISBN 3-7017-1385-5, ISBN 3-423-10917-3 ( dtv Paperback )
- Frog Night, novel, 1985, ISBN 3-7017-0424-4, ISBN 3-423-11250-6 As Audiobook: Klemens. Monologue from frog night with Hanspeter Müller- Drossaart, 2011, ISBN 978-3-85616-459-1 (Christoph Merian Verlag, 1 CD)
- The cold shoulder, novel, 1989, ISBN 3-423-11672-2
- See you soon, novel, 1992, ISBN 3-7017-0758-8, ISBN (recorded 2005/2006 Swiss in the series Library ) 3-423-12112-2.
- Mainland, novel, 1996, ISBN 3-7017-0969-6, ISBN 3-423-12529-2
- The Egyptian Heinrich, novel, 1999, ISBN 3-7017-1174-7, ISBN 3-423-12901-8
- On a slope, novel, 2004, ISBN 3-10-091066-4; Fischer Taschenbuch 16467, ISBN 978-3-596-16467-7 As Audiobook: Reading with Hanspeter Müller- Drossaart, 2005, ISBN 3-898-13401-6 ( The audio publisher, 4 CDs)
Films
- In October 2013, the film version came on the slopes of Swiss director Markus Imboden in the cinemas. The main roles were played by Henry Hübchen, Max Simonischek and Martina Gedeck.