Martin R. Dean
Martin R. Dean ( born July 17, 1955 in Menziken / Aargau ) is a Swiss writer.
Life
Martin R. Dean was born in Menziken as the son of a product originating in Trinidad physician of Indian origin and a Swiss. In 1976, he passed his matriculation examination at the cantonal school in Aarau. In 1977 he began studying German literature, philosophy and anthropology at the University of Basel. In 1986, he completed his studies with a Master's thesis on Hans Henny Jahnn novel Perrudja.
Over the years he made numerous trips and lived a long time abroad, including in South America, Portugal, France, Greece and Italy. From 1990 to 1998 he taught at the School of Design in Basel, in 1992/93 he was city observer of the city train. Since 1999, he has taught the subjects German and philosophy at the high school in Muttenz.
Dean lives in Basel. In 1995 he married the German studies Silvia Henke, with whom he has a daughter.
Works
- The hidden gardens. Novel. Munich: Carl Hanser 1982.
- The feathered woman. Five Variations on love. Munich: Carl Hanser, 1984. Munich: DTV 1987: ISBN 3-423-10758-8
- The Man Without a light novel. Munich: Carl Hanser, 1988. Munich: DTV 1996: ISBN 3-423-12139-4
- Except for me. A journal. Munich: Carl Hanser 1990
- Gilbert's final judgment. Drama. Frankfurt am Main: Verlag der authors 1990 ( Theater Basel, 1992)
- The Guayanaknoten. Novel. Munich: Carl Hanser, 1994. Munich: DTV 1997: ISBN 3-423-12304-4.
- The Ballad of Billie and Joe. Novel. Munich: Carl Hanser ISBN 3-446-18925-4 1997.
- Monsieur Fume or the happiness of forgetfulness. Short prose. Munich: Carl Hanser ISBN 3-446-19481-9 1998.
- With Silvia Henke: Insomniac. Frankfurt am Main: Verlag der Authors 1999
- My fathers. Novel. Munich: Carl Hanser, 2003. Munich: DTV 2005: ISBN 3-423-13306-6.
- Between spruce tree and palm tree. Annotated text collection for intercultural teaching of German in secondary schools. Bern: h.e.p. 2005 ISBN 3-03905-149-0.
- A suitcase full of desires, Roman. Young and Young, Salzburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-902497-92-5.
- Report this quartet, Roman. Young and Young, Salzburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-99027-052-3.
Essays
- The wing beat of a Brazilian butterfly. Thomas Mann's " Confessions of Felix Krull " as a model cosmopolitan narrative. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, 9-10. December 2006 ( online).