Peter Zeindler

Peter Zeindler ( born February 18, 1934 in Zurich ) is a Swiss journalist and writer who is best known as an author of detective novels.

Life

Zeindler first attended the teacher training college. He studied German literature and art history at the University of Zurich he graduated with a doctorate; the title of his dissertation at Emil Staiger was the anti-hero in the drama. He worked as a German teacher at the high school as well as a lecturer in German language at the Goethe-Institut. In addition, he worked as a journalist, editor and presenter of radio and television. From 1989 he chaired the literary talk show Bernhard Littéraire in Zurich Bernhard Theater.

He is a member of PEN, the author AdS Association and the Crime Writers' Association syndicate.

Awards (selection)

Works (selection)

  • The rings of Saturn. Detective novel. Goldmann, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-442-05200-9.
  • The Circle. Novel. Heyne, München 1988, ISBN 3-453-02560-1.
  • Counterplay. Novel. Zsolnay, Vienna, 1987, ISBN 3-552-03923-6.
  • The shadow agent. Novel. Goldmann, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-442-09970-6.
  • Trial by fire. Novel. Goldmann, Munich 1993, ISBN 3-442-41318-4.
  • The coffin bouquet or Sophie's first case. Detective novel. Pendragon Verlag, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-86532-093-3.
  • The sleeper. Spy novel. Ark, Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-7160-2157-1.
  • Murder on the train. Evil stories. Ark, Zurich 1994, ISBN 3-7160-2173-3.
  • On the drives. Novel. Ark, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-7160-2188-1.
  • From private ownership. Novel. Ark, Zurich / Hamburg 1998, ISBN 3-7160-2247-0.
  • Goodbye in Casablanca. Sembritzki on a mission in Morocco. Novel. Ark, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-7160-2274-8.
  • Tarot. Detective novel. Goldmann, Munich 1992, ISBN 3-442-05194-0.
  • Salon with water lilies. Detective novel. Ark, Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-7160-2216-0.
  • Blown. Best of foul play. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1998, ISBN 3-499-43323-0.
  • The smile of the other. Novel. Ark, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-7160-2306- X.
  • Dead beach. Novel. Ark, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-7160-2334-5.
  • The uncanny eye. Children thriller. Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-312-00944-8.
  • The desk by the window. Novel. Ark, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-7160-2352-3.
  • Welcome - Moin. Scenes from Zurich and Hamburg and Hamburg & Zurich. Ark, Zurich 2006, ISBN 978-3-7160-2364-8.
  • The swifts. Novel. Ark, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-7160-2372-3.
  • Tanti Auguri. Detective novel. Walker, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-9523436-0-9.
  • The master batch. Detective stories. Pendragon Verlag, Bielefeld 2009, ISBN 978-3-86532-127-5.
  • Animale amoroso. Rhyming texts for the production of the trio Festivo
  • The Hermit. Dramatic collage. UA: Stadttheater Bern 1966
  • Short circuit. UA: Baden State Theatre Karlsruhe 1969
  • The spa guest. UA: Theatre on Pike Place, Zurich 1985
  • Everything already said a hundred times. Chansons for Eva Rieck. UA: Pike Place, Zurich 1987
  • Today do I love my carpenter. Chansons for Gabriela Tanner. UA: Cellar 62, Zurich 2001
  • Between texts Singespiel Erwin und Elmire of Othmar Schoeck. UA: Aargau Chamber Orchestra, Aarau 2002
  • Between texts for the opera Marc'Antonio e Cleopatra by Johann Adolph Hasse. UA: Theater Stok, Zurich 2003
  • Information. DRS 1972
  • Breaking out. DRS 1974
  • The master batch. SWF 1990
  • Old comrades. SWF / SFB 1992
  • The expulsion. SWF / SFB 1993
  • Duet in Zurich. SWF / SFB 1996
  • The last transition. DRS 2000
  • Michael Kehl man (director), The Master of Doomsday. 1988 ( based on the novel by Leo Perutz ).
  • Michael Kehl man: The Rings of Saturn. 1990
  • Bernhard Giger (director): brainwashing. 1993 ( Tatort episode 276).
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