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Klaus Merz, (born 3 October 1945 in Aarau, canton Aargau) is a Swiss writer.
Klaus Merz, (born 3 October 1945 in Aarau, canton Aargau) is a Swiss writer.
Life
As a teacher (secondary school), Merz has worked in adult education. He has won several prices, e.g. the famous Hermann Hesse Prize for Literature in 1997, the „Gottfried Keller-Preis“ in 2004 and the „Werkpreis der schweizerischen Schillerstiftung“ in 2005. He wrote a lot of narrations and stories, e.g. „Adams Kostüm“ or the short novel „Jakob schläft“. Merz has also madepoems
Poetry (derived from the Greek ''poiesis'', "making"), also called verse, is a form of literature that uses aesthetic and often rhythmic qualities of language − such as phonaesthetics, sound symbolism, and metre − to evoke meanings in ...
(„Kurze Durchsage“) – his works are rather short. But the titles already show Merz’s special ability: He manages it, to place two or three banal words, one next to the other, and it starts “buzzing” amongst them.
Today, Merz lives in Unterkulm
Unterkulm is a municipality in the district of Kulm in the canton of Aargau in Switzerland.
History
Both Roman ruins near the church and late-Roman coins at Sonnenhof indicate that the area near Unterkulm was settled during the Roman era. Howe ...
as a narrator and lyric poet.
Selected bibliography
*''Mit gesammelter Blindheit''. Gedichte. Tschudy, St. Gallen 1967. *''Geschiebe – mein Land''. Gedichte. Sauerländer, Aarau 1969. *''Vier Vorwände ergeben kein Haus''. Gedichte. Artemis, Zürich 1972. *''Obligatorische Übung''. Geschichten. Sauerländer, Aarau 1975. *''Latentes Material''. Erzählungen. Sauerländer, Aarau 1978. *''Der Entwurf''. Erzählung. AutorenEdition, München 1982. *''Landleben''. Geschichten. Howeg, Zürich 1982. *''Bootsvermietung''. Prosa, Gedichte. Howeg, Zürich 1985. *''Tremolo Trümmer''. Erzählungen. Ammann, Zürich 1988. *''Nachricht vom aufrechten Gang''. Prosa, Gedichte. Howeg, Zürich 1991. *''Am Fuss des Kamels''. Geschichten & Zwischengeschichten. Haymon, Innsbruck 1994. *''Kurze Durchsage''. Gedichte & Prosa. Nachwort von Werner Morlang. Haymon, Innsbruck 1995. *''Jakob schläft. Eigentlich ein Roman''. Nachwort von Peter von Matt. Haymon, Innsbruck 1997, Fischer Taschenbuch, Frankfurt am Main 2006 *''Kommen Sie mit mir ans Meer, Fräulein?'' Roman. Haymon, Innsbruck 1998. *''Garn''. Prosa und Gedichte. Haymon, Innsbruck 2000. *''Adams Kostüm''. Drei Erzählungen. Haymon, Innsbruck 2001. *''Das Turnier der Bleistiftritter. Achtzehn Begegnungen''. Nachwort von Markus Kutter. Haymon, Innsbruck 2003. *''Die Tiere ziehen los! Eine Entdeckungsreise in die Fluss-Auen.'' Bilderbuch (mit Petra Rappo). Atlantis, Zürich 2003. *''Löwen Löwen. Venezianische Spiegelungen.'' Haymon, Innsbruck 2004. *''Los''. Eine Erzählung. Haymon, Innsbruck 2005. *''Kunos große Fahrt.'' Bilderbuch (mit Hannes Binder). NordSüd, Gossau 2005. *''Priskas Miniaturen.'' Zwanzig Erzählungen 1978–1988. Nachwort von Werner Morlang. Haymon, Innsbruck 2005. *''Der gestillte Blick. Sehstücke.'' Haymon, Innsbruck 2007. *''Der Argentinier.'' Novelle. Pinselzeichnungen von Heinz Egger. Haymon, Innsbruck 2009. *''Aussicht mit Zimmer.'' Texte zu Fotos von Stephan Schenk. Steidl, Göttingen 2009. *''Aus dem Staub.'' Gedichte. Haymon, Innsbruck 2010. *''Unerwarteter Verlauf.'' Gedichte. Haymon, Innsbruck 2013. *''Helios Transport.'' Gedichte. Haymon, Innsbruck 2016. *''Flüsterndes Licht.'' Ein Kettengedicht. Gemeinsam mit Nora Gomringer, Marco Grosse, Annette Hagemann und Ulrich Koch. Haymon, Innsbruck 2017. *''firma.'' Prosa Gedichte. Mit acht Pinselzeichnungen von Heinz Egger. Haymon, Innsbruck-Wien 2019.Complete edition
* Band 1: ''Die Lamellen stehen offen.'' Frühe Lyrik 1963–1991. Haymon, Innsbruck 2011. * Band 2: ''In der Dunkelkammer.'' Frühe Prosa 1971–1982. Haymon, Innsbruck 2011. * Band 3: ''Fährdienst.'' Prosa 1983–1995. Haymon, Innsbruck 2012. * Band 4: ''Der Mann mit der Tür oder Vom Nutzen des Unnützen.'' Feuilletons. Haymon, Innsbruck 2013. * Band 5: ''Das Gedächtnis der Bilder.'' Texte zu Malerei und Fotografie. Haymon, Innsbruck 2014. * Band 6: ''Brandmale des Glücks.'' Prosa 1996–2014. Haymon, Innsbruck 2014. * Band 7: ''Außer Rufweite.'' Lyrik 1992–2013. Haymon, Innsbruck 2015.Awards
* 1979: Prize of the Schiller Foundation, Switzerland (''Latentes Material)'' * 1992: Literature Prize Aargau, Switzerland * 1996:Solothurner Literaturpreis
The Solothurner Literaturpreis is a literary award for a literary achievement by a German language writer.
Awarded since 1994, the annual prize is 15,000 Swiss francs. It is named after the city of Solothurn in Switzerland.
Winners
*1994: Mon ...
, Switzerland
* 1997: Prize of the Schiller Foundation, Switzerland (''Jakob schläft'')
* 1997: Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis, Karlsruhe, Germany (''Jakob schläft)''
* 1999: Prix Littéraire Lipp (''Frère Jacques)''
* 2004: Gottfried-Keller-Preis
The Gottfried-Keller-Preis, prix Gottfried-Keller, or premio Gottfried Keller is one of the oldest literary awards of Switzerland. The prize was created by Martin Bodmer and is named after the Swiss author Gottfried Keller. It is awarded every tw ...
, Zurich, Switzerland
* 2005: Prize of the Schiller Foundation, Switzerland (''Los'')
* 2005: Culture Prize Aargau
* Book Prize Zurich 1992, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2010
* 2012: Poetry Prize Basel
* 2012: Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis
Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis is a German literary prize. It was established in 1983. In June, the City of Bad Homburg vor der Höhe annually awards the prize. It is endowed with 20,000 euros and is awarded as a general literary award for outstanding ...
, Bad Homburg, Germany
* 2016: Rainer-Malkowski-Preis
Rainer-Malkowski-Preis is a literary prize of Germany. The prize is awarded every two years by the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in cooperation with the Rainer Malkowski Foundation. The Rainer Malkowski Prize, with prize money of 30,000 euros, i ...
, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
* 2018: Christine Lavant Prize, Vienna, Austria
Film
* ''Merzluft.'' documentary about Klaus Merz. Cast: Melinda Nadj Abonji, Peter von Matt, Manfred Papst, Markus Bundi, Robert Hunger-Bühler and Heinz Egger. Director: Heinz Bütler. Production: Pixiu Films, 2015.IMDB,External links
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