Lukas Bärfuss (born 30 December 1971) is a

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writer and playwright who writes in

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. He won the

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in 2019.

Biography

Born in Thun, Switzerland in 1971, Lukas Bärfuss began training as a bookseller after graduating from high school. In 1998, he co-founded the independent theater group 400asa.

Awards

Bärfuss has won the Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis in 2005 for the play ''Der Bus (Das Zeug einer Heiligen)'', the

Anna Seghers-Preis Anna Seghers Preis is a literary prize of Germany. The prize goes back to the German writer Anna Seghers (1900–1983), who stated in her testament that the revenues from her work should be used to encourage promising young writers. The award is ...

in 2008, the Hans Fallada Prize in 2010, the

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: Moni ...

in 2014, the Swiss Book Prize () in 2014 for ''Koala'', the Nicolas Born Prize in 2015 and the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis in 2016. In 2019, he was awarded the

for his dramas, novels and essays. The

Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung The Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung (in English German Academy for Language and Literature) was founded on 28 August 1949, on the 200th birthday of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, in the Paulskirche, Frankfurt, Paulskirche in Frankfurt. I ...

praised his work, among other things, as being permeated by "a high degree of stylistic certainty and formal richness of variation" that explores "always anew and differently fundamental existential situations of modern life." The prize was awarded in Darmstadt on November 2, 2019. The Georg Büchner Prize is regarded as the most prestigious prize in German literature. Bärfuss was the fourth Swiss to win the Prize and the first Swiss winner in 25 years, the last Swiss winner being

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in 1994.

Memberships

Bärfuss has been a member of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung since early summer 2015.

Works

Plays

* ''Sophokles' Ödipus'' (1998) * ''Siebzehn Uhr Siebzehn'' (2000) * ''74 Sekunden'' (2000) * ''Vier Frauen'' (2000) * ''Die Reise von Klaus und Edith durch den Schacht zum Mittelpunkt der Erde'' (2001) * ''Meienbergs Tod'' (2001) * ''Vier Bilder der Liebe'' (2002) * ''Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern'' (2003) * ''Der Bus (Das Zeug einer Heiligen)'' (2005) * ''Alices Reise in die Schweiz'' (2005) * '' Die Probe (Der brave Simon Korach)'' (2007) * ''Amygdala'' (2009) * ''Öl'' (2009) * ''Malaga'' (2010) * ''Zwanzigtausend Seiten'' (2012) * ''Die schwarze Halle'' (2013) * ''Frau Schmitz'' (2016) * ''Der Elefantengeist'' (2018) * '' Julien – Rot und Schwarz'' (2020)

Books

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References

External links

* 1971 births Living people Swiss writers Canton of Bern People from Thun Georg Büchner Prize winners Swiss male novelists 21st-century Swiss novelists Swiss dramatists and playwrights Swiss Book Prize winners Members of the German Academy for Language and Literature {{Switzerland-writer-stub