Lukas Bärfuss (born 30 December 1971) is a

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writer and playwright who writes in German. He won the

Georg Büchner Prize The Georg Büchner Prize (german: link=no, Georg-Büchner-Preis) is the most important literary prize for German language literature, along with the Goethe Prize. The award is named after dramatist and writer Georg Büchner, author of '' Woyzeck ...

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 Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis ("dramatist award of Mülheim"), founded in 1976, is one of the leading theater awards in Germany. It is awarded by an open jury of theater professionals, critics and playwrights who watch a short list of productions dur ...

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 The Hans Fallada Prize is a German literary prize given by the city of Neumünster in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. Since 1981 it typically awarded every two years to a young author from the German-speaking world. It is named in honor o ...

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: Mon ...

in 2014, the Swiss Book Prize (german: link=no, Schweizer Buchpreis) in 2014 for ''Koala'', the

Nicolas Born Prize The Nicolas Born Prize, awarded by the German state of Lower Saxony, is a literary prize given since 2000 in honour of the writer Nicolas Born. It is awarded to notable German-language writers from Germany, Austria and Switzerland. The main priz ...

in 2015 and the

Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis The Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis was endowed in 1936 in honour of the writer and dialectal poet Johann Peter Hebel. The prize is since 1974 awarded every two years (before every year) to writers, translators, essayists, media representatives or scient ...

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 in Frankfurt. It is seated in Darmstadt, ...

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

Adolf Muschg Adolf Muschg (born 13 May 1934) is a Swiss writer and professor of literature. Muschg was a member of the Gruppe Olten. Biography Adolf Muschg was born in Zollikon, canton of Zürich, Switzerland. He studied German studies, English studies a ...

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