Tim Krohn (born 9 February 1965) is an author of

Swiss literature As there is no dominant national language, the four main languages of French, Italian, German and Romansch form the four branches which make up a literature of Switzerland. The original Swiss Confederation, from its foundation in 1291 up to 1 ...

, recipient of the 1994

Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis The Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Preis is a literary award in memory of Conrad Ferdinand Meyer. The prize is given annually to up to three recipients by the ''Conrad Ferdinand Meyer-Stiftung'' in Zurich. Laureates *1938 Max Frisch *1939 Franz Fisch ...

. Born in Wiedenbrück,

North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia (german: Nordrhein-Westfalen, ; li, Noordrien-Wesfale ; nds, Noordrhien-Westfalen; ksh, Noodrhing-Wäßßfaale), commonly shortened to NRW (), is a States of Germany, state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more tha ...

, Krohn grew up in

Glarus , neighboring_municipalities= Glarus Nord, Glarus Süd, Muotathal (SZ), Innerthal (SZ) , twintowns= Wiesbaden-Biebrich (Germany) } Glarus (; gsw, Glaris; french: Glaris; it, Glarona; rm, Glaruna) is the capital of the canton of Glarus in S ...

. He interrupted his studies of

German language German ( ) is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and Official language, official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Ita ...

Philosophy Philosophy (from , ) is the systematized study of general and fundamental questions, such as those about existence, reason, knowledge, values, mind, and language. Such questions are often posed as problems to be studied or resolved. Some ...

and

Politology Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

in 1992 and has been working as a freelance author based in

Zürich Zürich () is the list of cities in Switzerland, largest city in Switzerland and the capital of the canton of Zürich. It is located in north-central Switzerland, at the northwestern tip of Lake Zürich. As of January 2020, the municipality has 43 ...

. Works: *1990, ''Fäustchen'' *1992, ''Surfer / Zeitalter des Esels'' *1994, ''Der Schwan in Stücken'' *1996, ''Die kleine Oper vom Herbstmondfächer'' *1997, ''Dreigroschenkabinett'' *1998, ''Quatemberkinder'' *2000, ''Irinas Buch der leichtfertigen Liebe'' *2002, ''Bienen, Königinnen, Schwäne in Stücken'' *2002, ''Die Erfindung der Welt'', with Elisa Ortega *2005, ''Heimweh'' *2007, ''Vrenelis Gärtli'' *2008, ''Warum die Erde Rund ist'' *2008, ''Schneewittchen'' *2009, ''Platons Höhle'' *2009, ''Ans Meer''

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Website Tim Krohn

in:

NRW Literatur im Netz NRW Literatur im Netz is a German internet database with short biographies of persons who have lived or worked in North Rhine-Westphalia. The Westphälische Literaturbüro (Westphalian office for literature) in Unna operates the biggest database ...

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