Lukas Hartmann (29 August 1944 born as ''Hans-Rudolf Lehmann'') is a

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author.

Life and work

Born as Hans-Rudolf Lehmann in Bern, his mother was a farmer's daughter and his father was a shoemaker, later auxiliary postman and department manager at the Swiss Post. His mother had a creative streak, which passed to both sons. Hartmann's younger brother Jürg became a journalist, and now heads the Ringier Group school of journalism. Lukas Hartmann wrote his first stories at the age of 13. He completed a teacher training course in Bern with majors in German, history and music, and worked first as a teacher. He then decided to pursue further studies in psychology, but he did not graduate, and later worked as a social worker, journalist and writer. His novels ''Anna - annA'' and ''Pestalozzis Berg'' have been filmed. Hartmann's grandmother was one of the so-called ''

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. Since 1996 Hartmann has been married to the Swiss politician

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. At the end of October 2022, he suffered a stroke, so his wife announced her resignation as Federal Councillor at the end of 2022.

Awards (excerpt)

* 1995: ''Schweizer Jugendbuchpreis'' for ''So eine lange Nase''. * 2010: ''Grosser Literaturpreis von Stadt und Kanton Bern''

Bibliography (highlights)

Novels

* 1978: ''Pestalozzis Berg''. Zytglogge, Gümligen, . * 1980: ''Gebrochenes Eis: Aufzeichnungen''. Arche, Zürich, . * 1982: ''

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oder Als Schweizer in Indien. Ein Reisetagebuch''. Arche, Zürich, . * 2003: '' Die Tochter des Jägers''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich, . * 2013: ''Abschied von Sansibar''. Diogenes, Zürich, . * 2015: ''Auf beiden Seiten''. Diogenes, Zürich, . * 2016: ''Ein passender Mieter'', Diogenes, Zürich, * 2018: ''Ein Bild von Lydia'', Diogenes, Zürich, * 2021: ''Schattentanz: Die Wege des Louis Soutter'', Diogenes, Zürich,

Children's literature

* 1984: ''Anna annA''. Zytglogge, Gümligen, . * 1987: ''Joachim zeichnet sich weg. Ein Roman für Kinder''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich, . * 1990: ''Die wilde Sophie''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich, . * 1994: ''So eine lange Nase''. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich, . * 2006: ''Heul nicht, kleiner Seehund! Kinderroman.'' Illustrations by Julia Friese. Bajazzo, Zürich, . * 2007: ''Spuren in der Polenta. Essgeschichten und Rezepte für Kinder.'' Illustrations by Larissa Bertonasco. Bajazzo, Zürich, .

Plays

* 1976: ''Beruhigungsmittel''. * 1977: ''Familiefescht''.

Radio

* 1976: ''Em Pfarrer sy Scheidig'' for Schweizer Radio DRS. * 1984: ''Auf dem Scherbenberg'' for DRS.

Literature

References

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