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. 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 state (''Land'') in Western Germany. With more than 18 million inha ...

, 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 ...

. He interrupted his studies of

German language German ( ) is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Central Europe. It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also a ...

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. ...

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

Zürich , neighboring_municipalities = Adliswil, Dübendorf, Fällanden, Kilchberg, Maur, Oberengstringen, Opfikon, Regensdorf, Rümlang, Schlieren, Stallikon, Uitikon, Urdorf, Wallisellen, Zollikon , twintowns = Kunming, San Francisco Z ...

. 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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