Hansjörg Schneider (born 27 March 1938) is a Swiss writer and

dramatist A playwright or dramatist is a person who writes plays, which are a form of drama that primarily consists of dialogue between characters and is intended for theatrical performance rather than just reading. Ben Jonson coined the term "playwri ...

known for occasionally using ''Mundart'' or Swiss dialect. He received the

Phantastik-Preis der Stadt Wetzlar Phantastik-Preis der Stadt Wetzlar is a literary prize of Hesse. Winners * 1983 Wolfgang Hohlbein, Wolfgang and Heike Hohlbein for ''Märchenmond'' * 1984 Frederik Hetmann for ''Wagadu'' * 1985 Johanna Braun, Johanna and Günter Braun for ''De ...

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Inspector Hunkeler mysteries

*''Silberkiesel'' (translated as ''Silver Pebbles'') (1993) *''Flattermann'' (1995) *''Das Paar im Kahn'' (1999) *''Tod einer Ärztin'' (2001) *''Hunkeler macht Sachen'' (translated as ''The Basel Killings'') (2004) *''Hunkeler und der Fall Livius'' (translated as ''The Murder of Anton Livius'') (2007) *''Hunkeler und die goldene Hand'' (2008) *''Hunkeler und die Augen des Ödipus'' (2010) *''Hunkelers Geheimnis'' (2015) *''Hunkeler in der Wildnis'' (2020)

Filmography

* 2004: '' Hunkeler: Das Paar im Kahn'' (TV, based on Schneider's novel of 1999) * 2008: '' Hunkeler macht Sachen'' (TV, based on Schneider's 2004 novel) * 2012: '' Hunkeler und die Augen des Ödipus'' (TV, based on Schneider's novel of 2010)

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* Crime fiction writers Swiss crime fiction writers Swiss writers in German Swiss dramatists and playwrights Swiss male dramatists and playwrights Swiss male writers 1938 births Living people 21st-century Swiss dramatists and playwrights {{Switzerland-writer-stub