Thomas Hürlimann (born 21 December 1950) is a
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playwright and novelist.
Biography
Hürlimann was born in
Zug
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, Switzerland.
He is a son of the former government and federal councilor (Minister)
Hans Hürlimann.
He studied philosophy in
Zürich
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and
Berlin
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, worked as an assistant director and dramaturge at the Berlin
Schiller Theater and was a guest lecturer at the
German Institute for Literature in Leipzig.
His 1989 novel ''das Gartenhaus'' was published as ''The Couple'' in the United States in 1991. His works have been translated into 21 languages.
Works
Selected works include:
Prosa
* ''Die Tessinerin'' (1981),
* ''Das Gartenhaus'' (1989),
* ''Die Satellitenstadt'' (1992),
* ''Carleton'' (1996)
* ''Das Holztheater'' (1997),
* ''Die Lawine'' (1998)
* ''Himmelsöhi, hilf! Über die Schweiz und andere Nester'' (2002),
* ''Vierzig Rosen'' (2006),
* ''Der Sprung in den Papierkorb. Geschichten, Gedanken und Notizen am Rand'' (2008),
* ''Dämmerschoppen. Geschichten aus 30 Jahren'' (2009),
* ''Nietzsches Regenschirm''. (2015),
* ''Heimkehr'' (2018),
* ''Der rote Diamant'' (2022),
Theater
* ''Grossvater und Halbbruder'' (1981)
* ''Der letzte Gast'' (1990)
* ''Der Gesandte'' (1991)
* ''De Franzos im Ybrig'' (1991)
* ''Güdelmäntig'' (1993)
* ''Fräulein Stark'' (2001)
* ''Vierzig Rosen'' (2006)
* ''Der Sprung in den Papierkorb'' (2008)
Awards
* 1981
Aspekte-Literaturpreis for ''Die Tessinerin''
* 1992
Marieluise-Fleisser-Preis
* 1997
Literaturpreis der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung
* 1998
Solothurner Literaturpreis
* 2001
Joseph Breitbach Prize
* 2007
Schillerpreis
* 2008
Caroline-Schlegel-Preis
* 2011
Thomas Mann Prize
* 2014
Alemannischer Literaturpreis
* 2019
Gottfried-Keller-Preis
Honorary doctorates
* 2016
University of Basel
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Memberships
* Member of the
Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste
* Member of 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, Frankfurt, Paulskirche in Frankfurt. I ...
* Member of the
Academy of Arts, Berlin
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The academy's predecessor organization was founded in 1696 by Elector F ...
References
External links
*
Thomas Hürlimann: New German dramatic art Goethe-Institut
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s Website
1950 births
Living people
People from Zug
Swiss writers in German
Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
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