Thomas Hürlimann
{{Short description|Swiss playwright and novelist}}
Thomas Hürlimann (born 21 December 1950) is a Swiss playwright and novelist.
Biography
Hürlimann was born in Zug, Switzerland. He is a son of the former government and federal councilor (Minister) Hans Hürlimann.{{cite web | title=Thomas Hürlimann | website=Munzinger Biographie | url=https://www.munzinger.de/search/portrait/Thomas+Hürlimann/0/19483.html | language=de | access-date=26 August 2020}} He studied philosophy in Zürich and Berlin, 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.{{cite news |last=Smardz |first=Zofia |date=30 June 1991 |title=IN SHORT: FICTION |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/06/30/books/in-short-fiction-674191.html |work=The New York Times |location=New York City |access-date=26 August 2020}} His works have been translated into 21 languages.
Works
=Prosa=
- Die Tessinerin (1981), {{ISBN|978-3-596-03379-9}}
- Das Gartenhaus (1989), {{ISBN|3-250-60050-4}}
- Die Satellitenstadt (1992), {{ISBN|3-250-10178-8}}
- Carleton (1996)
- Das Holztheater (1997), {{ISBN|3-250-60001-6}}
- Die Lawine (1998)
- Fräulein Stark (2001)
- Himmelsöhi, hilf! Über die Schweiz und andere Nester (2002), {{ISBN|3-250-30010-1}}
- Vierzig Rosen (2006), {{ISBN|978-3-10-031921-0}}
- Der Sprung in den Papierkorb. Geschichten, Gedanken und Notizen am Rand (2008), {{ISBN|978-3-250-60125-8}}
- Dämmerschoppen. Geschichten aus 30 Jahren (2009), {{ISBN|978-3-250-10801-6}}
- Nietzsches Regenschirm. (2015), {{ISBN|978-3-596-03599-1}}
- Heimkehr (2018), {{ISBN|978-3-10-031557-1}}{{cite news |last=Braun |first=Michael |date=2 October 2018 |title=Kater Dada kommt mit |url=https://www.zeit.de/kultur/literatur/2018-10/thomas-huerlimann-heimkehr-roman |work=Die Zeit |location=Hamburg |language=de |access-date=26 August 2020}}
- Der rote Diamant (2022), {{ISBN|978-3-104-91359-9}}
=Theater=
- Grossvater und Halbbruder (1981)
- Der letzte Gast (1990)
- Der Gesandte (1991)
- De Franzos im Ybrig (1991)
- Güdelmäntig (1993)
- Vierzig Rosen (2006)
- Der Sprung in den Papierkorb (2008)
Awards
- 1981 Aspekte-Literaturpreis for Die Tessinerin{{cite web | title=New German dramatic art - Authors | website=Hürlimann, Thomas - Goethe-Institut | url=http://www.goethe.de/kue/the/nds/nds/aut/hue/enindex.htm | access-date=26 August 2020}}
- 1992 Marieluise-Fleisser-Preis
- 1997 Literaturpreis der Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung{{Cite web |title=Literaturepreis 1997: Thomas Hürlimann |url=https://www.kas.de/c/document_library/get_file?uuid=36ff4d9a-0c52-3e1f-1398-96f87a75cf84&groupId=252038 |website=kas.de |language=de}}
- 1998 Solothurner Literaturpreis
- 2001 Joseph Breitbach Prize
- 2007 Schillerpreis
- 2008 Caroline-Schlegel-Preis
- 2011 Thomas Mann Prize{{cite news |date=1 June 2012 |title=Thomas Hürlimann erhält Thomas-Mann-Preis |url=https://www.luzernerzeitung.ch/kultur/thomas-huerlimann-erhaelt-thomas-mann-preis-ld.1003881 |work=Luzerner Zeitung |location=Luzern |language=de |agency=dpa |access-date=26 August 2020}}
- 2014 Alemannischer Literaturpreis{{cite web | title=Hürlimann | website=Akademie der Künste, Berlin | url=https://www.adk.de/de/akademie/mitglieder/index.htm?we_objectID=55027 | language=de | access-date=26 August 2020}}
- 2019 Gottfried-Keller-Preis{{cite news |date=16 May 2019 |title=Thomas Hürlimann und Adolf Muschg erhalten den Gottfried-Keller-Preis |url=https://www.nzz.ch/feuilleton/adolf-muschg-und-thomas-huerlimann-erhalten-keller-preis-ld.1482453 |work=Neue Zürcher Zeitung |location=Zürich |language=de |access-date=26 August 2020}}
=Honorary doctorates=
- 2016 University of Basel{{cite web | title=Thomas Hürlimann ist Ehrendoktor der Universität Basel | website=bz - Zeitung für die Region Basel | date=25 November 2016 | url=https://www.bzbasel.ch/basel/basel-stadt/thomas-huerlimann-ist-ehrendoktor-der-universitaet-basel-130744767 | language=de | access-date=26 August 2020}}
=Memberships=
- Member of the Bayerische Akademie der Schönen Künste{{cite web | title=Thomas Hürlimann | website=S. Fischer Verlage | date=17 August 2006 | url=https://www.fischerverlage.de/autor/thomas-huerlimann-1000382 | language=de | access-date=26 August 2020}}
- Member of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung
- Member of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
References
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External links
- {{Helveticat}}
- [http://www.goethe.de/kue/the/nds/nds/aut/hue/enindex.htm Thomas Hürlimann: New German dramatic art]. Goethe-Instituts Website
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Category:Swiss writers in German
Category:Members of the Academy of Arts, Berlin
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