Prix Médicis
1 appearances
Alain Claude Sulzer
アラン・クロード・ズルツァー
Aran Kurōdo Zurutsā
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1953-02-17 （Riehen）
- Nationality
- Swiss
- Languages
- German
- Residence History
- Basel → Alsace → Berlin
Career
- Occupations
- writer, translator, librarian, journalist
- Active Years
- 1983-2022
- Memberships
- PEN Berlin
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | Rauris Literature Prize | Das Erwachsenengerüst | — | Rauriser Literaturtage | winner |
| 2008 | Prix Medicis Etranger | A Perfect Waiter | — | — | winner |
| 2009 | Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis | Privatstunden | — | — | winner |
Rauris Literature Prize
1984
Work:
Das Erwachsenengerüst
Organization:
Rauriser Literaturtage
Result:
winner
Prix Medicis Etranger
2008
Work:
A Perfect Waiter
Result:
winner
Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis
2009
Work:
Privatstunden
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Hermann Hesse Literature Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 19 (2009) Winner
Swiss Book Prize
1 appearances
-
Edition 12 (2019) Nominee
Solothurner Literaturpreis
1 appearances
-
Edition 31 (2025) Winner
Works
Major Works
A Perfect Waiter
2004 novelStory of a perfect waiter.
identitypast
Translations
- English translation available
Bibliography
- Das Erwachsenengerüst
- Die siamesischen Brüder
- Urmein
- Annas Maske
- A Perfect Waiter
- Zur falschen Zeit
- Aus den Fugen
- Postskriptum
- Die Jugend ist ein fremdes Land
- Basel
- Unhaltbare Zustände
- Doppelleben
Translations by Author
- Parts of Julien Green's diaries
Translations of Works
- Translations into English, French, Italian, Dutch, Finnish
Legacy
Swiss writer who has won several literary awards.