Jürg Laederach - World Literary Awards

Profile

Gender: Male
Born: 1945-12-20 （Canton of Basel-Stadt）
Died: 2018-03-19 age 72
Nationality: Swiss
Languages: German
Residence History: Basel

Career

Occupations: novelist, playwright, translator
Active Years: 1974-2018

Awards

Year	Award	Work	Category	Organization	Result
1997	Austrian State Prize for European Literature	—	—	Austrian Federal Ministry	winner
2005	Italo Svevo Award	—	—	—	winner

Austrian State Prize for European Literature

1997

Organization: Austrian Federal Ministry

Result: winner

Italo Svevo Award

2005

Result: winner

Awards & Nominations

Austrian State Prize for European Literature 1 appearances

Edition 31 (1996) Winner

Works

Major Works

Einfall der Dämmerung

1974 experimental prose

search for reality

Im Verlauf einer langen Erinnerung

1977 novel

Das ganze Leben

1978 novel

Bibliography

Einfall der Dämmerung, Frankfurt am Main 1974
Im Verlauf einer langen Erinnerung, Frankfurt am Main 1977
Das ganze Leben, Frankfurt am Main 1978
Die Lehrerin verspricht der Negerin wärmere Tränen, Frankfurt am Main 1978
Ein milder Winter, Frankfurt am Main 1978
Wittgenstein in Graz, Frankfurt am Main 1979
Das Buch der Klagen, Frankfurt am Main 1980
Fahles Ende kleiner Begierden, Frankfurt am Main 1981
Proper operation, Frankfurt am Main 1981
69 Arten den Blues zu spielen, Frankfurt am Main 1984
Tod eines Kellners, Frankfurt am Main 1984 (with Andres Müry)
Flugelmeyers Wahn, Frankfurt am Main 1986
Körper brennen, Graz 1986 (with Andres Müry)
Sigmund oder Der Herr der Seelen tötet seine, Frankfurt am Main 1986
Vor Schrecken starr, Frankfurt am Main 1988
Der zweite Sinn oder Unsentimentale Reise durch ein Feld Literatur, Frankfurt am Main 1988
China, Frankfurt am Main 1990
Emanuel, Frankfurt am Main 1990
Passion, Frankfurt am Main 1993
Eccentric, Kunst und Leben, Frankfurt am Main 1994
Schattenmänner, Frankfurt am Main 1994
Über Robert Walser, Salzburg u.a. 1997 (with William H. Gass)
Portrait, Baden/Schweiz 1998 (with Felix von Muralt)
In Hackensack, Basel u.a. 2003

Style & Themes

Literary Style: experimental prose

Legacy

Swiss writer known for experimental prose, plays, and radio plays. Also distinguished as a translator from English and French. Recipient of the Austrian State Prize for European Literature.