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Karl Rühmann

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Karl Rühmann

Aliases: Mladen Jandrlić
Pen Names: Mladen JandrlićUsed for non-fiction works

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1959 (Yugoslavia)
Nationality
Swiss
Languages
German, Spanish, English, Danish, Croatian
Residence History
Yugoslavia (until 1976) → United States (after 1976) → Buchs SG (Switzerland) → Skanderborg (Denmark) → Zürich (since 2006)

Career

Occupations
writer, translator, editor, license manager, teacher
Active Years
2018-2025
Affiliations
Plot & Story Rühmann (co-founder), SAL (School of Applied Linguistics)
Memberships
SAL
Nominations
2020 Nomination for Schweizer Buchpreis (Der Held)

Education

University of Zagreb
Faculty of Humanities / Germanistics, Hispanistics, Comparative Literature
Country: Croatia
Studied Germanistics, Hispanistics, and General Literary Studies
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster
Faculty of Philology / German Studies
Country: Germany

Awards

Werkjahr der Stadt Zürich
2015
Work: Glasmurmeln, ziegelrot
Organization: City of Zürich
Result: 受賞
Werkbeitrag des Kantons Zürich
2019
Work: Der Held
Organization: Canton of Zürich
Result: 受賞
Werkbeitrag der UBS Kulturstiftung
2021
Work: Die Wahrheit, vielleicht
Organization: UBS Kulturstiftung
Result: 受賞
Halbes Werkjahr der Stadt Zürich
2021
Work: Die Wahrheit, vielleicht
Organization: City of Zürich
Result: 受賞
Werkjahr der Stadt Zürich
2023
Work: Die Übersetzung
Organization: City of Zürich
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Glasmurmeln, ziegelrot

2018 Novel

Der Held

2020 Novel

Die Wahrheit, vielleicht

2022 Novel

Matija Katun und seine Söhne

2025 Novel

Translations by Author

  • Pablo Albo, Cecilia Morena: Die Wölfin (from Spanish)
  • Canizales: Hübsch! (from Spanish)
  • Isol: Das Kleine (from Spanish)