Solothurner Literaturpreis
1 appearances
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Edition 3 (1996) Winner
Klaus Merz
クラウス・メルツ
Klaus Merz
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1945-10-03 （Aarau, canton Aargau）
- Nationality
- Swiss
- Languages
- German
- Residence History
- Aarau, Aargau → Unterkulm
Career
- Occupations
- writer, secondary school teacher
- Active Years
- 1967-2024
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1979 | Prize of the Schiller Foundation | Latentes Material | — | Schiller Foundation | win |
| 1992 | Literature Prize Aargau | — | — | — | win |
| 1996 | Solothurner Literaturpreis | — | — | — | win |
| 1997 | Prize of the Schiller Foundation | Jakob schläft | — | Schiller Foundation | win |
| 1997 | Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis | Jakob schläft | — | — | win |
| 1999 | Prix Littéraire Lipp | Frère Jacques | — | — | win |
| 2004 | Gottfried-Keller-Preis | — | — | — | win |
| 2005 | Prize of the Schiller Foundation | Los | — | Schiller Foundation | win |
| 2005 | Culture Prize Aargau | — | — | — | win |
| 1992 | Book Prize Zurich | — | — | — | win |
| 1994 | Book Prize Zurich | — | — | — | win |
| 1997 | Book Prize Zurich | — | — | — | win |
| 2001 | Book Prize Zurich | — | — | — | win |
| 2005 | Book Prize Zurich | — | — | — | win |
| 2010 | Book Prize Zurich | — | — | — | win |
| 2012 | Poetry Prize Basel | — | — | — | win |
| 2012 | Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis | — | — | — | win |
| 2016 | Rainer-Malkowski-Preis | — | — | Academy of Fine Arts, Munich | win |
| 2018 | Christine Lavant Prize | — | — | — | win |
Prize of the Schiller Foundation
1979
Work:
Latentes Material
Organization:
Schiller Foundation
Result:
win
Literature Prize Aargau
1992
Result:
win
Solothurner Literaturpreis
1996
Result:
win
Prize of the Schiller Foundation
1997
Work:
Jakob schläft
Organization:
Schiller Foundation
Result:
win
Hermann-Hesse-Literaturpreis
1997
Work:
Jakob schläft
Result:
win
Prix Littéraire Lipp
1999
Work:
Frère Jacques
Result:
win
Gottfried-Keller-Preis
2004
Result:
win
Prize of the Schiller Foundation
2005
Work:
Los
Organization:
Schiller Foundation
Result:
win
Culture Prize Aargau
2005
Result:
win
Book Prize Zurich
1992
Result:
win
Book Prize Zurich
1994
Result:
win
Book Prize Zurich
1997
Result:
win
Book Prize Zurich
2001
Result:
win
Book Prize Zurich
2005
Result:
win
Book Prize Zurich
2010
Result:
win
Poetry Prize Basel
2012
Result:
win
Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis
2012
Result:
win
Rainer-Malkowski-Preis
2016
Organization:
Academy of Fine Arts, Munich
Result:
win
Christine Lavant Prize
2018
Result:
win
Awards & Nominations
Hermann Hesse Literature Prize
1 appearances
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Edition 13 (1997) Winner
Works
Major Works
Jakob schläft
1997 novelA short novel
everyday lifehuman relations
Adams Kostüm
2001 storiesThree stories
everyday
Kurze Durchsage
1995 poems and proseShort poems and prose
poetry
Bibliography
- Mit gesammelter Blindheit
- Geschiebe – mein Land
- Jakob schläft
- Adams Kostüm
Adaptations
- Merzluft (documentary)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- short formsbanal words buzzing
- Recurring Motifs
- mundane moments
Legacy
Important Swiss German-language writer
Archives
- Swiss National Library
Trivia
- His works are mostly short, creating buzz from banal words