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Paul Nizon

パウル・ニゾン

Pauru Nizon

Profile

Gender
Male
Born
1929-12-19 (Bern)
Nationality
スイス, スイス人
Languages
German
Residence History
Bern → Munich → Rome → Paris

Career

Occupations
art historian, writer
Active Years
1959-2021
Affiliations
Historisches Museum Bern, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Swiss Institute Rome

Education

University of Bern
history of art, classical archaeology, German language and literature
Degree: 博士号
Year of Graduation: 1957
Country: Switzerland
Thesis on Vincent van Gogh
University of Munich
history of art, classical archaeology, German language and literature
Country: Germany

Awards

Gert-Jonke-Preis
2017
Result: 受賞
Schweizer Grand Prix Literatur
2014
Result: 受賞
Literaturpreis des Kantons Bern
2012
Result: 受賞
Austrian State Prize for European Literature
2010
Result: 受賞
Kranichsteiner Literaturpreis
2007
Result: 受賞
Buchpreis des Kantons Bern
2006
Result: 受賞
Buchpreis der Stadt Bern
2005
Work: Das Fell der Forelle
Result: 受賞
Erich Fried Prize
1996
Result: 受賞
Großer Literaturpreis des Kantons Bern
1994
Result: 受賞
Marie-Luise-Kaschnitz-Preis
1990
Result: 受賞

Awards & Nominations

Works

Major Works

Die gleitenden Plätze

1959 novel

Canto

1963 novel

Das Jahr der Liebe

1981 novel

My Year of Love

Translations
  • translated into English as My Year of Love

Bibliography

  • Die gleitenden Plätze
  • Canto
  • Diskurs in der Enge
  • Im Hause enden die Geschichten
  • Untertauchen. Protokoll einer Reise
  • Stolz
  • Das Jahr der Liebe
  • Im Bauch des Wals
  • Hund
  • Abschied von Europa
  • Das Fell der Forelle

Legacy

Swiss art historian and writer, resident in Paris since 1977, recipient of numerous literary awards including the Austrian State Prize for European Literature. Known for journals and novels.

Archives

  • Swiss Literary Archives (Bern)

Trivia

  • Son of a Jewish chemist from Vitebsk and a Swiss mother.
  • Literary estate archived in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern.