© Ekko von Schwichow |
Born in Switzerland in 1950. After studying philosophy in Zürich and at Berlin's Free University, he worked as an assistant director and dramaturge at the Schiller-Theater in the German capital. Hürlimann made his debut as a dramatist in 1980 at Berlin's Play Market. Parallel to the plays he produced well-received prose pieces which won many awards. Today he lives and works as a freelance writer in Switzerland and in Leipzig where he has taught at the German Institute of Literature since the 2000/2001 winter semester. (Fischer Verlag) |
Prizes and Awards:
- Aspekte Literary Prize (1981)
- Rauris Literary Prize (1982)
- Frankurt Authors Foundation Prize (1982)
- Lucerne Visitors Literary Prize (1985)
- SW German Radio Critics Prize (1990)
- Berlin Literary Prize (1992)
- Swiss Literary Prize (1992)
- Marieluise Fleisser Prize (1992)
- Mozart Prize (1993)
- Weilheim Literary Prize (1995)
- Konrad Adenauer Foundation Literary Prize (1997)
- Solothurn Literary Prize for the author's overall achievement (1998)
- City of Zürich Award of Honour (2001)
- Joseph Breitbach Prize (2001)
