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born 18 January 1963 in Weinfelden (Switzerland) |
| © Gaby Gerster |
| apprenticeship in business administration: studies English, Psychology and Pathological Psychopathology | |
| 1990 | free-lance writer and journalist; radio plays for stations DRS1, DRS2, Radio Bremen, WDR and Südwest Rundfunk; theatre plays and contributions to anthologies |
| 1995 | Radio Play Award of the Radio Basel Trust; cooperation with photographer Markus Bühler; writes for Hangar and Neue Zürcher Zeitung |
| 1997 | works as a journalist and for the advertising agency smart; editor of the Swiss literary magazine "Entwürfe für Literatur" |
| 1998 | Rauriser Literary Award |
| 2000 | scholarship Schloss Wiepersdorf near Berlin; Rheingau Literary Award |
| 2003 | Cultural Award of Winterthur |
| 2004 |
guest professor at University of Applied Sciences Wiesbaden |
| 2009 |
receives an honour for the novel "Sieben Jahre" at the Cultural Award of the City of Zurich |
| lives in Zurich and Winterthur |
Last update June 2011
