Biography
Born on 30 December 1971 at Thun / Switzerland
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Works as bookseller after completion of high-school diploma | |
| 1997 | Works as freelance playwright and author as well as theatre maker in Zürich | |
| 1998 | Bursary from the Lydia Eymann Foundation, Langenthal | |
| 2000 | ZKB Patronage Prize for the play: Medeää. 214 descriptions of images | |
| 2001 | Cultural Prize from the town of Thun | |
| 2002 | Literary award from the city of Bern; Cultural award from the city of Zürich | |
| 2003 | Book award from the canton of Bern | |
| 2005 | Mulheimer prize for theatre | |
| 2007 | Spycher Literature Prize-Leuk | |
| 2008 | Anna-Seghers Prize shared with Alejandra Costamagna | |
| 2009 | Mara Cassens Prize Schiller prize awarded by the Swiss Schiller foundation for Hundert Tage Eric-Maria-Remarque Peace Prize (Special Prize) for Hundert Tage | |
| 2010 | Hans Fallada Prize from the town of Neumünster | |
| Lives in Zürich |
Bibliography
Hundert Tage, Roman, 2008
Die Probe, UA Münchner Kammerspiele, 2007
Der Bus, UA Thalia Theater, Hamburg, 2005
Alices Reise in die Schweiz, UA Theater Basel, 2005
Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern. UA Theater Basel, 2003
Vier Bilder der Liebe. UA Schauspielhaus, Bochum, 2002
Die toten Männer. Novelle. Frankfurt am Main: Suhrkamp 2002. - 126 S. ISBN: 3-518-12306-8
Othello - ein BlueMovie. UA Deutsches Schauspielhaus, Hamburg, 2001
Die Reise von Klaus und Edith durch den Schacht zum Mittelpunkt der Erde. UA Schauspielhaus, Bochum, 2001
Meienbergs Tod. UA Theater Basel, 2001
Siebzehn Uhr Siebzehn. UA Schauspiel Akademie Theater, Zürich, 2000
74 Sekunden - Monolog. UA Blauer Saal, Zürich, 2000
Vier Frauen. Singspiel. UA Schlachthaus Theater Bern, Bern, 2000
Medeää. 214 Bildbeschreibungen. UA Radiokulturhaus Wien, im Rahmen der Wiener Festwochen, 2000
Sophokles'Oedipus. UA Escher-Wyss-Unterführung, Zürich, 1998
