Alex Capus

born on 23.7.1961 in Montagne-au-Perche (France). His father was French and his mother Swiss.

1961-1966		Early childhood in Paris
1966		Moved to Olten / Switzerland
1982-1986		Studied History, Philosophy and Ethnology in Basel
1986-1995		Journalist with various dailies in Aargau and Solothurn and editor for local news with the Schweizerische Depeschenagentur news agency in Bern
1994		Published his first prose volume („Diese verfluchte Schwerkraft“)
since 1995		Free-lance author and journalist
1995		Literature prize of the Regiobank Solothurn
1996		Writer in residence in the canton Solothurn
1998		Writer in residence Pro Helvetia, Prize of the cultural circle of the German economic forum in the BDI (Bundesverband der Deutschen Industrie)
2005		Prize of the town Olten, Prize of the canton Solothurn
		He lives as a free-lance author with his family in Olten

Léon und Louise, 2011

Der König von Olten, 2009

Himmelsstürmer. Zwölf Portraits, 2008

Eine Frage der Zeit, 2007

Patriarchen, 2006

Reisen im Licht der Sterne, 2005

Dreizehn wahre Geschichten, 2003

Glaubst du, dass es Liebe war?, 2003

Fast ein bisschen Frühling, 2002

Mein Studium ferner Welten, 2001

Eigermönchundjungfrau, 1998

Munzinger Pascha, 1997

Diese verfluchte Schwerkraft, 1994