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Thomas Hürlimann

Thomas Hürlimann, © juergen-bauer.com
Thomas Hürlimann, © juergen-bauer.com
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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)