Franz Hohler

Franz Hohler (1988)

Franz Hohler on cello (1974)

Franz Hohler (born March 1, 1943 in Biel ) is a Swiss writer , cabaret artist and songwriter .

life and career

Franz Hohler (right) and Emil Steinberger (1975)

Franz Hohler (2008)

Franz Hohler grew up in Olten and attended the Aarau Cantonal School until he graduated in 1963. Then he began studying German and Romance languages at the University of Zurich . He was declared unfit for duty by the military, which he said he was "not unhappy" about. During his studies he performed his first solo program pizzicato (1965). Its success encouraged him to drop out and devote himself entirely to art. His work includes cabaret programs, plays, film and television productions, children's books, short stories, novels and poems.

He repeatedly worked with other artists, for example on stage and on television with the pantomime René Quellet , with Hanns Dieter Hüsch and Emil Steinberger .

The alternation between political engagement and pure love of storytelling is characteristic of Hohler's work. Often he also starts from fine everyday observations that suddenly tip into the absurd. Like the German cabaret artist Matthias Deutschmann, Hohler often accompanies himself on the cello ( cello ballads ) during his performances .

He has been married to the psychologist Ursula Nagel since 1968 and has two sons. He lives in Zurich-Oerlikon .

Hohler was President of the Prix ​​Courage Jury from 2005 to 2009 . He is a member of the Association of Authors of Switzerland and the International PEN .

Awards

• 1968: Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize
• 1973: German Cabaret Prize in the cabaret category
• 1976: Hans Sachs Prize of the City of Nuremberg
• 1978: Oldenburg Children's and Youth Book Prize , for Tschipo
• 1987: Alemannic Literature Prize
• 1988: IBBY Honor List, for Tschipo and the Penguins
• 1990: Cornichon of the Olten Cabaret Days
• 1991: Entire Works Prize from the Swiss Schiller Foundation
• 1994: Swiss Youth Book Prize for The Giant and Strawberry Jam
• 1995: Premio mundial José Marti de literatura infantil
• 1997: Song Prize for The End of the World (1974)
• 1997: SWF Song Prize
• 2000: Prix ​​Enfantaisie
• 2000: City of Olten Art Prize
• 2001: Binding award for nature and environmental protection
• 2002: Aargau Culture Prize
• 2002: Kassel Literature Prize for Grotesque Humor
• 2005: Art Prize of the City of Zurich
• 2005: Schiller Prize from the Zürcher Kantonalbank for Die Torte
• 2008: Salzburg bull for life's work
• 2009: Honorary doctorate from the University of Friborg
• 2011: Leander from Heidelberg, for Once upon a time there was a hedgehog
• 2013: Honorary award from ktv (Association of Artists - Theater - Organizers, Switzerland)
• 2013: Solothurn Literature Prize
• 2014: Honorary Prize of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate for the German Cabaret Prize
• 2014: Alice Salomon Poetics Prize 2014
• 2014: Johann Peter Hebel Prize

Works

Books

• The lost yawn and other useless stories . Benteli, Bern 1967.
• Idylls . Luchterhand, Neuwied and Berlin 1970.
• Questions to others . Interviews with Wolf Biermann , Peter Handke , Ernst Jandl , Mani Matter and Hannes Wader . Zytglogge, Gümligen 1973.
• The edge of Ostermundigen . Stories. Luchterhand, Darmstadt and Neuwied 1973.
• Throwaway stories . Zytglogge, Gümligen 1974, ISBN 3-7296-0041-9 .
• Where? Luchterhand, Darmstadt and Neuwied 1975, ISBN 3-472-86413-3 .
• The desire to live in a chicken yard . Sumus, Feldmeilen-Zurich 1977, ISBN 3-85926-000-6 .
• May I read something to you? Pfaffenweiler Presse, Badenweiler 1978, ISBN 3-921365-21-X .
• A strange day . Reading book. Luchterhand, Darmstadt 1979, ISBN 3-472-86489-3 .
• I you he she it. Hello, Mr. Meier! The application . Lenos (texts for the Theaterwerkstatt 1), Basel 1979, ISBN 3-85787-066-4 .
• The reconquest . Stories. Luchterhand, Darmstadt 1982, ISBN 3-472-86559-8 .
• The third column . A play for two women and an intercom. Pro Mente Sana Foundation , Weinfelden 1984.
• Back and forth stories (with Jürg Schubiger ). Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 1986, ISBN 3-312-00118-8 .
• The cabaret book . Luchterhand, Darmstadt 1987, ISBN 3-472-86648-9 .
• The seller and the moose. Stories, songs, scenes (edited by Annelie Wegener). Henschel, Berlin 1987.
• Forty past . Poems. Luchterhand, Darmstadt 1988, ISBN 3-630-86676-X .
• The new mountain . Novel. Luchterhand, Frankfurt 1989, ISBN 3-630-86710-3 .
• The man on the island . A reader. Luchterhand, Frankfurt 1991, ISBN 3-630-86755-3 .
• Where I live . Luchterhand, Hamburg 1993, ISBN 3-630-86809-6 .
• In the arms of the Pachamama . A report from Bolivia. Article in WoZ, Zurich 1994.
• The blue blackbird . Luchterhand, Munich 1995, ISBN 3-630-86869-X .
• Dragon hunting. The new cabaret book . Luchterhand, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-630-86952-1 .
• The eaten book . A sequel story (with pictures by Hans Traxler ). Schöffling, Frankfurt 1996, ISBN 3-89561-051-8 .
• The stone flood . A novella. Luchterhand, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-630-86994-7 .
• To the mouth . 37 stories of life and death. Luchterhand, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-630-87067-8 .
• The caravan at the bottom of the milk jug . Grotesque stories. Luchterhand, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-630-62068-X .
• The cake and other stories . Luchterhand, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-630-87151-8 .
• 52 walks . Luchterhand, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-630-87203-4 .
• The correct use of time . Poems. Luchterhand, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-630-62083-3 .
• There is a knock . Novel. Luchterhand, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-630-87266-7 .
• The end of a normal day . Stories. Luchterhand, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-630-87283-4 .
• The short one. The simple. The childlike. A thought book . Luchterhand, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-630-62189-0
• The stone . Stories. Luchterhand, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-630-87361-9 .
• A cow lost her nerve . Early texts 1959–1966. Knapp, Olten 2011, ISBN 978-3-905848-50-2 .
• Walks . Stories. Luchterhand, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-630-87386-2 .
• The wrong-way driver . The stories. Luchterhand, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-630-87382-4 .
• Track 4 . Novel. Luchterhand, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-630-87420-3 .
• Always higher . Stories. AS Verlag , Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-906055-19-0 .
• The hitchhiker . The short stories. Luchterhand, Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-630-87456-2 .
• A fire in the garden . Stories. Luchterhand, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-630-87452-4 .
• Old? Poems. Luchterhand, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-630-87544-6 .
• The package . Novel. Luchterhand, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-630-87559-0 .
• Summer laughter . The poems. Luchterhand, Munich 2018, ISBN 978-3-630-87584-2 .
• Timetable stay . Luchterhand, Munich 2020, ISBN 978-3-630-87639-9 .

Children's books

• Tschipo . Children's novel. With drawings by Arthur Loosli . Luchterhand, Darmstadt 1978.
• Zoological boulders . An animal book. With seven short stories by Franz Hohler (with Arthur Loosli). Zytglogge, Gümligen 1978.
• A young ghost once lived in a castle in Scotland . Pictures by Werner Maurer. Sauerländer, Aarau 1979.
• Language games . Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk (No. 1485), Zurich 1979.
• Dr. Parking lot . A story for children. Pictures by Werner Maurer. Walter, Olten 1980.
• The Turkish dream . With 10 six-colored linocuts by Wolfgang Jörg and Erich Schönig. Berlin hand press, Berlin 1981.
• The granite block in the cinema and other stories for children . Luchterhand, Darmstadt 1981.
• The night harbor . Pictures by Werner Maurer. Benziger, Zurich 1984.
• Tschipo and the penguins . Children's novel. With drawings by Arthur Loosli. Luchterhand, Darmstadt 1985.
• The robber boom . Pictures by Werner Maurer. Sauerländer, Aarau 1987.
• Seven stories of creation . With 9 colored linocuts by Ingrid Jörg, Klaus Ensikat and Wolfgang Jörg. Berlin hand press, Berlin 1992.
• The giant and the strawberry jam . And other stories. With pictures by Nikolaus Heidelbach . Ravensburger, Ravensburg 1993.
• The jungle desk . Pictures by Dieter Leuenberger . Sauerländer, Aarau 1994.
• Tschipo in the Stone Age . With drawings by Arthur Loosli. Ravensburger, Ravensburg 1995.
• The three gardeners . With 6 original eight-colored linocuts by Ingrid Jörg. Berlin hand press, Berlin 1994.
• The spaghetti woman . Ravensburger, Ravensburg 1998.
• If I could wish for something , illustrated by Rotraut Susanne Berner . Hanser, Munich 2000.
• The big dwarf and other stories . With drawings by Nikolaus Heidelbach. Dtv, Munich 2003.
• The dance in the sunken village . Illustrated by Reinhard Michl . Hanser, Munich 2005.
• All beginning . Stories by Jürg Schubiger and Franz Hohler. With colored pictures by Jutta Bauer . Beltz & Gelberg, Weinheim 2006.
• The big book . Stories for children. Illustrated by Nikolaus Heidelbach. Hanser, Munich 2009.
• Maya's handbag . Illustrated by Jacky Gleich . Patmos, Düsseldorf 2009.
• Once upon a time there was a hedgehog . Children's verses. With pictures by Kathrin Schärer . Hanser, Munich 2011.
• The night of the comet . With illustrations by Kathrin Schärer. Hanser, Munich 2015.
• The hamster Hugo loved to eat spaghetti with tomato sauce . Animal poems. With pictures by Kathrin Schärer. Hanser, Munich 2018.

Editing

• Mani Matter . Portrait tape. Benziger, Zurich 1977; 2. redesigned A. ibid. 1992.
• Hold on . 35x89. A yearbook. Zytglogge, Gümligen 1990.
• 111 one-sided stories . Luchterhand, Darmstadt 1981, ISBN 3-472-86535-0 .
• 112 one-sided stories . Luchterhand, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-630-62000-8 .
• 113 one-sided stories . btb, Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-442-75701-5 .

Cabaret programs

• Pizzicato (1965).
• Die Sparharfe , premiered October 9, 1967, 192 performances
• Cabaret in 8 languages , premiered June 23, 1969 at the Théâtre Fauteuil in Basel
• Double stops , premiered November 9, 1970 at the Théâtre Fauteuil, 196 performances
• The night exercise , premiered October 30, 1973 in the small theater in Lucerne , 217 performances
• Schubert evening , premiere March 6, 1979 in the Rampe in Bern , 139 performances
• Songs without music (with Hanns Dieter Hüsch), premiere: March 28, 1981 in the Rampe in Bern
• The flight to Milano , premiered January 26th, 1985 in the Claque in Baden , 159 performances
• It just happened , WP 1987.
• An evening with Franz Hohler , premiere 1990 (variable program)
• Drachenjagd , WP 1994, 148 performances
• How the mountains came to Switzerland , WP 1995 (repertoire program)
• Hanns Dieter Hüsch meets Franz Hohler , premiere April 20, 1996 in the Weserberglandhalle in Hameln
• Being Swiss - être Suisse - essere Svizzeri (with Michel Bühler and Marco Zappa), WP 1998.
• The vegetarian crocodile , UA 1999.
• In the Tower of Babel , WP 2000.
• S Tram uf Afrika , WP 2001.

Plays

• Bosco is silent . Grotesque. Premiere: November 13, 1968 in the Theater am Neumarkt Zurich , directed by Reinhart Spörri
• Hello, Mr. Meier! One act. Premiere: December 6, 1968 in the Theater Baden-Baden , directed by Günther Penzoldt
• Lovesickness . Translation of the piece by Molière . Premiere: October 15, 1969 in the Theater am Neumarkt in Zurich
• Leave my words alone! Premiere: June 18, 1974 in the theater collective Studio am Montag in Bern, directed by Verena Strasser
• About being afraid, arguing and eating . Stage play (with René Quellet). WP: 1974.
• The giant . One act. Premiere: April 10th, 1976 in the Volkstheater Nürnberg, directed by Paul Bösiger
• The dwarf . One act, so far only played by amateur groups
• David and Goliath . Piece for children. Premiere: February 19, 1977 in the Schpilkischte Basel
• Franz and René ruumen uf . Stage play (with René Quellet). WP: 1978.
• The third column . Piece for two women and an intercom. Premiere: October 12, 1979 at Claque in Baden, directed by Wolfgang Finck
• Solothurn Chueche . Festival for the 500th anniversary of the canton of Solothurn. Premiere: August 6th, 1981, directed by Franz Hohler
• The vicious . Premiere: March 13, 1982 in the Theater an der Winkelwiese in Zurich, directed by Walter Hess and Margot Gödrös
• The wrong door . Premiere: October 31, 1995 in the Stadttheater St. Gallen , directed by Katja Wolff
• The three languages . Play for children, premier: 1997 in the Mladih Theater in Sarajevo
• Fortunately . Comedy. Premiere: 2002 in the Casinotheater Winterthur
• Scythe . Premiere: August 26th, 2011 in the Werthenstein Monastery

Radio broadcasts (selection)

• 1972: The special thing about May (Radio DRS, May 9)
• 1975: Fact folder (Radio DRS)
• 1978: Bsüech (Radio DRS, March 23)
• 1983: Gschpass with Franz Hohler , children's programs (Radio DRS)
• 1986: Zytlupe , short satire (Radio DRS)

Films and TV programs (selection)

• 1973: The parking ban [TV DRS; TSR]. Book: Franz Hohler
• 1973–1994: Franz and René [DRS TV]
• 1975: Emil on the Post [ARD]. Direction and co-author: Franz Hohler
• 1976: The night exercise [ARD]
• 1980–1983: pause for thought [TV DRS]. Satirical short program, 40 episodes
• 1986: Dünki-Schott . Motion pictures. Screenplay: Franz Hohler, Director: Tobias Wyss
• 1989–1994: By the way ... [DRS TV]. Satire, 46 episodes
• 1993: The Congress of the Penguins . Movie. Text: Franz Hohler, director: Hans-Ulrich Schlumpf

Sound carrier

• 1967: Pizzicato , LP Zytglogge 101
• 1970: Cello ballads , LP CBS S 64246
• 1971: Traraa! LP CBS 64644
• 1973: I believe I am now down , LP CBS S 65 794
• 1974: Uncomfortable 2nd part , LP CBS 80 417
• 1978: Iss dys Gmües , LP Image 60 100012
• 1979: From the man who walked through the desert , 2LP Image 60 102425
• 1981: Unique by Franz Hohler , LP Image 60-100027
• 1981: The Eden Project , LP Image 60-100030
• 1982: Es si alli so nätt , LP Image 60 100033
• 1982: A young ghost once lived in a castle in Scotland , LP Deutsche Grammophon Junior 2546 060
• 1987: It happened , LP Zytglogge 124
• 1989: Hohler Kompakt , CD Zytglogge 4133
• 1992: The Robber Bum and Other Stories , MC Modus Vivendi
• 1993: The flight to Milano , 2CD Zytglogge 4134
• 1994: Dragon hunt , 2CD Zytglogge 4135
• 1995: Der Theaterdonnerer , CD Zytglogge 4136
• 1995: S magic box , CD Zytglogge 4451
• 1997: Hanns Dieter Hüsch meets Franz Hohler , CD WortArt 780 32
• 1998: Zytlupe , CD Zytglogge 4138
• 1998: Der gross Zwärg , CD Zytglogge 4452
• 1999: Tschipo i der Steizit (PART 1 AND 2) , 4MC DRS KinderClub
• 1999: being Swiss, être Suisses, essere Svizzeri. (Vol. 1 and 2), CDs.
• 2001: In the Tower of Babel , 2CD Zytglogge 4142
• 2003: Wenimol alt bi , CD Zytglogge 4143

Audio books

For adults:

• To the mouth (read by the author); CD, audio book publisher
• Food intake conditions (with short pieces of cello); MC / CD, Wagenbach
• The cake and other stories - Read by Hohler; 2 CDs, Random House Audio
• 52 walks (19 of them read by Hohler, with short cello pieces); 2 CDs, Zytglogge 4097
• The stone flood ; 4 CDs, Gugis
• The end of a perfectly normal day , read by Hohler; 2 CDs, Random House Audio

For children:

• S magic box , MC / CD, Zytglogge (4) 451
• Der gross Zwärg , MC / CD, Zytglogge (4) 452
• Tschipo i der Steizit , 4 MCs, Zytglogge 1471/72
• Tschipo and the penguins , 4 MCs, Zytglogge 1482/83
• The small orchestra (stories, high German); 1 CD, Gugis-009
• Tschipo ; 3 CDs, Zytglogge 4486
• Tschipo and the penguins ; 3 CDs, Zytglogge 4491
• Tschipo i der Steizit ; 3 CDs, Zytglogge 4492
• Maya's handbags ; CD, Zytglogge 4490

literature

• Franz Hohler, René Quellet : Franz and René on an excursion: a photo story , photographed by Eduard Widmer (= Franz and René , Volume 1), Zytglogge, Gümlingen 1978, ISBN 3-7296-0082-6 .
• Michael Bauer, Klaus Siblewski (Ed.): Franz Hohler: Texts, Data, Images . Luchterhand (SL 1038), Darmstadt 1993, ISBN 3-630-71038-7 .
• Peter Blume: "I would like to tell you a story ...": communicative aspects of modern narrative literature using the example of the literary work of Franz Hohler, Wuppertal 1997, http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn % 3Anbn% 3Ade% 3hebis% 3A30% 3A3-458948 .
• Martin Hauzenberger: Franz Hohler. The realistic fantastic . Römerhof, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-905894-33-2 .
• Brigitte Marschall: Franz Hohler . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 860 f.
• Franz Hohler in the Munzinger archive ( beginning of article freely accessible)
• Emil Steinberger, Franz Hohler: Swiss cross-examination between the cabattists Emil Steinberger (E) and Franz Hohler (H) . In: Ernst Günther, Heinz P. Hofmann, Walter Rösler (eds.): Cassette. An almanac for the stage, podium and ring (=  cassette ). No. 4 . Henschelverlag Art and Society, Berlin 1980, p. 191–213 (with the text of the poem The Project Eden ).

Web links

Commons : Franz Hohler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Publications by and about Franz Hohler in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
• Franz Hohler archive in the HelveticArchives archive database of the Swiss National Library
• Literature by and about Franz Hohler in the catalog of the German National Library
• Franz Hohler at the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Short biography and reviews of works by Franz Hohler at perlentaucher.de
• Entry about Franz Hohler in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
• Franz Hohler in the Bibliomedia Foundation's author directory
• Website by Franz Hohler
• The prolific writer. Interview with Franz Hohler. In: The Sunday of August 14, 2010
• Course through a vita. The film “Zum Säntis! Out and about with Franz Hohler ». In: Tages-Anzeiger from February 18, 2014
• Roman Bucheli: The Recycler: The Narrator Franz Hohler . Neue Zürcher Zeitung, May 4, 2013.

Individual evidence

1. ^ TV documentary "Hohler, Franz" on SRF 1 from March 10, 2013.
2. ↑ Storyteller ( Memento of the original from March 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: The Sunday of August 7th, 2011.  
3. ↑ Between dwarfs and wolves ( memento of the original from March 14, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. in: The Sunday of August 7th, 2011.  
4. ^ Alemannic Literature Prize. City of Waldshut-Tiengen, archived from the original on May 4, 2013 ; Retrieved December 14, 2010 . 
5. ↑ Song Prize. Retrieved April 19, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Franz Hohler: A song about the end of the world . In: Förderverein natural economic order eV (Hrsg.): Humane Wirtschaft . No. 06/2017 ( humane-wirtschaft.de [PDF]).
7. ^ Dies Academicus 2009. In: University of Friborg. Retrieved November 18, 2011 . 
8. ^ Association of Artists - Theater - Organizers, Switzerland
9. ↑ unterhaus , website of the Mainz Forum Theater unterhaus, accessed on November 5, 2013.
10. ↑ Angelika Overath : General practitioner of the soul. Book review in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on January 12, 2011, accessed on January 12, 2011.
11. ↑ Book review in the show 52 best books on Swiss radio (September 10, 2017)