Alexander Heimann
Alexander Heimann (born June 27, 1937 in Ferenberg, municipality of Bolligen , † May 28, 2003 in Bern ) was a Swiss writer who stood out as a crime thriller .
Life
Alexander Heimann was born in 1937 in Ferenberg, a hamlet at the foot of the Bantiger . Due to his parents, the writer Erwin Heimann and the author Gertrud Heizmann , he was "literarily burdened". After his apprenticeship as a bookseller , he stayed in the publishing industry until his early retirement in 2001 and worked in London, Paris and Bern.
Heimann published his first crime novel Lisi in 1980, which immediately became a great success and was filmed under the title Lisi and the General (1987). It was followed by seven other crime novels, several short stories and radio plays. He also wrote four non-fiction books.
In 1997, Alexander Heimann received the German Crime Award for his novel December Foehn (1996) . But “I don't exist for the Swiss cultural commissions”, said Heimann in an interview with the tabloid Blick . "For them, crime fiction is part of trivial literature in the broadest sense and there are no literary prizes for it."
The Swiss author was all the more pleased about the homage from Germany. In 2002, Alexander Heimann was again awarded the German Crime Prize for his novel Muttertag (2001), which had previously appeared as a sequel in the Bern daily newspaper Der Bund . Heimann's literature was characterized by its proximity to everyday life, the precise description of landscapes and milieus, the skillful psychological representation of often lonely figures and the inclusion of the Bernese dialect in the High German text.
From September 10, 1999, Alexander Heimann was married to the Swiss crime writer Susy Schmid .
On May 28, 2003, Alexander Heimann died in Bern after a long illness.
Awards
- 1997: German Crime Prize for December Foehn (1st place in the "National" category)
- 2002: German Crime Prize for Mother's Day
Works
Detective novels
- Lisi . Edition Erpf, Bern 1980
- The straightener . Edition Erpf, Bern 1982
- Bellevue . Edition Erpf, Bern 1984
- Night quarters . Edition Erpf bei Neptun, Kreuzlingen 1987
- Honolulu . Cosmos, Muri 1990
- Wolf time . Cosmos, Muri 1993
- December hair dryer . Cosmos, Muri 1996
- Mothers day . Cosmos, Muri 2001
Non-fiction
- Bern, how it eats and drinks (with Hans Erpf ). Viktoria, Bern 1972
- D'Marzilibahn. History of the Marzilibahn . Viktoria, Bern 1974
- The Bear Pit Book. History of the Bern Bear Pit 1513–1575 . Viktoria, Bern 1975
- A guest in Bern (with Hans Erpf). Stämpfli, Bern 1980
Plays
- High fever . Premiere: Bern 1997
Radio plays
- Em Bär sy Heiwäg , Bern 1967
- From Samuel Egli's diary , Bern 1968
- Barricade , Bern 1991
Web links
- Literature by and about Alexander Heimann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry in the Bibliomedia Foundation's authors' directory
- Entry about Alexander Heimann in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
Individual evidence
- ↑ Edition of January 24, 1997
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Heimann, Alexander |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 27, 1937 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bolligen |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 28, 2003 |
| Place of death | Bern |