Andrea Gerster
Andrea Gerster (born April 21, 1959 ) is a Swiss writer, cultural mediator and former journalist.
Life
Gerster worked for many years as a journalist for daily newspapers and magazines before she only turned to literary writing in 2002. From 2006 to 2011 she organized the literary event series Wort und ... in Arbon . As part of the Gerster & Nüssli duo , she appeared with the program “Spoken Word and Live Drawing” and in art contexts with the performance “Side Effects”. She also wrote plays and text installations for art exhibitions. She has published six novels (half of them for the target group children and youth), three volumes of short stories and numerous short stories in literary magazines and anthologies .
From 2016 to the end of 2017 she was full-time responsible for the program at the Liechtenstein Literature House . Then she taught creative writing in the focus of schoolhouse novels and with a writers class at the grammar school in Feldkirch . She has been a member of the Art Commission of the State of Vorarlberg since 2019 .
At the Bachmann Prize competition 2019 she read the text “I can do that” at the invitation of Hildegard Elisabeth Keller .
She lives and works in Eastern Switzerland and Vorarlberg.
Works
literature
- Beetle man's love . Stories. eFeF, Bern 2004, ISBN 978-3-905561-59-3 .
- In between Lili . Novel. Lenos, Basel 2008; Paperback, ibid. 2011, ISBN 978-3-85787-751-3 .
- Mimosa flies . Stories. Bucher, Hohenems 2009, ISBN 978-3-902679-19-2 .
- Letters of shame . Novel. Lenos, Basel 2010, ISBN 978-3-85787-411-6 .
- Instant stories (with Lika Nüssli, Monika Slamanig). Saiten, St. Gallen, ISBN 978-3-9521302-6-1 .
- At the top . Novel. Lenos, Basel 2013; Paperback, ibid. 2016, ISBN 978-3-85787-781-0 .
- The best of Tarantino . SJW , Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-7269-0635-1 .
- Desire for more . Lenos, Basel 2015, ISBN 978-3-85787-456-7 .
- Green milk and other things . A novel for children (with illustrations by Lika Nüssli). Vogel, St. Gallen 2015, ISBN 978-3-033-05176-8 .
- Oda is gone . Youth book. da bux, Werdenberg 2017, ISBN 978-3-906876-06-1 .
- Alex and Nelli . Novel. Lenos, Basel 2017, ISBN 978-3-85787-483-3 .
theatre
- 2007: Muttergrollen , staged reading, SogarTheater, Zurich
- 2009: Talking is good , Dramolet, Theater am Kirchplatz, Liechtenstein
- 2014: The dwarf in me , play, world premiere See Burgtheater, Kreuzlingen
Visual arts
- 2005: Polina , text fragments on foil, Nairs cultural center, Graubünden
- 2006: Mimosa flies , metataphors / sculpture Gerster / Schmetz, Bleisch gallery, Arbon
- 2008: Awarded , group exhibition sponsorship awards, cultural space, St. Gallen
- 2011: Nobody's Land , installation Sylvia Hostettler (sound installation Marco Repetto / text in radio play mode Andrea Gerster) Kunsthalle Arbon
- 2013: Side effects , performance Gerster & Nüssli, Kunstraum Kreuzlingen, Thurgau exhibition
Appreciations
- 1997: Literature Prize of the Swiss Workers Center
- 2002: Winner Long Night of Short Stories, Literaturhaus Basel
- 2003: Work contribution from Canton Thurgau for Lili in between
- 2003: Winner Opennet, Solothurn Literature Days
- 2004: Text of the Month winner, Literaturhaus Zürich
- 2005: Scholarship holder, Binz39, Nairs Cultural Center, Mimosa flies project
- 2006: Prize for Literature Canton St. Gallen for Mimosa flies
- 2006: Literature Prize Publishing House Library of the Province
- 2009: Work contribution from the Canton of Thurgau for letters of abuse
- 2009: Bern Short Story Prize for Frieda
- 2011: Contribution to Pro Helvetia for the novel Top of the Page
- 2011: Funding contribution for literature from the Canton of Thurgau for the top
- 2013: Baarer Rabe Book Prize for The Best of Tarantino
- 2014: Acknowledgment grant from the UBS Cultural Foundation for the novel Desire for More
- 2016: Landis & Gyr Scholarship Berlin
- 2016: Contribution to the Canton of Thurgau for the novel Alex and Nelli
- 2019: Nomination for the Bachmann Prize
Web links
- Website by Andrea Gerster
- Entry about Andrea Gerster in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
- Short biography and information on the work of Andrea Gerster at Literaturport
- Publications by and about Andrea Gerster in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Short biography and information on Andrea Gerster's work at Literaturport , accessed on September 5, 2013.
- ↑ Biographical information on Andrea Gerster on Swiss radio and television , accessed June 27, 2019.
- ↑ Short biography and information on Andrea Gerster's work at Literaturport , accessed on June 27, 2019.
- ^ Author profile A. Gerster at Lenos Verlag, accessed June 27, 2019.
- ↑ a b Author profile of Andrea Gerster at the 2019 Bachmann Prize competition, accessed June 27, 2019.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gerster, Andrea |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer and cultural mediator |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 21, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Switzerland |