Andreas Neeser

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Andreas Neeser (born January 25, 1964 in Schlossrued ) is a Swiss writer .

Live and act

Andreas Neeser studied German , English and literary criticism at the University of Zurich . For many years he worked as a part-time German teacher at the grammar school. In between he undertook longer stays abroad in London, Paris, Berlin, Plogoff and Lisbon. From 2003 to 2011 he was involved in setting up and running the Aargauer Literaturhaus in Lenzburg . In 2012 he was invited to the Medellín International Poetry Festival .

Andreas Neeser lives in Suhr near Aarau and works as a teacher for German at the old canton school in Aarau .

Andreas Neeser is a member of the Association of Authors of Switzerland and the German-Swiss PEN and a member of the jury for the Franz Tumler Literature Prize (Laas, South Tyrol).

Honourings and prices

  • 1991, 1992, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2012: Contributions to the Aargauer Kuratorium
  • 1999: Ingeborg Bachmann Competition : Scholarship for the 3rd Klagenfurt literature course
  • 2001: Residence grant from the Aargauer Kuratorium in Berlin
  • 2006: Poetry Prize Merano : Media Prize RAI Bolzano
  • 2007: Pro Argovia Artist 2007/2008
  • 2008: Feldkircher Poetry Prize
  • 2010: Studio grant from the Landis & Gyr Foundation in Berlin
  • 2012: Studio grant for the Rhineland-Palatinate Ministry of Culture at the Künstlerhaus Edenkoben
  • 2012: Studio grant from the Ministry of Science, Research and Art of the State of Baden-Württemberg in the Writer's House in Stuttgart
  • 2013: Work grant from the UBS Cultural Foundation
  • 2014: Work grant from the Swiss cultural foundation Pro Helvetia
  • 2016: Poetry recommendation 2016 of the German Academy for Language and Poetry (for "How do fish hold their breath")

Works

  • Shadow jumps . Novel. Pendo , Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-85842-286-X
  • Driftwood. Poetry . Pendo, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-85842-314-9 ; Wolfbach Verlag , Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-9522831-6-9
  • Heavy blood . Play. Premiere: Reithalle Aarau, directed by Heinz Schmid, 2002
  • Blind spots . Stories. Wolfbach, Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-9522831-2-6
  • I've been dreaming every night about you . Chamber opera based on a material by Paul Haller (with the composer Michael Schneider). Partial concert premiere: Kultur- und Kongresshaus Aarau, 2003
  • Loud intermediate tone . Notes. Offizin S., Meran 2004
  • Grass grows inwards . Poems. Wolfbach, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-9522831-7-7
  • The sun is a wet dog . Miniatures. Wolfbach, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-9523057-2-3
  • Stratifications . Poems. Offizin S., Meran 2006
  • Borderland. A sound book . Book with audio CD (with Martin Merker, violoncello). Wolfbach, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-9523057-4-4
  • Mirame! , Creation of the dance company Flamencos en route with texts by Andreas Neeser. WP: Theater Casino Zug, 2008.
  • No everything is as good as tomorrow. Stories and poems . Zytglogge , Oberhofen am Thunersee 2009, ISBN 978-3-7296-0788-0
  • Unsure reason . Stories. Haymon Verlag , Innsbruck 2010, ISBN 978-3-85218-635-1
  • Giacometti's belly. Interior views . Haymon Verlag, Innsbruck 2010, ISBN 978-3-85218-685-6
  • Luftposcht . Dialect chansons. Audio CD, together with Michel Erismann. Phonag Records, Winterthur 2012.
  • Fly until it snows . Novel. Haymon Verlag, Innsbruck 2012, ISBN 978-3-85218-731-0
  • Between two waters . Novel. Haymon Verlag, Innsbruck 2014, ISBN 978-3-7099-7132-1
  • S is numbered, never pointed out . Dialect prose. Zytglogge, Oberhofen am Thunersee 2014, ISBN 978-3-7296-0890-0
  • Like fish hold their breath . Poems. Haymon Verlag, Innsbruck 2015, ISBN 978-3-7099-7219-9
  • Ravi and Oli in Grünland, story for children from 6 years, together with Lea Guidon, with illustrations by Marc Locatelli, Orell Füssli Verlag, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-280-03488-0
  • Nüüt und anders Züüg , dialect prose, Zytglogge, Basel 2017, ISBN 978-3-7296-0955-6
  • How we go , Roman, Haymon-Verlag, Zurich 2020, ISBN 978-3-7099-3485-2
  • Alpine fish. Zytglogge, Basel 2020, ISBN 978-3-7296-5035-0

Translations

  • Grass grows inward , Poems, translated from the German by Marc Vincenz, Spuyten Duyvil Publishing, New York 2014, ISBN 978-0-923389-44-4 (German original edition: Grass grows inward , Wolfbach, 2004.)
  • Hierba que se adentra , poemas, traducción al español: José Aníbal Campos, Eda libros Benalmadena, Málaga 2016. ISBN 978-84-92821-76-1 (German original edition: Grass grows inwards , Wolfbach, 2004.)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Review by Beatrice Eichmann-Leutenegger: Deceptive Security - Escape Movements in Neeser's novel “Flying until it snows” , NZZ of May 24, 2012, accessed June 9, 2012
personal data
SURNAME Neeser, Andreas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH January 25, 1964
PLACE OF BIRTH Schlossrued