Arno Camenisch

Arno Camenisch (2015)

Arno Camenisch (born February 1, 1978 in Danis-Tavanasa ) is a Swiss writer from Graubünden who writes in German and Romansh .

Life

Camenisch lives in Biel. In 2009 he published his novel Sez Ner , 2010 Behind the Train Station , 2012 Ustrinkata , 2013 Fred and Franz , 2014 Next Stop Desire , 2015 The Cure and 2016 The Whims of the Day . He has also published in Harper's Magazine (New York) and in the anthology Best European Fiction 2012 (USA). His texts have been translated into over 20 languages ​​and his readings have taken him across the world, from Hong Kong to Moscow and Buenos Aires to New York. Numerous awards followed, including the Hölderlin Prize, the Swiss Literature Prize, the ZKB Schiller Prize, and with his “Bündner Trilogie” he was nominated for the European Literature Prize in Holland. In March 2015, Swiss television and 3sat broadcast the documentary Arno Camenisch - Writing on the Edge .

Works

Arno Camenisch (2016)

Camenisch writes prose, poetry and plays. He became known nationwide through his award-winning book Sez Ner . In Sursilvan and German he describes life from the perspective of the alpine people. Together with the following two books, Behind the Station and Ustrinkata , it forms a complete trilogy.

• Ernesto ed autras manzegnas. Prose. Ed. Romania 2005.
• Sez Ner. Novel. Engeler-Verlag, 2009. ISBN 978-3-906050-01-0
• Behind the train station. Novel. Engeler-Verlag, 2010. ISBN 978-3-906050-02-7
• Ustrinkata. Novel. Engeler-Verlag, 2012. ISBN 978-3-033-03028-2
• Las flurs dil di. Engeler-Verlag, 2013. ISBN 978-3-906050-05-8
• Fred and Franz. Roman. Engeler-Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-906050-06-5 .
• Next stop desire. Stories I. Engeler-Verlag 2014, ISBN 978-3-906050-18-8 .
• The cure. Novel. Engeler-Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-906050-22-5 .
• The whims of the day. Stories II . Engeler-Verlag 2016, ISBN 978-3-906050-19-5
• The last snow . Engeler-Verlag 2018.
• Mr. Anselm . Engeler-Verlag 2019.
• Golden years . Engeler-Verlag 2020.

Awards

• 2018: Favorite book of the German-speaking Swiss book trade: The Last Snow
• 2015: Award for comic literature , Germany
• 2015: Culture Prize of the Bernese Burgergemeinde with the spoken word ensemble “Bern ist alles”, Switzerland
• 2014: Premio Ostana per le lingue madri, Italy
• 2014: Nomination for the European Literature Prize with the “Bündner Trilogie”, Holland
• 2014: Nomination for the Premio Calamo / Book of the Year with the “Bündner Trilogie”, Spain
• 2013: Award of the Friedrich-Hölderlin-Prize ; Germany
• 2013: Raiffeisen Cultura Prize, Switzerland
• 2013: Premio Salerno Libro d'Europa, Italy
• 2013: Gottfried Keller Prize with the spoken word ensemble “Bern is everywhere”, Switzerland
• 2012: Swiss Literature Prize for Ustrinkata
• 2011: Bern Literature Prize , for Behind the Train Station
• 2010: ZKB Schiller Prize, for Sez Ner, Switzerland
• 2010: Bern Literature Prize, for Sez Ner, Switzerland
• 2010: Nomination for the Rauris Literature Prize with Sez Ner , Austria
• 2010: Award of the Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland
• 2010: Romance Literature Prize Premi Term Bel, Switzerland
• 2003: Audience award at the Rhaeto-Romanic Literature Days
• 2001: Plema d'aur

Web links

Commons : Arno Camenisch  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Arno Camenisch's website
• Publications by and about Arno Camenisch in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
• Engeler-Verlag website
• Entry about Arno Camenisch in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
• Short biography and information on the work of Arno Camenisch at Literaturport
• Short biography and reviews of works by Arno Camenisch at perlentaucher.de

Individual evidence

1. ^ Roman Bucheli : Arno Camenisch's endgame «Ustrinkata» , in: Neue Zürcher Zeitung of January 31, 2012, accessed on February 11, 2018.
2. ↑ Arno Camenisch's "The Last Snow" wins , boersenblatt.net, published and accessed on April 23, 2018
3. ↑ Author Arno Camenisch receives award for comic literature , in: Die Welt online from September 30, 2014, accessed on October 8, 2014.
4. ↑ Homepage Bad Homburg vor der Höhe Ralf Rothmann receives the Friedrich Hölderlin Prize 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed February 14, 2013.