Bettina Gugger

Bettina Gugger (* 1983 in Thun ) is a Swiss writer .

Life

Bettina Gugger grew up in Amsoldingen in the canton of Bern and lives in the Engadine. From 2002 to 2009 she performed as a poetry slammer and as a spoken word artist in German-speaking countries. She studied German and theater studies in Bern and graduated from the Swiss Literature Institute in Biel . Together with This Mächler she entertained the electrical project “Bet-this-me” and composed and sang the vocals for the track Breathless by Yapacc.

Works

• Muses and museums. Stories. Verlag Büro für Problem, Basel 2013.
• When you stop laughing Stories. Hakuin-Verlag, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-906870-00-7 (table of contents: PDF ).
• Ministry of Love. short cuts. boox-verlag, Urnäsch 2018, ISBN 978-3-906037-46-2 (table of contents: PDF ).

Awards

• 2009: Thun Culture Promotion Prize
• 2014: Prix Trouvaille Kanton Bern for muses and museums
• 2016: Bernese writing grant
• 2018: Bern Literature Prize for Ministry of Love

Web links

• Publications by and about Bettina Gugger in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
• Literature by and about Bettina Gugger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Website Bettina Gugger
• Bettina Gugger in Literapedia Bern
• Bettina Gugger at boox-verlag. Retrieved February 2, 2019 . 

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c Act} as if you were naked. Der Bund , June 26, 2018, accessed on February 2, 2019 . 
2. ↑ bet-this-me, by bet-this-me. Retrieved February 2, 2019 . 
3. ↑ When you stop laughing. Stories. , hakuin-verlag.com
4. ↑ Culture Prize. City administration of Thun, accessed on February 2, 2019 . 
5. ↑ Literary awards and award ceremony. Education Directorate of the Canton of Bern, May 27, 2014, accessed on February 2, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Canton awards seven literary awards. Education Directorate of the Canton of Bern, May 19, 2016, accessed on February 2, 2019 . 
7. ↑ Michael Feller: Award-winning miracles. Berner Zeitung , June 23, 2018, accessed on February 2, 2019 .