Catalin Dorian Florescu
Catalin Dorian Florescu (born August 27, 1967 in Timișoara , Romania ) is a Swiss writer and psychologist .
Life
In 1976 Florescu left Romania for Italy and America, but returned eight months later. In the summer of 1982, the then 15-year-old fled to the West with his parents and has lived in Zurich ever since . He is now a Swiss citizen .
After graduating from the canton school in Enge in 1989, Florescu studied psychology and psychopathology at the University of Zurich and worked from 1995 to 2001 as a psychotherapist in a rehabilitation center for drug addicts. He completed five years of advanced training in Gestalt therapy .
He has been a freelance writer since December 2001. For his novels Wunderzeit (2001), The Short Way Home (2002) and The Blind Masseur (2006), Florescu received the Hermann-Lenz-Scholarship , the Adelbert-von-Chamisso-Förderpreis , a work year of the city of Zurich. Wunderzeit was Book of the Year 2001 by the Swiss Schiller Foundation. In 2003 Florescu received the Anna Seghers Prize . On October 12, 2006, his play The Night Before, was premiered in the Sandkorn Theater in Karlsruhe under the direction of Victor Carcu.
From April 1 to July 31, 2010 he worked as a town clerk in Erfurt , where he continued to work on his novel Jacob decides to love . This novel, which was funded by a cross-border commuter grant from the Robert Bosch Foundation , was awarded the Swiss Book Prize in 2011 . In 2010, Florescu was also a judge at the Prešov short story competition .
criticism
- on the novel Jacob decides to love : This is about a kind of tension that grips mind and soul. Florescu proves to be an outstanding master of storytelling.
Awards
- 2001: Hermann Lenz grant
- 2002: Adelbert von Chamisso Award
- 2003: Anna Seghers Prize
- 2008: Dresden city clerk
- 2011: Swiss Book Prize
- 2011: Rottweiler town clerk
- 2012: Eichendorff Literature Prize
- 2012: Working year of the city of Zurich
- 2012: New York grant from Pro Helvetia
- 2012: London Scholarship from Landis + Gyr
- 2013: Corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
- 2013: Hermann Hesse scholarship from the city of Calw
- 2014: Berlin scholarship from the Canton of Zurich
- 2018: Andreas Gryphius Prize
Works
Novels
- Wonder time . Pendo , Zurich 2001, ISBN 3-85842-395-5 ; Diana, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-453-86383-6 .
- The short way home . Pendo, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-85842-476-5 .
- The blind masseur . Pendo, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-86612-079-6 ; Piper, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-492-25483-0 .
- Zaira . CH Beck , Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-406-57029-2 ; dtv, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-423-13829-1 .
- Jacob decides to love . CH Beck, Munich 2011, ISBN 978-3-406-61267-1 .
- The man who brings happiness . CH Beck, Munich 2016. ISBN 978-3-406-69112-6 .
- The center of the world . CH Beck, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-406-71251-7
Contributions to anthologies
- In the center of the world . In: Reto Sorg, Andreas Paschedag (Ed.): Swiss Made. Young literature from German-speaking Switzerland . Wagenbach, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-8031-2419-0 .
- Contribution in: Literatur de Suisse . Nodari & Christen, Muri 2004, ISBN 3-9522095-5-4 .
- September 11th . In: Fire, lust for life! Stories of German immigrants . Klett-Cotta, Stuttgart 2007, ISBN 978-3-608-93516-5 .
- A place at the end of the world . In: Writing nomads discover Europe . Limbus Verlag, Innsbruck 2019, ISBN 978-3-99039-160-0 .
Web links
- Publications by and about Catalin Dorian Florescu in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Catalin Dorian Florescu in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author's website
- Entry about Catalin Dorian Florescu in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
Individual evidence
- ↑ The man with no surname . Book review at Deutschlandradio Kultur on July 18, 2011
- ↑ What we owe to ourselves . In: FAZ of March 12, 2011, page L 10
- ^ Cross-border commuter program of the Robert Bosch Foundation
- ^ Marler Zeitung , August 29, 2012
- ^ Previously resided in Rottweil: Florescu 2011 , accessed June 18, 2019
- ^ Stephan Lohr: Emigrant saga "The man who brings happiness": From the basement holes of world history , Spiegel Online , February 10, 2016; accessed on February 11, 2016
- ↑ Review notes on Catalin Dorian Florescu. The center of the world. Stories. at perlentaucher.de
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Florescu, Catalin Dorian |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss psychotherapist and writer |
DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1967 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Timișoara , Romania |