Christian Uetz

Christian Uetz at the Erlanger Poetenfest 2018

Christian Uetz (born August 8, 1963 in Egnach ) is a Swiss writer .

Life

After completing the teachers' seminar in Kreuzlingen , he studied philosophy , comparative literature and ancient Greek at the University of Zurich . Since 1998 he has lived as a freelance writer in Zurich . In 1999 he did not take part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt with an excerpt from his volume of poems Zoom and was awarded the 3sat Prize.

He has so far particularly distinguished himself as a poet and performer and has published volumes of poetry at Droschl , Suhrkamp and most recently at Secession , among others . In March 2011, Secession published his first novel Nur Du, und nur Ich, which was followed by two more with Sunderwarumbe and It happened .

The essay Federer für alle , published in 2011, deals with the “divine” game by Roger Federer .

Works

• Lurs . Publishing house Im Waldgut, Frauenfeld 1993.
• Roads . Publishing house Im Waldgut, Frauenfeld 1994.
  • Lurs and Roads . Two volumes of poetry in one. Im Waldgut, Frauenfeld 1998, ISBN 3-7294-0263-3 .
• MT (part 2 of 7). NN-Fabrik, Siegendorf 1998, ISBN 3-901361-14-6 (book + audio CD).
• Niece . Droschl, Graz 1998, ISBN 3-85420-475-2 .
• Don't zoom . Droschl, Graz 1999, ISBN 3-85420-524-4 .
• Niece and other poems . Audio CD, spoken by Christian Uetz. Droschl, Graz 1999, ISBN 3-85420-513-9 .
• Don San Juan . Suhrkamp ( edition suhrkamp 2263), Frankfurt am Main 2002, ISBN 3-518-12263-0 .
• Live in shipbuilding . Audio CD, with Hans Koch , Martin Schütz and Fredy Studer (CD Intakt 074), 2002.
• Mystery play live in the Jesuit church . Audio CD, with Hans Koch, Martin Schütz and Fredy Studer (Gallo CD 1134), 2003.
• The constellation is disappearing . Suhrkamp (edition suhrkamp 2376), Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-518-12376-9 .
• Only you and only me. Novel in seven steps . Secession, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-905951-06-6 .
• Federer for everyone . Roman, Real Time, Basel 2011, ISBN 978-3-905800-53-1 .
• Sunderwarumbe . Roman, Secession, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-905951-19-6 .
• It happened . Roman, Secession, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-905951-67-7 .
• Angel of Illusion , Secession, Zurich, 2018, ISBN 978-3-906910-28-4 .

Awards

• 1999: 3sat Prize of the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition
• 1999: Lydia Eymann grant
• 2000: Prize for individual work from the Swiss Schiller Foundation
• 2001: Prize of the International Lake Constance Conference
• 2001: Grant Künstlerhaus Edenkoben
• 2002: Award from the City of Zurich
• 2005: Thurgau Culture Prize
• 2005: Prize of the Federal Association of German Industry
• 2010: Bodensee Literature Prize for his entire literary works to date

literature

• Eva Lia Wyss: Nothing and non-binding kisses - poetry from Switzerland. Poems by Christian Uetz and Taha Khalil 1998 .
• Andreas Mauz: “The word is God, and I listen to him.” About Christian Uetz's theo-logical poetics . In: CH-LIT 9 (2002), pp. 10-12.
• Andreas Mauz: Au début: le mot . In: Feuxcroisés 6 (2004), pp. 155–180.

Web links

Commons : Christian Uetz  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Christian Uetz in the catalog of the German National Library
• Author portrait at the Droschl publishing house
• Author portrait at Suhrkamp Verlag
• Entry about Christian Uetz in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
• Short biography and reviews of works by Christian Uetz at perlentaucher.de
• Christian Uetz in the collection of articles in the Innsbruck newspaper archive

Individual evidence

1. ^ Christian Uetz - Droschl Literature Publishing House. Retrieved April 23, 2019 . 
2. ↑ «Only the devil is invincible» , article in the Berner Zeitung from June 30, 2011
3. ↑ Nothing and kisses without obligation - poetry from Switzerland
4. ↑ http://www.culturactif.ch/revues/feuxcroises.htm