Dieter Zwicky

Dieter Zwicky (born September 7, 1957 in Mollis ) is a Swiss writer .

Life

Dieter Zwicky 1988, a study of Protestant theology at the University of Zurich with a licentiate completed. He worked as a postal worker, today he is proofreader for the Swiss weekly newspaper Die Weltwoche . Zwicky lives with his family in Uster in the canton of Zurich .

Zwicky writes stories , especially short stories , and is a member of the Association of Authors in Switzerland .

He received u. a. 1990 and 2006 a year of work for the canton of Zurich, in 2002 a 'half year work grant' from the city of Zurich and in 2006 the Schiller Prize of the Zürcher Kantonalbank . In 2007 he took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition for the first time and again in the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 2016 . On this second attempt, he was awarded the Kelag Prize (endowed with 10,000 euros) for his text “Los Alamos is tiny” . In 2017 he was one of the recipients of the Swiss Literature Prize .

The swan, the rat in me . Bilger, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-908010-55-1
Reizker's discovery . Prose. Bilger, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-908010-79-9
Most beautiful park in the world . In: 112 one-sided stories , ed. by Franz Hohler . Luchterhand, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-630-62000-8
The height of the head above the eyes . Text to pictures by Katjaschicht. Edition Pudelundpinscher, Unterschächen 2008, ISBN 978-3-9523273-3-3
Cotonville. My African jubilee year . Narrative. Bilger, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-03762-002-1
Rosl Zilch . In: Podium 149/150, Vienna 2008, ISBN 978-3-902054-61-6
Slugo. A private airport poem . Edition Pudelundpinscher, Erstfeld 2013, ISBN 978-3-906061-03-0
Hihi - my Argentinian father. Narration . Edition Pudelundpinscher, Wädenswil 2016, ISBN 978-3-906061-09-2
Los Alamos is tiny . Edition Pudelundpinscher, Wädenswil 2019, ISBN 978-3-906061-19-1