Dominik Riedo

Dominik Riedo (born February 28, 1974 in Lucerne ) is a Swiss Germanist and writer .

Life

Dominik Riedo grew up in Littau . As a trained primary school teacher , he taught for two years at the secondary level in Muotathal from 1995 . He then studied German , philosophy and history in Zurich , Berlin and Lucerne ; In 2003 he completed his studies with a licentiate . From 2004 to 2006 Riedo worked as a lecturer at the University of Zurich. Between 2004 and 2007 he was temporarily at the college in Stans , at the Immensee high school and at the Emmen vocational training centeractive as a teacher; from 2011 to 2013 he worked as a teacher in the closed penal system . In 2012 he graduated from the University of Freiburg i. Üe. to the Dr. phil. PhD . Today he lives in Bern .

writer

In 2004 Dominik Riedo published the aphorism volume Ein Glück zur Stund , of which it is said in the “Lucerne Week” that the author has apparently “found his way back to speaking by slowly creating his own tiny forms”. In addition to his work as a writer, Riedo is responsible for the film history at the "stattkino "Lucerne and sits on the Board of Trustees of the Carl Spitteler Foundation (2019 Vice President) and on the board of the Lucerne Theater Club. In 2008 and 2009 he was also the organizer of the “Bookparade” Lucerne. 2010–2012 he was President of the German-speaking Swiss PEN Center . Riedo has been a member of Flandziu's artistic advisory board since 2017 . Half-yearly papers for modern literature .

Dominik Riedo is a member of the Authors of Switzerland (AdS) and of the Central Swiss Writers' Association (ISSV).

"Culture Minister of Switzerland"

Dominik Riedo was elected " Culture Minister of Switzerland" from 25 candidates by means of an internet vote advertised by cultural associations and organizations (the "term of office" lasted from September 2007 to September 2009). The NZZ described a debate among the candidates at a public hearing in the Rote Fabrik as the “end of subversivity”. The Basler Zeitung, on the other hand, admits Riedo as "Minister of Culture" to Verve: "... the swirling Riedo, who sometimes speaks in turbulence". The attention as “Minister of Culture” is quite high in some specific areas, for example Riedo was asked about his “office” on BBC Radio 3 . In November 2008 , the WOZ was critical of him .

Works

Books

• Lucky for the hour. Yuwippi, Blatten 2004, ISBN 3-905686-31-7 .
• The subtle fear of the abrupt end of the current year . Collected short texts, or the shattered triptych of a private decade. Libellus, St. Gallen 2006, ISBN 3-9523204-0-2  ( formally incorrect ) (as ISBN 978-3-9523204-0-2 ).
• (as ed.) Schopenhauer's diary. Ed., Introduced and versed with a time table. by Dominik Riedo. Culturebeet, Birmensdorf 2006, ISBN 3-9523203-0-3 (formally incorrect).
• The status of the questions in the German high court novel (= Viennese works on Germanic antiquity and philology. Volume 41). Peter Lang, Bern a. a. 2008, ISBN 978-3-03911-481-8 (Licensed thesis, University of Zurich, 2003).
• Nothing except ordinary. Texts for the newspaper and the cat. The region, Emmenbrücke 2008, ISBN 978-3-906365-47-3 .
• Highlands. Syndicate for a better life, Lucerne 2009, ISBN 978-3-03-301942-3 .
• (as ed.) Heidis + Peters. Caution: Switzerland as a cultural area! An anthology. Pro Libro, Lucerne 2009, ISBN 978-3-9523525-3-3 .
• (Ed.) Carl Spitteler : Our Swiss point of view. Reading book. Pro Libro, Lucerne 2009, ISBN 978-3-9523406-9-1 .
• Construction site culture. Texts about art and politics. Pro Libro, Lucerne 2010, ISBN 978-3-905927-02-3 .
• Above with gold edge: Dominik Riedo translates and comments on passages of a text by Arno Schmidt into Lucerne (= etkbooks. 011). Edition Taberna Kritika, Bern 2010, ISBN 978-3-905846-11-9 (also as an e-book).
• Trilogy of the smoking heads. Schwarzhandpresse, Flaach 2010, ISBN 978-3-905659-32-0 .
• And the sun burns down on the skin: the working diary of the 2nd Swiss Minister of Culture (2007–2009) (= etkscript. 001). Edition Taberna Kritika, Bern 2011, ISBN 978-3-905846-17-1 (only as e-book ; permalink ).
• (as publisher) Luzern, Luzern… Literary traces. A reader. Pro Libro, Lucerne 2011, ISBN 978-3-905927-16-0 .
• (as ed.) You write about money! An anthology. Zytglogge, Oberhofen am Thunsersee 2011, ISBN 978-3-7296-0832-0 .
• Dictionary of Beelzebub. A reference work. With illustrations by Nicole Riegert and an afterword by Zsuzsanna Gahse . Edition Clandestin, Biel 2012, ISBN 978-3-905297-35-5 .
• Wolf von Niebelschütz. Life and work. A biography. Peter Lang, Bern a. a. 2013, ISBN 978-3-0343-1346-9 , doi: 10.3726 / 978-3-0351-0662-6 (Zugl .: Friborg, Univ., Diss., 2012).
• My heart is called "Nevertheless". Literary portraits. Pro Libro, Lucerne 2014, ISBN 978-3-905927-39-9 .
• The scissors in your head. A streak of life. Novel. Offizin, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-907496-96-1 .
• The sung carries us. Possible texts (= etkbooks. 031). Edition Taberna Kritika, Bern 2014, ISBN 978-3-905846-31-7 (also as an e-book; permalink ).
• Only life was different then. Necrology on my pedophile father. Offizin, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-906276-10-6 (267 pages). New edition: Giessen 2019, ISBN 978-3-8379-2876-1 .
• The untamed sea horse, or, of the narrator's rampant. Novel. Offizin, Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-906276-42-7 . New edition: Basel 2019, ISBN 978-3-907146-34-7 .
• Switzerland is dead? Contributions to the land of the impossible (= critical forests. Volume 6). Edition Isele, Eggingen 2016, ISBN 978-3-7412-8840-1 , urn : nbn: de: 101: 1-20161015951 .
• Carl Spitteler. Essays on life, work and impact. Peter Lang, Bern 2017, ISBN 978-3-0343-2465-6 (also as e-book: ISBN 978-3-0343-2556-1 ).
• Wolf von Niebelschütz. Essays on life and work. Peter Lang, Bern 2017, ISBN 978-3-0343-2827-2 , doi: 10.3726 / b10948 .
• Entremeses. Intermediate dishes (= Shoebox Quadrat. No. 4, 05/2018, ISSN  2511-3186 ). Shoebox House, Hamburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-941120-31-0 .
• Disturbing stories. 52 parabolas in the annual cycle. Münsterverlag, Basel 2018, ISBN 978-3-905896-87-9 .
• Spitteler's mark (= etkbooks. Volume 051). Edition Taberna Kritika, Bern 2019, ISBN 978-3-905846-51-5 .

Libretti

• Hagzusa cum Gaukelei (choral work), premiered at the ECLAT-Festival Neue Musik Stuttgart, 2019 (music by Michael Pelzel )
• Last Call (Opera), premiered at Zurich Opera House , 2019 (music by Michael Pelzel)

Prizes and awards

• 2001: First place in the literary competition of the Theater unterm Dach / Berlin

Web links

• Literature by and about Dominik Riedo in the catalog of the German National Library
• Dominik Riedo's website
• Entry about Dominik Riedo in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
• Short biography and information on Dominik Riedo's work at Literaturport
• Miro Zbinden: Dominik Riedo: “Sometimes I just felt sorry for him”. In: Freiburger Nachrichten . March 7, 2016, accessed on May 18, 2020 (review of the book of the same name).

Individual evidence

1. ^ Dominik Riedo: Biobibliography. (PDF; 427 kB) In: Website of the author. dominikriedo.ch, April 2, 2020, p. 36 , accessed on April 4, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Lucerne Week. March 30, 2005.
3. ↑ Dominik Riedo: Luzern: New website shows the real home of Carl Spitteler. In: Lucerne newspaper . August 2, 2019, accessed on May 17, 2020 ("Note: * Dominik Riedo is Vice President of the Carl Spitteler Foundation Lucerne.").
4. ^ Website of the Carl Spitteler Foundation , accessed on April 25, 2020.
5. ↑ Bettina Spoerri: End of Subversiveness. In: NZZ. July 13, 2007, accessed June 4, 2018 . 
6. ^ Basler Zeitung: Two candidates for the "Ministry of Culture" introduced themselves. (No longer available online.) In: Kulturministerium.ch. Formerly in the original ; accessed on June 6, 2018 (no mementos).  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )   .
7. ↑ BBC Radio 3: The Verb. January 11, 2008.
8. ↑ Esther Banz: In the service of culture. In: The weekly newspaper. November 13, 2008, accessed September 9, 2018.
9. ↑ Last Call. In: opernhaus.ch, accessed on June 30, 2019.