Erwin Koch
Erwin Koch (born November 12, 1956 in Hitzkirch ) is a Swiss journalist and writer .
Life
Erwin Koch has a doctorate in law. He worked from 1984 to 1990 as an editor and from 2002 to 2006 as a reporter for Das Magazin des Tages-Anzeiger . In between he wrote u. a. for Die Zeit , Geo , Brigitte and the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung Magazin . From 1999 to 2002 he was a reporter for Spiegel . He has been working as a freelance reporter since 2007. He last published volumes with reports from all over the world in 2011 and 2013. The spectrum of topics ranges from existential experiences of illness, death, separation to the tragic search for self-determination, for example those emigrated Uyghurs who mistakenly ended up in the Guantanamo prison camp in 2001.
Awards
- 1989 2nd Egon Erwin Kisch Prize for Falls Roads ( Tages-Anzeiger )
- 1992, 1995 Zurich Journalist Prize
- 1996 1st Egon Erwin Kisch Prize for Der Mensch Paul ( Das Magazin )
- 2003 Mara Cassens Prize for Sara Dances
- 2003 Radio Play Prize from the Radio Basel Foundation for Unstern
Works
- Federal film funding. ADAG, Zurich 1980 ( dissertation , University of Freiburg ).
- with Georg Stark: Our century: Switzerland yesterday and today. Mondo, Lausanne 1991, ISBN 2-88168-241-3 .
- Before the news, on a late Sunday afternoon. True story. Ammann, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-250-10353-5 . Paperback edition: Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2004, ISBN 3-596-16452-4 .
- We don't cry. Certificates, reports, reports. Rüffer & Rub, Zurich 2002, ISBN 3-907625-12-9 . Paperback edition: Dtv, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-423-20703-5 .
- Sara is dancing. Novel. Nagel and Kimche, Munich / Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-312-00325-3 . Paperback edition: Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2005, ISBN 3-596-16379-X .
- The Flambeur. Novel. Nagel & Kimche, Munich / Vienna 2005, ISBN 3-312-00351-2 . Paperback edition: Fischer-Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2007, ISBN 978-3-596-17356-3 .
- Only good. Novel. Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-312-00418-8 .
- with Giorgio von Arb (photographs): A book about the world. The Disentis Monastery . Benteli, Bern / Sulgen / Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-7165-1596-9 .
- What life does with love. True stories . Corso, Hamburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86260-024-3 .
- Nobody should know about this love. True stories . Nagel & Kimche, Munich / Vienna 2013, 188 pp.
- Steinegger . An approximation. Verlag NZZ, Suva 2013.
Radio plays
- 2014: With Friedrich Bestereiner : Agnes and her child - Director: Harald Krewer (radio play - ORF )
- 2004: With Eva Mattes , Matthias Matschke , Renato Grünig , Martin Engler , Susanne Schrader: Sara tanzt - Director: Gottfried von Eine (Saarländischer Rundfunk)
Web links
- Literature by and about Erwin Koch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry about Erwin Koch in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
Individual evidence
- ↑ Sometimes one word is enough , Die Presse print edition April 28, 2013, accessed April 27, 2013
- ^ In the border area of life , review by Jörg Magenau in Deutschlandradio Kultur from April 3, 2013, accessed April 27, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cook, Erwin |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss journalist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 12, 1956 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Hitzkirch |