Franz Stadelmann (Author)
Franz Stadelmann (born October 25, 1954 in Geuensee , Canton Lucerne ) is a Swiss ethnologist , development worker and publicist .
Life
Franz Stadelmann studied ethnology, geography and linguistics at the University of Basel , specializing in Africa. He financed his studies as a truck driver. With his novel Dieselstrasse he described the world of the last "heroes of the country road". As a writer, he was a member of the Olten group in the 1980s and 90s . Dieselstrasse was relaunched in 2008.
In 1988 he went to Madagascar for Swiss development aid and since then has led numerous projects and emergency aid campaigns in Madagascar and in other African countries such as Mozambique, Sudan, Burundi and Liberia. In 1994 he founded the organization PRIORI in Madagascar , with which he specifically promotes local initiatives, but also organizes trips across the island. He wrote down his knowledge of the country and its people in a book manuscript entitled Madagascar: Rice and Life ; it is made available by the author on the PRIORI website .
In 2008 he opened the island's first pirate museum in Antananarivo , for which he also did the research and wrote the exhibition texts.
In 2009 he and five colleagues drove again on the 'Dieselstrasse', the transport route between Europe and Iran / Tehran. In 2014 he continued the journey by land from Tehran to China. In 2010 he founded the Madagascar House in Basel / Switzerland as a culture, information and travel center for Madagascar.
Works
- Diesel road. Novel. Zytglogge, Gümligen 1985, ISBN 3-7296-0220-9 .
- Diesel road. Novel. Stadelmann, Basel 2008, ISBN 978-3-033-01816-7 .
- Madagascar (text). Pictures by Jan Greune. Stürtz, Würzburg 1998, ISBN 3-8003-0902-5 .
- Journey through Madagascar (text). Pictures by Ellen Spinnler and Romy Müller. Stürtz, Würzburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-8003-4216-7 .
- Madagascar. Tropical wonders in the Indian Ocean (text). Pictures by Ellen Spinnler. Stürtz, Würzburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-8003-4860-2 .
- Journey through the Comoros and Mayotte (text). Pictures by Ellen Spinnler. Stürtz, Würzburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-8003-4294-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.orienttransport.ch/home.html
- ↑ http://www.orienttransport.ch/pg001.html
- ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original from March 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ http://issuu.com/PRIORI.Madagascar/docs/franz_stadelmann_madagaskar
Web links
- Literature by and about Franz Stadelmann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website
- PRIORI
- Madagascar Pirate Museum
- Madagascar House Basel Switzerland
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Stadelmann, Franz |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss ethnologist, development worker and publicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 25, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Geuensee , Canton of Lucerne |