Gion Mathias Cavelty
Gion Mathias Cavelty (born April 4, 1974 in Chur ) is a Swiss writer .
Life
Gion Mathias Cavelty is the son of the lawyer and politician Luregn Mathias Cavelty . From 1993 he studied Italian and Romansh at the universities of Freiburg im Üechtland and Zurich . Today he lives in Zurich.
Cavelty is the author of two novel trilogies called The Quifezit Trilogy and The Andouillette Trilogy , in which numerous literary influences are mixed. Cavelty's best-known book Finally Non-Readers is a parody of the advisory literature: According to the author, it aims to wean the reader from reading.
Cavelty writes regularly for the satirical magazine Nebelspalter . Until February 2009 he wrote the television review of pure reason in Die Weltwoche . He also wrote for the Swiss tabloid Blick , including the article Everyone singen, only the beef fillet remains mute about the music star participant and Eurovision singer Piero Esteriore , who on October 4, 2007 out of anger about this article with the Mercedes his mother drove into the front door of the Ringier building in Zurich. In 2012 Cavelty was awarded the Zurich Journalism Prize - this for his opera report Hö - the last opera puzzle in the Tages-Anzeiger on December 10, 2011.
On June 8, 2018, his radio play The day on which it rained 449 Franz Klammers won gold at the Grand Prix Nova in Bucharest.
Works
- Novels
- 1997 Quifezit or A Journey in a Violin Case. Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, ISBN 3-518-12001-8 .
- 1997 Ad absurdum or a journey into the book labyrinth. Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, ISBN 3-518-12031-X .
- 1998 Tabula rasa or A Journey into the Realm of Insanity. Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, ISBN 3-518-12076-X .
- 2000 Finally non-readers. Frankfurt am Main, Suhrkamp, ISBN 3-518-39631-5 .
- 2009 The Andouillette or Something Like The Divine Comedy. Basel, real time, ISBN 978-3-905800-26-5 .
- 2010 The last things. Basel, real time, ISBN 978-3-905800-46-3 .
- 2017 The day it rained 449 Franz Klammers. Zurich, Lector Books, ISBN 978-3-906913-10-0 .
- 2020 Innocent. A legend. Zurich, Lector Books, ISBN 978-3-906913-21-6 .
- Children's books
- 2012 Nemorino and the Fool's Bundle. With illustrations by Chrigel Farner . Zurich and Berlin, Salis, ISBN 978-3-905801-52-1 .
- Plays
- 1998 The Lost Word. World premiere: Schauspiel Frankfurt, October 3, 1998. Direction: Christian Tschirner and Paul Viebeg.
- 2011 Commediamarkt. World premiere: Klibühni Chur, September 8, 2011. Director: Achim Lenz.
- 2013 Commediamarkt II. World premiere: Klibühni Chur, September 7, 2013. Director: Achim Lenz.
- Radio plays
- 2003 Isabelle's poetry album - Come with us to the land of the dead! , ( Schreckmümpfeli series ), director: Reto Ott (SRF)
- 2003 The carpet - hands off old carpets! (Schreckmümpfeli series), director: Reto Ott (SRF)
- 2005 Jupiter on Argos , director: Reto Ott (SRF)
- 2006 Ghost Circus - Until the last note ... (Schreckmümpfeli series), directed by Reto Ott (SRF)
- 2009 The thirteenth book Mosis - Hands off beautiful literature (Schreckmümpfeli series), director: Anina LaRoche (SRF)
- 2011 Amuse Gueule - A downright delicious adventure (Schreckmümpfeli series), director: Reto Ott (SRF)
- 2011 The clock with the 13 hours - the actor in the eternal battle with the prop (Schreckmümpfeli series), directed by Reto Ott (SRF)
- 2013 Il Divinissimo - The high C, it hurts so much! (Schreckmümpfeli series), director: Reto Ott (SRF)
- 2014 Die Andouillette (The Andouillette Trilogy 1), composition and direction: Martin Bezzola (SRF)
- 2015 The God of Chairs (Schreckmümpfeli series), director: Reto Ott (SRF)
- 2017 The Last Things (The Andouillette Trilogy 2), composition and direction: Martin Bezzola (SRF)
- 2017 The day on which it rained 449 Franz Klammers (Die Andouillette-Trilogie 3), composition and direction: Martin Bezzola (SRF)
- 2019 The chatterbox - to the last word. Plus one. (Schreckmümpfeli series), director: Reto Ott (SRF)
- 2019 ARD Radio Tatort: The Dark Congress , director: Susanne Janson (SRF)
- 2020 ARD Radio Tatort: The Third Ear , Director: Susanne Janson (SRF)
Web links
- Publications by and about Gion Mathias Cavelty in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
- Entry about Gion Mathias Cavelty in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
- Literature by and about Gion Mathias Cavelty in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry in the Bibliomedia Foundation's authors' directory
- http://www.nichtleser.com/
Individual evidence
- ↑ Everyone is singing, only the beef fillet stays silent , blick.ch, May 30, 2008.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cavelty, Gion Mathias |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer and playwright |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 4th 1974 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chur , Canton of Graubünden, Switzerland |