Gisela Widmer

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Gisela Widmer (born November 12, 1958 in Lucerne ) is a Swiss writer, playwright and columnist who also worked as a journalist.

Life

Has become known Gisela Widmer as a columnist of the magazine of the Tages-Anzeiger and the United Kingdom correspondent, including for Swiss Radio DRS . Between 1998 and 2010 she commented on current affairs regularly in the satire program Zytlupe on Radio DRS.

In 2001 Gisela Widmer said goodbye to journalism and returned to Lucerne, where she has lived as a freelance writer and lecturer ever since. She writes plays for both professional and amateur stages. Gisela Widmer also appears herself with her satirical texts. She also lectures satire and creative writing at the Swiss journalism school MAZ in Lucerne .

In 2000 she was awarded the Central Switzerland Audience Prize for Literature , and in 2008 the Media Prize of SRG SSR idée suisse Zentralschweiz.

Works

Books

  • Love reason . Seven stories about love and time, Zytglogge, Oberhofen 2004, ISBN 3-7296-0675-1
  • No caresses today . Columns, Zytglogge, Gümligen 2000, ISBN 3-7296-0605-0
  • We would like to have a dog ourselves and be bitten by it ourselves . Collected columns, Zytglogge, Gümligen 1997, ISBN 3-7296-0554-2
  • The fifth column . Columns collected from the weekend supplement “Das Magazin”, Zytglogge , Gümligen 1994, ISBN 3-7296-0493-7 .
  • Clara Wendel. Rogue woman and the magic of flames . A story, Limmat Verlag, Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-85791-074-7

Audio books

  • Cytlupe . The second best dozen from the satirical broadcast of the same name, audio book CD, ((Christoph Merian Verlag)), Basel 2009
  • Cytlupe . The best dozen from the satirical broadcast of the same name, audio book CD, Christoph Merian Verlag , Basel 2007, ISBN 978-3-85616-315-0
  • Broken words and voices , audio book CD with singing improvisations by Agnes Hunger, Zytglogge, Gümligen 2002, ISBN 3-7296-4083-6

Plays

  • Seegang , theater group Chärnehus Einsiedeln, 2015
  • Tyyfelsbrigg , Andermatt Open Air Theater 2013
  • Big Bang fountain , a spectacle, 2013
  • Romeo and Juliet after William Shakespeare, Lucerne Open Air Theater 2011, Elgg Theaterverlag Belp
  • Biedermanns. Moved - A satire on the Islam debate , Lucerne Theater, 2011, Kaiser Verlag Vienna
  • Grand Hotel Excelsior , theater production Brunnen 2010, Elgg Theaterverlag Belp
  • Dr. Faustus , based on Christopher Marlowe, Luzerner Freilichtspiele 2009, Elgg Theaterverlag Belp
  • Notglück , a tragic comedy for two, theater production Annette Windlin, 2008, Dreimaskenverlag Munich
  • A Lucerne Midsummer Night's Dream , Lucerne Open Air Theater 2007, Elgg Theaterverlag Belp
  • Atoll . Grotesque for five people, Lucerne Theater, 2006, Dreimaskenverlag Munich
  • Good night at the Sächsi . Theatrical installation, Kulturentheater Emmenweid, 2006
  • S'Busewunder vo Einsiidle , Schwank, commissioned by the Chärnehuus theater group, 2005
  • Clara Wendel , Lucerne City Theater, 1983

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Public Prize for Literature. In: Klein Report. December 8, 2000. Retrieved May 11, 2011.
  2. ↑ CH-umor with Gisela Widmer , 2008 , website of Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen . Retrieved January 7, 2016.
personal data
SURNAME Widmer, Gisela
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss journalist and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 12, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Lucerne