Guy Krneta
Guy Krneta (born March 24, 1964 in Bern ) is a Swiss playwright and writer . He is married to the director Ursina Greuel , lives in Basel and has four children.
Life
As a high school student, Guy Krneta began writing lyrics and songs. He studied theater studies in Vienna and medicine in Bern. From 1986 Krneta worked at the Stadttheater Bern and at the Theater Basel as an assistant director. For a while he was deputy director of the AUAWIRLEBEN theater festival before he went to Esslingen to work as a dramaturge at the Württemberg State Theater there and later at the Braunschweig State Theater . After returning to Switzerland, he served his six-month imprisonment for refusal to serve before acting as deputy head of Theater Tuchlaube in Aarau and working as a dramaturge at the local independent Theater Marie.
Guy Krneta is a member of the author group Bern is everywhere and is often on stage as a spoken word author. He is also involved in cultural policy, initiated the Swiss Literature Institute in Biel and is a founding member of the artists' network Art + Politics .
Works (selection)
Plays
- 1987: Legend of the stab in the dagger (WP: Blechtheater Bern)
- 1989: Till Eulenspiegel (premiere: Stadttheater Bern)
- 1990: Never Forget (WP Blechtheater Bern)
- 1992: The lazy Paul Felz (WP: Württembergische Landesbühne Esslingen)
- 1994: The horses are ready (WP: Club 111 Bern)
- 1998: Zwöi in May ( WP : Club 111 Bern)
- 2000: Schönweid (WP: Tuchlaube Aarau)
- 2003: Zmittst im Giätt uss ( WP : Schlachthaus Theater Bern)
- 2004: E Summer lang, Irina (WP: Theater Basel)
- 2006: E Schtau vou Reh ( WP : Theater Basel)
- 2009: Aktion Duback ( WP : Theater am Neumarkt Zurich )
Fonts
- 2007: Buumes , Publishing House of the Healthy People Dispatch , Lucerne, ISBN 978-3-905825-04-6
- 2009: Mittelland , Publishing House of the Healthy People Dispatch, Lucerne, ISBN 978-3-905825-13-8
- 2014: Unger üs , Publishing House of the Healthy People Shipping , Lucerne, ISBN 978-3-905825-90-9
- 2015: rosa loui , publisher Der Gesundheit Menschenversand, Lucerne, ISBN 978-3-03853-017-6
Awards (selection)
- 1990: Prize from the Foundation for the Promotion of Bernese Dialect Dramatics
- 1996: German Youth Theater Prize - Special Mention for Ursel
- 1997: Book Prize of the City of Bern
- 2003: World Prize
- 2010: Literature Prize of the Canton of Bern
- 2012: Prix Suisseculture
- 2015: Swiss Literature Awards
Web links
- Guy Krneta at Bibliomedia (overview of works and awards)
- Guy Krneta in the joint catalog of the university libraries in Basel and Bern and the Swiss National Library
- Literature by and about Guy Krneta in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ WOZ - the weekly newspaper (ed.): Through the month with writer Guy Krneta (2): Have you refused your military service? February 7, 2012 ( woz.ch [accessed on May 20, 2017]).
- ↑ a b biography at bibliomedia.ch , accessed on January 15, 2015
- ↑ biography at literapedia-bern.ch , accessed on January 15, 2016
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Krneta, guy |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss playwright and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1964 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bern |