Jörg Steiner

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Jörg Steiner (born October 26, 1930 in Biel / Bienne ; † January 20, 2013 there ) was a Swiss writer .

Life

Jörg Steiner - son of a civil engineering technician - attended the advanced seminar in Bern after a broken apprenticeship as a druggist . After completing his apprenticeship, he first worked as a teacher in a home for the difficult-to- educate in Aarwangen and then until 1971 as a primary school teacher in Biel / Bienne and Nidau .

Steiner interrupted his work several times for longer trips and stays abroad. a. in France , Spain , USA and East Africa . 1971/1972 he received a scholarship at the Basel Theater . From 1972 to 1978 Steiner was a city ​​councilor in Biel, where he also lived.

Steiner often describes in his works - based on personal experiences during his youth and his time as a teacher - the problems of social outsiders. He became known to a wide audience through his collaboration with the illustrator Jörg Müller on a series of picture books .

Jörg Steiner had been a member of the Bern writers' association and the Olten group since 1960 ; since 1970 he has been a member of the Association of German Writers .

Jörg Steiner was married to the gallery owner Silvia Steiner, who died nine months before him. Jörg Steiner died of cancer.

Awards

Works

  • Have a nice day. Biel 1955. (together with Edwin Keller)
  • Episodes from Ravenland. Küsnacht 1956.
  • An hour before sleep. St. Gallen 1958.
  • Evening suit for sale. Bern 1961.
  • Detention. Olten et al. 1962.
  • Polish chestnuts. Grenchen 1963.
  • The black box. Olten et al. 1965.
  • A knife for the honest finder. Olten et al. 1966.
  • The tailor Kikrikri sits on Mount Sinai. Neuwied et al. 1969.
  • Rabio. Zurich 1969.
  • Pele his brother. Cologne 1972. (together with Werner Maurer)
  • Snow down to the lowlands. Darmstadt et al. 1973.
  • When there were still limits. Frankfurt am Main 1976.
  • The bear who wanted to stay a bear. Aarau 1976. (together with Jörg Müller)
  • The rabbit island. Aarau et al. 1977. (together with Jörg Müller)
  • It could have been a giraffe. Stuttgart 1979.
  • The people in the sea. Aarau et al. 1981. (together with Jörg Müller)
  • Tear up the net. Frankfurt am Main 1982.
  • The ice flower forest. Aarau et al. 1983. (together with Jörg Müller)
  • Anton's secret. Frankfurt am Main 1985. (together with Anton Pieck)
  • Olduvai. Frankfurt am Main 1985.
  • The man from the bear pit. Aarau et al. 1987. (together with Jörg Müller)
  • Strange country. Frankfurt am Main 1989.
  • The new town musicians. In: uprising of the animals. Aarau et al. 1989. (together with Jörg Müller)
  • Weißenbach and the others. Frankfurt am Main 1994.
  • The colleague. Frankfurt am Main 1996.
  • What do you want to do when the black man comes? Aarau et al. 1998.
  • Who dances to Shostakovich's music? Frankfurt am Main 2000.
  • I survive with your voice. Stories. Frankfurt am Main 2005.
  • A cherry tree on the Pacific Ocean. Frankfurt am Main 2008.
  • In Robert Walser's armchair: postcard. Edited by Hanne Kulessa. Limmat, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-85791-762-2 .

literature

Web links
Obituaries

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jörg Steiner died. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung from January 21, 2013
  2. ↑ Peer Teuwsen : Obituary Jörg Steiner. "I am gifted to be afraid." In: Die Zeit 5/2013 of January 24, 2013
personal data
SURNAME Steiner, Jörg
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Biel / Bienne , Canton of Bern
DATE OF DEATH 20th January 2013
Place of death Biel / Bienne