Juerg Weibel

Jürg Weibel (born August 19, 1944 in Bern ; † May 24, 2006 in Basel ) was a Swiss teacher, journalist and writer .

Life

Jürg Weibel was born in Bern and first studied medicine , then German , history and Romance studies at the University of Basel . He lived in Basel and worked as a high school teacher, journalist and writer.

From 1972 to 1984 Weibel was co-editor of the Swiss literary magazine Drehpunkt . He was a member of the Olten group and the PEN

Works

Books

• Elbow room. Patriotic poems . Lenos, Basel 1978
• Rat visit. Fantastic stories . Night machine, Basel 1979
• Seed without harvest. Legend and reality in the life of General Johann August Sutter . Night machine, Basel 1980
• The most beautiful woman in town . 10 stories. Places, Zurich 1981
• Fine work at dawn / Laubscher . Two stories. Ritter, Klagenfurt 1981
• The silence of the women of Masachapa . Stories. Night machine, Basel 1983
• Ghost town . Stories. Night machine, Basel 1985
• The strange absences of Herr von Z. Roman. Edition Erpf bei Neptun, Kreuzlingen 1988
• Death in the chestnuts . Novel. Edition Erpf, Bern 1990
• Captain Wirz: A chronicle. A documentary novel . Edition Erpf, Bern 1991
• Beethoven's Fifth . Novel. Xenon, Basel 1996
• A child of Madonna. Crazy stories . Cosmos, Muri bei Bern 1999, ISBN 3-305-00385-5
• Double murder at Wisenberg . Detective novel. Places, Oberegg 2006, ISBN 3-85830-133-7

Theatrical performances

• D'Muetter knows . Premiere: City Theater Bern 1985
• Tango lesson . Premiere: Zähringer Theater Bern 1995

Radio plays / radio broadcasts

• Latin American literature on the move . Swiss Radio DRS , 1978
• What does jazz have to do with literature? DRS, 1986/87
• The wonderful reality of America. About Alejo Carpentier's work . DRS, 1988
• Henry Wirz: mass murderer or scapegoat? (Radio play). DRS, 1990
• November (radio play). SWF , 1992
• Gold Dreck (radio play in 4 episodes). SWF, 1994
• Schizophrenia and Poetry (Feature). SWR , 2000

Web links

• Literature by and about Jürg Weibel in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry about Jürg Weibel in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland