Julian Schuett

Julian Schütt (born January 20, 1964 in Zurich ) is a Swiss journalist , writer and book author .

Life

Julian Schütt studied German and philosophy at the University of Zurich ; In 1995 he did his doctorate under Peter von Matt with a thesis on Swiss literary studies during the National Socialist era , which caused a sensation beyond national borders. Schütt began writing for the Weltwoche supplement and the Tages-Anzeiger while still a student . In addition, he was an editor for Limmatverlag and Unionsverlag ; Among other things, he was in charge of the collection of poems, History of Love and the Flirtation by Niklaus Meienberg . In 2002 he became head of the culture department at Weltwoche . In 2009 Schütt left Weltwoche and worked as a journalist for Du , Die Zeit , Das Magazin and Annabelle , for whom he wrote a restaurant column. Schütt was a member of the group of critics in the “ Literature Club” of Swiss television SRF and has been a literary editor at Swiss Radio SRF since 2014 .

Julian Schütt has dealt with Max Frisch several times . In 1998 he organized the first comprehensive Max Frisch exhibition, which was shown in Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt am Main and Zurich. The volume Max Frisch, edited by Schütt : Now is seeing time, was published for the exhibition . In 2011 he published the critically acclaimed first volume of his biography on Max Frisch; among other things Die Zeit called the book a “masterful biography”.

Schütt lives in Zurich .

Works

• German studies and politics - Swiss literary studies during the National Socialist era. Chronos Verlag, Zurich 1996, ISBN 978-3-905312-04-1 .
• Max Frisch: biography of an ascent. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-518421-72-7 .

Editing

• Friedrich Glauser : The fever curve . Limmat Verlag, Zurich 1995, ISBN 3-85791-240-5 .
• Max Frisch : Now it's time to see. Letters, notes, documents 1943-1963. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-51840-981-6 .
• (together with Raimund Meyer) Hugo Ball : Tenderenda der Phantast. Haymon Verlag, Innsbruck 1999, ISBN 3-85218-272-7 .
• together with Luis Bolliger u. Walter Obschlager : now: max fresh. Suhrkamp Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 2001, ISBN 978-3-518397-34-3 .
• together with Winfried Stephan: Walter Muschg : The destruction of German literature and other essays. Diogenes, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-25706645-6 .

Web links

• Julian Schütt at Suhrkamp Verlag
• Literature by Julian Schütt in the catalog of the German National Library
• In every zero hour he feels in his element. Review of Wolfgang Schneider's Frisch biography in the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung .
• The citizen performer. Review of the Frisch biography of Roman Bucheli in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung .
• The portrait of Max Frisch. Review of the Frisch biography of Klara Obermüller in Die Welt .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Jürg Altwegg: Mountain landscape with fronts . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . April 25, 1997, p. 43 .
2. ^ Hitler's «little envoy» . In: Der Spiegel . May 5, 1997, p. 168 .
3. ↑ Julian Schütt becomes literary editor. In: Personal. Retrieved July 28, 2020 . 
4. ↑ Wolfgang Schneider: In every zero hour he feels in his element. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. March 18, 2011, accessed July 28, 2020 . 
5. ^ Reviews of the Frisch biography. In: Pearl Divers . Retrieved July 28, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Andreas Isenschmid: Could I grab you, Max! In: The time . May 12, 2011, p. 53 .