Kaspar Schnetzler

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Kaspar Emil Schnetzler (* 1942 in Zurich ) is a Swiss writer .

He completed his German studies and art history at the University of Zurich and the Free University of Berlin with a Dr. phil. from. After appearing as an oboist at the Zurich June Festival and as a clown at the Swiss National Circus Knie , he worked from 1968 to 2003 as a high school teacher , writer and journalist .

As a teacher he taught German and art history. As a writer, he has published short stories, letters and novels. As a journalist - mainly for the Neue Zürcher Zeitung - he traveled to Switzerland and Eastern Europe (GDR, Poland, Western Ukraine / Galicia) before the opening and wrote columns.

Employers were the Canton of Zurich , the New England College in Henniker, New Hampshire / USA, the CG Jung Institute Zurich, as well as media such as Neue Zürcher Zeitung, the magazine of the Zürcher Tagesanzeiger, the magazine DU and the Swiss radio.

He gave guest lectures at the University of Kent in Canterbury , in the German-Maltese-Circle of Valletta in the German House of New York University and at the University of Bergen .

He has been working as a writer since 2003. He lives in Zurich. He writes novels, short stories, poetry, essays, plays and journalism. He was awarded a prize from the Swiss Schiller Foundation , the Zurich Journalist Prize , an honorary gift from the Canton of Zurich.

Appreciation

  • Prize of the Swiss Schiller Foundation for The Brother Case , 1977
  • Zurich Journalism Prize , 1993
  • Work grant from the City of Zurich for Dr. Yikes, Lenin, Keller & Co , 1996
  • orte Poetry Prize, 1997
  • Honorary gift from the Canton of Zurich for The Guild , 2002
  • Pro Helvetia grant for Das Gute - a family chronicle , 2005
  • Atelier guest May, Independent Literature House Lower Austria, Stein / Krems, 2007
  • Writer in Residence, Ledig House , Ghent, NY, USA, May 2009
  • Writer in Residence, Stadtcafé Sursee, Lucerne, August 2010
  • Guest of Honor of the Wollishofen Guild, Zurich, April 2012
  • Certificate of Appreciation, Creative Age Foundation, Zurich, October 2012

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Individual evidence

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personal data
SURNAME Schnetzler, Kaspar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schnetzler, Kaspar Emil (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich