Kristin T. Schnider

Kristin T. Schnider 2007

Kristin T. Schnider (* 1960 in London ) is a Swiss writer .

Life

Kristin T. Schnider was born in London and grew up in Zurich .

From 1982 she began to publish texts in magazines and literary magazines. In addition to writing, she carried out various activities. Since 1998 she has lived as a freelance writer in Wassen in the canton of Uri .

Kristin T. Schnider was President of the German-Swiss PEN Center from 2002 to 2010 and a member of the board of the international PEN from 2007 to 2010.

Awards

• 1986 residency at the Literary Colloquium Berlin
• 1989 Migros Literature Promotion Prize
• 1990 Literature Prize of the City of Zurich
• 1993 Contribution to the Pro Helvetia Foundation
• 1994 an honorary gift from the city of Zurich
• 1999 residency grant in London from the Zug cultural foundation Landis & Gyr
• 2002 residency grant from the artist house Villa Aurora in Los Angeles
• 2008 Central Switzerland Literature Funding, second prize

Works

• 61 ° above the horizon . Berlin 1986 (together with Birgit Kempker and Barbara Maria Kloos )
• The coder. Novel . Nagel & Kimche, Frauenfeld / Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-312-00151-X
• DIN-A. A text . edition sec 52, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-908010-11-X
• I wanted to kill. Narratives . Bilger, Zurich 1994, ISBN 3-908010-11-X
• Nysky . Bilger, Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-908010-22-5
• Luna - woman and cycle (with Mary A. Imhof). Gisler, Altdorf 2000, ISBN 3-906130-01-0

Web links

• Literature by and about Kristin T. Schnider in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry in the Bibliomedia Foundation's authors' directory
• Entry about Kristin T. Schnider in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
• In Transit Text aus drafts , issue 22: Reisen from June 2000
• Moderation of the memorial event: Anna Politkovskaya “We don't forget!” - On the first anniversary of death on October 7, 2007, Kleine Bühne, Theater Basel - audio and transcript , o-ton.radio-luma.net, October 17, 2008