Lea Gottheil

Lea Gottheil (born July 19, 1975 in Uster ) is a Swiss writer .

Life

Gottheil completed an apprenticeship as a bookseller after school .

She initially wrote stories , short stories and poems . In 2005 she wrote the script for the short film ?? TraumHaft (Director: Stefan Muggli ). She was the author of the play Handbag Monologue , which premiered in 2007 in Zurich under the direction of Krishan Krone . The musician Natascha Stohler composed the music for it. In 2009 Gottheil published her first novel Sommervogel , which was published by Arche Verlag .

She is a member of the artist group Index - Word and Effect , which also includes writers Simon Froehling and Ulrike Ulrich . Gottheil is married with two children and lives as a bookseller in Zurich .

Awards

• 2004: Participant in the 12th open mike 2004 of the Berlin Literature Workshop
• 2005: Text of the Month by the Literaturhaus Zürich
• 2005: Omanut Prize from the Association for the Promotion of Jewish Art in Switzerland
• 2009: Audience award at the Franz Tumler Literature Prize 2009 for the novel Sommervogel
• 2009: Prize of the International Lake Constance Conference
• 2010: Hirzen Book Prize for the novel Sommervogel
• 2011: Sponsorship award from the Miles Rotary Club
• 2013: Recognition prize for the Heinz Weder Prize for poetry

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Lea Gottheil in "Word and Effect"
2. ↑ Foundation's program of June 2, 2013 ( Memento of the original of June 22, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 184 kB) 

Web links

• Official website of Lea Gottheil
• Short biography and reviews of works by Lea Gottheil at perlentaucher.de
• Entry about Lea Gottheil in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland