Leo Tuor
Leo Tuor (born May 29, 1959 in Ilanz ) is a Swiss writer from the Bündner Oberland .
He grew up in Rabius and Disentis, where he attended the convent school and graduated with a type B Matura. In spite of the subsequent secondary teacher studies, he has made his life mainly as an alpine teacher . From 1981 to 1985 Leo Tuor worked as an editor for the Romansh magazine La Talina , which was founded by Father Flurin Maissen . In 1989 he began his work on the scientific edition of the works of the Surselvian poet historiographer Giacun Hasper Muoth (1844–1906) in six volumes under the direction of Iso Camartin, which lasted until 2000 .
In 2004 he was awarded the Hubert Burda Prize for Young Poetry , in 2007 a single work prize from the Swiss Schiller Foundation, and in 2009 the Bündner Literature Prize .
He lives with his wife and three children in Surrein in the remote Val Sumvitg .
Works (in German translation)
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Surselva. Side lights . In: Peter Donatsch (Ed.): Surselva. Landscape on the young Rhine . AS, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-905111-54-3
- Single edition of the text contribution: Surselva. Straglischs / Surselva. Side lights . Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk (SJW 2277), Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-7269-0527-9
- Surselver trilogy:
- Giacumbert Nau. Shepherd on the Greina. Comments on his life . Octopus, Chur 1994, ISBN 3-279-00529-9 ; New edition: Limmat, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-85791-679-3
- Onna Maria Tumera or The Ancestors . Limmat, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-85791-453-X . Revised and supplemented new edition under the title Die Wölfin / La luffa . Limmat, Zurich, 2019.
- Set embrini. Life and opinions . Novel. Limmat, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-85791-624-3
- Cavrein. Narrative. From the Romansh by Claudio Spescha. Limmat, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-85791-732-5
Web links
- Literature by and about Leo Tuor in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry about Leo Tuor in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
- Author's private website
- Author portrait on the Limmat Verlag website
- Winner of the Hubert Burda Prize 2004
- Leo Tuor at lyrikline.org (with translations)
- Daily newspaper Der Standard Leo Tuor read at the St.Veiter Literature Days 2012
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tuor, Leo |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer and alpine master |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 29, 1959 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ilanz |