Lorenz Marti

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Lorenz Marti

Lorenz Marti (born April 25, 1952 in Niederlenz ; † May 27, 2020 ) was a Swiss writer , radio journalist and religious editor for the cultural broadcaster Schweizer Radio DRS 2 .

Life

Lorenz Marti, son of the Bernese pastor and writer Kurt Marti , wrote all kinds of stories as a four-year-old child, later articles for school and student newspapers, for the daily press and various magazines. From 1973 to 1980 he studied history and politics at the University of Bern and graduated with a lic. phil. hist ( MA ) as a historian .

From 1977 to the end of 2012 he worked as a religion editor for the Swiss radio station DRS. His Sunday morning broadcast Perspectives achieved an extraordinary market share. He was with the magazine “ saemann ” from 2002, and after its integration in 2008 in “ reformed. “He continued to be a writer and columnist there .

In his books he asked about the importance of philosophical and religious wisdom in everyday life; other main topics were: the art of living , mysticism and the connection between science and spirituality . His best-known works are “A handful of star dust” and “By the way, life is beautiful”.

Marti lived in Bern with his wife Corina Bräuer . He is the father of an adult daughter.

Fonts

  • How does a mystic lace his shoes? - The big questions and the daily odds and ends . Herder, Freiburg i. Br. 2004, ISBN 978-3-451-05687-1
    • Translations have been published in the Netherlands 2005, South Korea 2005, Brazil 2008, Poland 2009.
  • Who showed you the way? A dog! - Mysticism on the leash of the everyday . Herder, Freiburg i. Br. 2007, ISBN 978-3-451-29474-7
  • A handful of star dust: What the universe says about the happiness of existence . Cross, Freiburg i. Br. 2012, ISBN 978-3-451-61109-4
  • By the way, life is beautiful - discoveries on the back of the obvious . Kreuz, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-451-61237-4
  • The inner compass: what defines us and what really matters . Herder, Freiburg i. Br. 2017, ISBN 978-3-451-37520-0
  • Doors open! Spirituality for free spirits , Herder, Freiburg i. Br. 2019, ISBN 978-3-451-38941-2

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lorenz Marti obituary on sich-erinnern.ch from June 2, 2020
  2. ^ Farewell interview with Lorenz Marti from Radio DRS 2: "Music for a guest". (No longer available online.) December 9, 2012, formerly in the original ; Retrieved February 28, 2013 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.srf.ch  
personal data
SURNAME Marti, Lorenz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss journalist and book author
DATE OF BIRTH April 25, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Niederlenz
DATE OF DEATH May 27, 2020