Markus Ramseier
Markus Ramseier (born August 12, 1955 in Liestal ; † July 21, 2019 ) was a Swiss writer and name researcher .
Life
Markus Ramseier grew up in Pratteln . He completed his studies in German , English and Romance studies at the University of Basel in 1985 with a doctorate on the subject of dialect and standard German at the radio in German and Romansh Switzerland . He then worked as a research assistant at the German Seminar at the University of Basel.
He later worked as a teacher , journalist and publishing editor . From 2008–2011 he was director of the Liestal Poet and City Museum . From 1995 to 2017 he was in charge of the work on the Baselbieter name book on behalf of the Baselland Foundation for Local and Field Name Research .
Ramseier emerged as a writer of prose works . He was a member of the Association of Authors of Switzerland and the Basel Lever Foundation . In 2002 he took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt .
He lived with his family in Pratteln. Ramseier died of cancer in July 2019 at the age of 63.
Awards
- 1992: Swiss Workers' Literature Prize
- 1994: Literature Prize for Work and Everyday Life
- 1995: Book Prize of the Canton of Bern
- 2001: Bettina von Arnim Prize
- 2014: Culture Prize of the Canton of Basel-Landschaft
Works
Linguistics
- Dialect and standard language on the radio in German and Romansh Switzerland . Sauerländer, Aarau 1988, ISBN 3-7941-2910-5 (Sprachlandschaft, Vol. 6).
- Language lessons - theory and practice. Basics of the “Swiss language book” (with Elly and Hans Glinz ). Sabe, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-252-02070-X .
- (together with numerous employees :) Baselbieter name book. The place and field names of the canton of Basel-Landschaft. Volumes 1-7. Verlag des Kantons Basel-Landschaft, Liestal 2017, ISBN 978-3-906819-17-4 .
Fiction
- Meander valley . Novel. Cosmos, Muri bei Bern 1994, ISBN 3-305-00361-8 .
- The land of the last meters . Novel. Cosmos, Muri bei Bern 1998, ISBN 3-305-00361-8 .
- How do you kiss an angel Novel. Cosmos, Muri bei Bern 2002, ISBN 3-305-00363-4 .
- Holes . Stories with pictures. Wolfbach, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3-9522831-9-3 .
- Light . Stories. Cosmos, Muri bei Bern 2009, ISBN 978-3-305-00364-8 .
- Bird hay . Novel. Haymon, Innsbruck 2013, ISBN 978-3-7099-7013-3 .
- On an unfurnished night . Novel. Haymon, Innsbruck 2018, ISBN 978-3-7099-3420-3 .
- Ärbslizeller. Columns from Basel . Wolfbach publishing house. The 2019 series, ISBN 9783906929309 .
literature
- Markus Ramseier. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2018/2019. Volume II: P-Z. Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-057616-0 , p. 742.
Web links
- Literature by and about Markus Ramseier in the catalog of the German National Library
- Website by Markus Ramseier
- Entry about Markus Ramseier in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
- Entry in the Bibliomedia Foundation's authors' directory
Individual evidence
- ↑ Markus Gasser: Baselbieter writer: He searched and collected the appropriate words , SRF from July 22, 2019, accessed on July 22, 2019
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ramseier, Markus |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 12, 1955 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Liestal |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 2019 |