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Martin Roda Becher (born October 21, 1944 in New York ) is a Swiss writer , screenwriter and literary critic . He has published novels and short stories, screenplays, radio plays and plays and works for various newspapers, magazines and radio stations.

Life

Martin Roda Becher is the son of the writer Ulrich Becher and Dana, the daughter of the Austrian writer Alexander Roda Roda . When he was four years old, the family moved to Europe. He grew up in Vienna, Munich and Berlin before the family permanently moved to Basel in 1955 . From 1965 to 1968 he trained as an actor and director at the Zurich stage studio . He then worked as an assistant director and screenwriter for feature and documentary productions. He took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize in 1980 .

Martin Roda Becher lives as a freelance writer in Basel. His legacy is in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern .

Works

• Chronicle of a damp evening . Three stories. Diogenes, Zurich 1965
• Pinball . Novel. Diogenes, Zurich 1968
• Season for heroes . Novel. Piper, Munich 1970, ISBN 3-492-01827-0
• The pink goat . Novel. Benziger, Zurich 1975; New version: Dielmann, Frankfurt am Main 1997, ISBN 3-929232-27-8
• In the wind tunnel of history . Stories. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1981, ISBN 3-518-04055-3
• At the limits of amazement. Essays on the fantastic . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1983, ISBN 3-518-37415-X ( Fantastic Library 99)
• The rustling garden . Two stories. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1983, ISBN 3-518-11187-6 ( edition suhrkamp 1187)
• Posterity . Fantastic stories. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1984, ISBN 3-518-37541-5 (Fantastic Library 135)
• Restlessness among the passengers . Records. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-518-11352-6 (edition suhrkamp 1352)
• Stories of Atlantis (as editor). Luchterhand, Darmstadt 1986, ISBN 3-472-61587-7
• Farewell course . Three stories. Dielmann, Frankfurt am Main 1998, ISBN 3-929232-75-8
• The last flèche . A story about fencing . Dielmann, Frankfurt am Main 1999, ISBN 3-929232-47-2
• Permanent guests. My family history . Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-312-00267-2

Radio plays

• Knock . Swiss Radio DRS , 1975
• The man who is only made of hair . DRS, 1979
• Hansel and Gretel . DRS, 1980
• Before and after . DRS, 1982

Plays

• Thrill . Detective farce. Stückemarkt of the Berlin Theatertreffen 1991
• Dear undead . comedy
• Playing with bills . comedy
• Santa Lucia . A comedy based on the novel “Das Profil” by Ulrich Becher

Movies

• Freckles . Screenplay (together with Helmut Förnbacher ), 1968
• Head in the water, tail in the air . Screenplay (with Helmut Förnbacher), 1969
• Bite me darling! . Screenplay (with Helmut Förnbacher), 1970
• For example Hugo . Documentary feature film. Screenplay and co-director, 1973

literature

• Brigitte Marschall: Martin Roda Becher . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 1, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 139.

Web links

• Publications by and about Martin Roda Becher in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
• Vorlass Martin Roda Becher in the HelveticArchives archive database of the Swiss National Library
• Literature by and about Martin Roda Becher in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry about Martin Roda Becher in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
• Martin Roda Becher in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• Author page of the Axel Dielmann Verlag
• Author's website from Thomas Sessler Verlag