Max Dohner

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Max Dohner (born July 15, 1954 ) is a Swiss writer and journalist .

Life

Dohner grew up in Uetikon on Lake Zurich. His father was a shift worker, his mother a housewife. He studied German and philosophy at the University of Zurich , after which he worked as a German teacher. From 1980 to 1985 he lived in Nicaragua and worked as a language teacher at the Central American University (UCA) in Managua as a translator and interpreter. Max Dohner has been a writer and journalist since 1985. He is a member of the Association of Authors of Switzerland (AdS) and works as a permanent writer for az Nordwestschweiz , the third largest daily newspaper in Switzerland.

Works

  • More time than life: stories at the wrong time, in the wrong place, with the right feeling. Verlag im Effingerhof, Lenzburg 1996, ISBN 3-85648-117-6 .
  • Hügli - c'est moi. AT-Verlag, Aarau / Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-85502-782-X .
  • The seven ages of love. teamart-Verlag, Zurich 2006, ISBN 978-3-908126-29-4 .
  • Liebeslauben: 77 whisperings to refine our deepest passion. Rüffer & Rub, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-907625-35-4 .
  • The happiness of the fugitives. Braumüller Literaturverlag, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-99200-108-8 .
  • Hardly any gradient in the sky. Stories and portraits. Rüffer & Rub, Zurich 2019, ISBN 978-3-906304-46-5 .

Book contributions

  • The ferris wheel . In: Love Love Love - love at first sight. Fischer Taschenbuch Verlag, Frankfurt / Main 2001, ISBN 3-596-14971-1 .
  • Rebel. in the newspaper. where else? . In: Ueli Sager: The repetitive look , Verlag Martin Wallimann, Alpnach 2011, ISBN 978-3-908713-93-7 .

Prizes and awards

  • 1992: First prize, prose competition, Marianne and Curt Dienemann Foundation, Lucerne
  • 1995: Grant for literature, Aargauer Kuratorium
  • 1999: Work grant, Elisabeth Forberg Foundation, Lucerne
  • 2000: Media Prize Aargau / Solothurn
  • 2001: Work grant from the Canton of Zurich
  • 2001: BZ prize for local journalism, special prize from the jury, Friborg / Bern
  • 2002: Contribution to artistic creation, Aargauer Kuratorium
  • 2005: Journalist of the year, regional category, specialist magazine "Schweizer Journalist"
  • 2008: Contribution to artistic creation, Aargauer Kuratorium
  • 2009: BZ Prize for Local Journalism, Friborg / Bern
  • 2009: Eastern Switzerland Media Prize, St. Gallen
  • 2010: artist studio, Salvador da Bahia, Brazil. Aargau Board of Trustees
  • 2011: Work grant, Aargau Board of Trustees
  • 2012: Shortlist for the Henri Nannen Prize, Hamburg

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personal data
SURNAME Dohner, Max
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer and author
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1954