Michael Fehr

Michael Fehr (* 1982 ) is a Swiss writer from Bern .

The Swiss author Michael Fehr presents his book Simeliberg at the Word Games 2015 in Munich

Fehr studied at the Swiss Literature Institute and the Bern University of the Arts . Among other things, he received the Literature Prize of the Canton of Bern in 2013 and the Kelag Prize for his novel Simeliberg as part of the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2014 .

Fehr suffers from juvenile macular degeneration , a visual impairment that forces him to create his works by dictation.

Works

• Shortly before redemption , 2013, Verlag Der Gesunde Menschenversand , ISBN 978-3-905825-51-0
• Simeliberg , narration, 2014, Verlag Der Healthy Menschenversand, ISBN 978-3-03853-003-9
• Shine and Shade , Narrations, 2017, Publishing House of Healthy People Shipping, ISBN 978-3-03853-039-8

Awards

• 2013 Literature Prize of the Canton of Bern
• 2014 Kelag Prize as part of the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
• 2014 Federwelt Prize for Automatic Literary Criticism
• 2015 Literature Prize of the Canton of Bern
• 2015 Bayern 2 - Wortspiele Prize
• 2017 radio play of the month for Simeliberg
• 2018 Swiss literary prizes for shine and shadow

Web links

• Michael Fehr's website
• Vita, video portrait, reading and jury discussion on the homepage of the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize
• Audio sample of Michael Fehr's appearance at Wortspiele 15 in Munich ( Memento from March 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Manfred Papst: Crime "Simeliberg". In the last crash , NZZ , March 1, 2015
2. ↑ Word games ( Memento from March 7, 2015 in the Internet Archive )