Milena Moser

Milena Moser (born July 13, 1963 in Zurich ) is a Swiss writer .

Life

Milena Moser was born as the daughter of the psychologist Marlis Pörtner and the writer Paul Pörtner . Her younger brother Stephan Pörtner is also a writer. After graduating from high school, she completed an apprenticeship as a bookseller and then wrote for Swiss broadcasters. She also wrote books for which she could not find a publisher. So she founded the Krösus Verlag, where the book Die Putzfraueninsel was published. This developed into a bestseller , and Peter Timm adapted it for the cinema.

In 1998 Milena Moser and her family moved to San Francisco for eight years . Back in Switzerland, she founded a “writing school” with Sibylle Berg and her agent at the time, Anne Wieser. In her “writing studio” in Aarau she gave writing courses for laypeople; In addition, she accompanied school classes as a “writing coach” when writing a joint work.

In 2015 Milena Moser moved to the USA again. In Santa Fe, New Mexico , she bought a house that she lived alone at first. There the successful author devotes herself entirely to writing. Since May 2020 she has been married to the Mexican artist Victor-Mario Zaballa for the third time. She is the mother of two sons.

Awards

Between 1991 and 1993 Milena Moser received work grants from the Pro Helvetia Foundation , the Federation of Migros Cooperatives and the Education Directorate of the Canton of Zurich.

Works

Broken Hearts or My First to Eleventh Murder . Stories. Krösus, Zurich 1990; Blanvalet, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-442-36227-X .
The cleaning woman island . Novel. Krösus, Zurich 1991; Blanvalet, Munich 2004, ISBN 3-442-36128-1 .
The bitch book . Stories. Krösus, Zurich 1992; Blanvalet, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-442-36175-3 .
Blonde dreams . Novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1994; as a paperback ibid. 2004, ISBN 3-499-23608-7 .
My father and other impostors . Novel. Rowohlt, Reinbek 1996; as paperback ibid. 1998, ISBN 3-499-22233-7 .
The fax book . An exchange of letters with Angela Praesent . Rowohlt Taschenbuch, Reinbek 1996, ISBN 3-499-13928-6 .
The life of the sailors. A newspaper novel in sequels (from the Tages-Anzeiger ). Rowohlt Taschenbuch, Reinbek 1999, ISBN 3-499-22621-9 .
Artichoke heart . Novel. Blessing, Munich 1999; Goldmann, Munich 2001, ISBN 3-442-35520-6 .
Banana feet . Novel. Blessing, Munich 2001; Blanvalet, Munich 2003, ISBN 3-442-35901-5 .
Sofa, yoga, murder . Novel. Blessing, Munich 2003; Blanvalet, Munich 2006, ISBN 3-442-36380-2 .
Slut Yoga or Where's the Way to Enlightenment? Blessing, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-89667-278-9 ; Heyne, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-453-60041-6 .
Mare bite . Roman, Blessing, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-89667-217-9 ; Heyne, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-453-40740-4 .
Flowers in your hair. How to be happy in San Francisco . Blessing, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-89667-343-5 ; Heyne, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-453-40675-9 .
Would-be . Novel. Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-312-00452-2 .
Monday people . Novel. Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2012, ISBN 978-3-312-00496-6
Real life . Novel. Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-312-00576-5 .
Happiness always looks different . Nagel & Kimche, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-312-00653-3 .
Instructions for use for Zurich . Piper, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3492276597
Behind these blue mountains , Verlag Nagel & Kimche, 2017, ISBN 978-3312010172
Land of Sons , Verlag Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 2018
The beautiful life of the dead: the carefree approach to the end , illustrated by Victor-Maria Zaballa, Verlag Kein & Aber, Zurich 2019