Nicola Bardola

Nicola Bardola (in Montreux 2013)

Nicola Bardola (born April 27, 1959 in Zurich ) is a Swiss author , journalist and translator .

Life

Nicola Bardola, son of the Swiss mathematician and bridge master Marcello Bardola and the housewife with a commercial diploma and bridge player Elena Hoeffleur, attended the canton school Rämibühl and the canton school Stadelhofen . After graduating from high school , at the age of 19 he published texts on university topics in the Bern Student Union's weekly calendar , concert reviews in the Berner Zeitung and his first poem “Fallobst für Tantalus” on February 15, 1979 in Student Bern . On May 28, 1979, his poem "Ampelfrühling" appeared in the Berner Zeitung . From then on he published poems and prose, book and record reviews as well as film and concert reviews in newspapers, magazines and anthologies.

Bardola studied German, Romance languages ​​and philosophy at the Universities of Zurich, Bern and Munich. In 1984 he obtained the degree Licentiatus Philosophiae at the University of Zurich with Professor Michael Böhler with a thesis on theories of modern poetry . In 1985 he founded the column “Lyrik-Revue” in the monthly magazine Münchner Buchmagazin , which is continued online today and appears monthly. Since 1985 he has worked as an editor, library and publishing editor in Munich. He was editor-in-chief for booksellers' advertising material at Rossipaul Verlagsgesellschaft, editor-in-chief of the specialist magazine for children's and youth media Eselsohr , editor for children's and young people's books at cbj and editor for fiction at Verlag Karl Blessing . He became known in 2005 with the novel Schlemm , which deals with assisted suicide. In other publications he campaigned for the liberalization of euthanasia in Germany based on the Swiss "Exit" model.

During his work in the International Youth Library from 1986 to 1993 as a lecturer and in charge of public relations, Nicola Bardola dealt with children's and youth literature and has been promoting reading ever since. He translated books for children and young people into German, blogged for the Central Directory of Antiquarian Books (ZVAB), and made films with Focus Schule. In 2005 he was a juror at the German Youth Literature Prize for the complete works of a translator. Read his almanac ! was published from 2005 to 2010 with reading recommendations for children and young people. In 2015 he was a guest lecturer at the LMU in the book studies course on the subject of press and public relations. His contributions appeared a. a. in the anthologies "On the work of Roger Willemsen - The Passionate Contemporary", edited by Insa Wilke (S. Fischer, 2015) or in "The Hope in Your Luggage - Encounters with Refugees", edited by Cornelia von Schelling and Andrea Stickel (Allitera, 2015). His articles and reviews have appeared in the Börsenblatt , BuchMarkt , Abendzeitung , Neue Zürcher Zeitung , Süddeutsche Zeitung , and Die Zeit .

His books have been translated into English, Greek, Italian, Portuguese and Spanish. He lives near Munich.

Publications

• Read it! Up to date - The 50 best children's and young people's books. Omnibus, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-570-27039-4 .
• Slam . A1, Munich 2005, ISBN 3-927743-79-8 / Heyne, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-453-81169-0 / Piper, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-492-98507-9 .
• Read it! Volume 2, 50 important books for young people. cbt, Munich 2006, ISBN 978-3-570-30342-9 .
• My best. German authors of young books tell. Arena, Würzburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-401-05941-9 .
• Read it! Volume 3, The 50 Best Children's and Young People's Books 2008. Omnibus, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-570-21843-3 .
• Accompanied suicide. A plea for self-determination about your own life. Südwest, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-517-08302-5 .
• Read it! Volume 4, The 50 Best Children's and Young People's Books 2009. cbj, Munich 2008, ISBN 978-3-570-22002-3 .
• You grow better with picture books. (Together with Stefan Hauck, Mladen Jandrlic, Susanna Wengeler) Thienemann, Stuttgart 2009, ISBN 978-3-522-43631-1 .
• Bestseller with a bite. Dear friendship and vampires - Everything about the author Stephenie Meyer , Heyne, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-453-81182-9 .
• Read it! Volume 5, The 50 best children's and young people's books 2010. cbj, Munich 2009, ISBN 978-3-570-22144-0 .
• John Lennon - turning points. Römerhof-Verlag, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-905894-07-3 .
• Read it! Volume 6, The 50 best books for children and young people 2011. cbj, Munich 2010, ISBN 978-3-570-22262-1 .
• Morton Rhue : Life and Work. About the bestselling author of "Die Welle" and "I shoot you off!". With a previously unpublished short story. Ravensburger Buchverlag, Ravensburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-473-58407-9 .
• Utopias. A reader. S. Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2012, ISBN 978-3-596-90391-7 .
• Yoko Ono : The Biography Verlag Langen-Müller, 2012, ISBN 978-3-784-48128-9 .
• Wolfgang Hohlbein : Life and Work. Ueberreuter / Neobooks, Vienna, Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-8476-4410-1 .
• Light in the bunker. The Debate on Violence in Youth Literature. A documentation. dtv, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-423-42788-3 .
• Stalemate. Piper, Munich 2015, ISBN 978-3-492-98503-1 .
• Reading luck. How does my child learn to read? (Together with Stefan Hauck, Mladen Jandrlic, Alexandra Rak, Christoph Schäfer, Ralf Schweikart) Arena, Würzburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-401-70798-3 .
• Elena Ferrante - my brilliant author. Reclam-Verlag 2019, ISBN 978-3150111895 .
• How children read books (together with Stefan Hauck, Mladen Jandrlic, Alexandra Rak, Christoph Schäfer, Ralf Schweikart) Carlsen, Hamburg 2020, ISBN 978-3-551-25267-8
• Ringo Starr - The biography. Edition Olms, Zurich 2020, ISBN 3-283-01295-4

reception

- Regarding “Schlemm” : The novel received a lot of media attention. Bardola appeared on numerous talk shows , including with Johannes B. Kerner, Wieland Backes and Markus Lanz. The literary criticism responded positively. The Focus wrote: "Bardola's factual novel is set in Switzerland - and hits a nerve in Germany". Der Spiegel wrote: “The novel is clearly assembled, the tone is more objective. Bardola authentically describes the upheavals that are triggered in a family by the decision for a planned death ”.

- The Neue Zürcher Zeitung wrote about “John Lennon - turning points” : “From the flood of publications, 'John Lennon. Turning Points' by Nicola Bardola. (...) A thoroughly well-researched biography "

- The Bayerischer Rundfunk wrote about “Yoko Ono - The Biography” : “It is one of the very few biographies currently available on Yoko Ono's life and work; it is the most comprehensive and up-to-date. Bardola describes and analyzes the many facets of the dazzling personality of Yoko Ono in detail. "

- Several interviews with Nicola Bardola appeared on “Elena Ferrante - My ingenious author” . The NDR wrote: "Nicola Bardola has leaned over the entire work like a detective (...) With every piece of information that Bardola gives us, the tension in this identity thriller increases. A remarkable book that is very enjoyable to read!"

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Poetry Revue | THE POEM blog. Retrieved on June 4, 2020 (German). 
2. ^ Nicola Bardola: Switzerland - euthanasia also for foreigners. at the Evangelical Academy Tutzing
3. ↑ GIPFELRUF Episode 45: Nicola Bardola | dasgedichtblog | THE POEM blog. September 20, 2012, accessed June 4, 2020 (German). 
4. ↑ Read it! - Publisher's advertisement , accessed on January 11, 2016.
5. ^ Literacy.at: Children's books by year. Retrieved June 4, 2020 . 
6. ↑ FOCUS Online: Reading with the audio pen "Ting". Retrieved June 4, 2020 . 
7. ↑ Read it! 2. Accessed June 4, 2020 . 
8. ↑ opus5 interactive medien gmbh https://www.opus5.de : The passionate contemporary, S. FISCHER. Retrieved June 4, 2020 . 
9. ↑ Süddeutsche Zeitung: A girl? Throw it away! Retrieved June 4, 2020 . 
10. ^ Review in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung on October 8, 2010, accessed on January 2, 2011.
11. ↑ Today & tomorrow SCHLEMM again at arte | Book market. February 25, 2006, accessed on June 4, 2020 (German). 
12. ↑ Tonight BuchMarkt author Nicola Bardola is guest of Johannes B. Kerner with his debut novel "Schlemm" | Book market. November 9, 2005, accessed June 4, 2020 (German). 
13. ↑ imfernsehen GmbH & Co KG: Markus Lanz, episode 11. Accessed on June 4, 2020 . 
14. ↑ FOCUS Online: Bridge to the Hereafter. Retrieved June 4, 2020 . 
15. ↑ LITERATURE: Calculated farewell - DER SPIEGEL 50/2005. Retrieved June 4, 2020 . 
16. ^ A New John Lennon Biography | NZZ. Retrieved June 4, 2020 . 
17. ↑ Bayerischer Rundfunk: Zündfunk Generator. October 18, 2012, accessed June 4, 2020 . 
18. ↑ Newsletter of the Swiss book trade. Retrieved June 4, 2020 . 
19. ↑ Una scrittrice misteriosa - Video. Retrieved June 4, 2020 (Italian). 
20. ^ NDR: Nicola Bardola: "Elena Ferrante - my brilliant author". Retrieved June 4, 2020 . 

Web links

• Publications by and about Nicola Bardola in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
• Literature by and about Nicola Bardola in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Nicola Bardola at perlentaucher.de
• Nicola Bardola's website
• Portrait in BuchMarkt / people / nicola-bardola-60
• Portrait in literaturportal-bayern.de