Nicolas Eyer

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Nicolas Eyer (born September 5, 1986 in Brig-Glis ) is a Swiss writer .

biography

Nicolas Eyer studied philosophy and ancient history at the University of Bern , where he obtained a Master of Arts degree in 2012 with a thesis on René Descartes . He then trained as a high school teacher at the PH Bern . Since his high school days at the College Spiritus Sanctus in Brig, he has been an author of fiction works.

In 2011 he received the award of the Walliser Writers' Association for his work The Shards of Heaven . His book The Moon Summoner , published in 2015, contains several stories. The story Kamikochi , published in 2017, takes place in the Japanese mountain valley of the same name and is about local legends. The mythical creature Kappa also plays an important role here. Behind the edges of the world (2019), on the other hand, spans Scotland, Switzerland and the Amazon and is about the search for a mysterious primeval parrot.

Eyer's texts generally deal with the relationship between man and nature as well as travel and his homeland, the Swiss canton of Valais .

Eyer was co-editor of the anthologies Rhonewind (2014) and Talwind II (2017). He lives in Brig .

Works (selection)

  • About the afterlife pass. A trip home. Narrative. Publishing house of the regional newspaper Aletsch Goms, Fiesch 2009.
  • The shards of heaven. Story about Geo Chavez's first flight into the Alps in 1910. Published by the Geo Chavez Foundation, Brig 2010.
  • The moon conjurer. Stories. Edition Signathur, Dozwil 2015.
  • Kamikochi. A story from Japan. Narrative. Edition Signathur, Dozwil 2017.
  • Behind the edges of the world. Novel. Illustrations by Annelies Benelli. Edition Signathur, Dozwil 2019.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Portrait and catalog raisonné
  2. ^ Nicolas Eyer | Current. Retrieved on February 22, 2018 (German).
  3. ↑ The Search for Lost Worlds - Kurt Schnidrig. Retrieved September 16, 2019 (German).
  4. ↑ Nicolas Eyer's website. Retrieved July 4, 2016 .
  5. ^ Nicolas Eyer | Current. Retrieved September 16, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Eyer, Nicolas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH 5th September 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Brig-Glis , Switzerland