Pericles Monioudis

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Perikles Monioudis during a radio talk in the mobile ARD studio (Leipzig Book Fair 2016).

Perikles Monioudis (born September 8, 1966 in Glarus , Switzerland) is a Swiss writer and journalist.

Life

Perikles Monioudis grew up bilingually (German and Greek) as the son of Greek parents who immigrated to Switzerland from the cosmopolitan Alexandria two years before his birth . He graduated from all schools in Glarus , made in 1987 at the district school Glarus the Matura and graduated in 1993 with a degree in sociology , political science and the general public law at the University of Zurich from ( lic.phil.I ). In 1991 he founded the group of authors "Netz".

The confusion , his first novel, appeared in 1993 and was awarded the book prize of the city of Zurich. From 1995 onwards he took advantage of various residency grants (Toronto, Philadelphia, etc.) and moved to Berlin after being awarded a five-month grant from the Berlin Senate at the Berlin Literary Colloquium . For his second novel The Passenger Ship (1995) he received the Swiss Schiller Foundation Prize . For his book of stories Die Forstarbeiter, die Lichtung (1996) he was awarded the Hermann Ganz Prize of the Swiss Writers' Association. He has received numerous grants (such as the grant from the Süddeutscher Rundfunk in the Stuttgarter Schriftstellerhaus , 1996; Akademie Schloss Solitude , Stuttgart, 1998; Schloss Wiepersdorf , 1998; New York grant from the Swiss cultural foundation Pro Helvetia , 2001) and prizes. Monioudis represented Switzerland at the Frankfurt Book Fair in 1998 (guest country Switzerland) and in 2001 Germany at the Salon du livre in Paris.

He read and taught at over a dozen universities each in the US and Europe. His reading tours have taken him to Egypt, Belgium, Brazil, France, Greece, Holland, Iran, Ireland, Italy, Croatia, Korea, Austria, Poland, Serbia, Slovenia, Syria, Turkey, Hungary and the USA. In 2005 he taught at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) in Cambridge, Mass.

Perikles Monioudis has lived in Zurich again since 2007 . From 2007 to 2013 he worked for the online editing and editing of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung . In the fall semester 2011/12 he was the first observer-in-residence at the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHdK) . Since 2013 he has been working for the world football association FIFA , where he is the editor-in-chief of FIFA magazine.

Perikles Monioudis has been married to the writer Dana Grigorcea since 2007 . The marriage resulted in two children. Monioudis is a member of the Swiss Society for Sociology, the MIT Radio Society and the Radio Society of Great Britain.

Works

  • Azra and Kosmás . Aachen: Rimbaud Verlag 2019. ISBN 978-3-89086-304-7 .
  • Robert Walser. Life in Pictures. A biography . Deutscher Kunstverlag, Berlin and Munich 2018. ISBN 978-3-422-07472-9 .
  • Frederick. Novel. Munich: dtv hardcover 2016. ISBN 978-3-423-28079-2
  • Boy with shorts. Narrative. Olten: Knapp 2011. ISBN 978-3-905848-46-5
  • Anna's Carnifex. A piece in five pictures / Es Stugg i five pictures. Glarus: Baeschlin 2010. ISBN 3-85546-224-0
  • Country. Novel. Zurich: Ammann 2007, ISBN 978-3-250-60112-8 ; Munich: dtv 2017.
  • Freuler's return. Detective novel. Munich: Nymphenburger (Langen Müller Herbig) 2005; Munich: dtv 2007. ISBN 3-485-01038-3
  • The blue telegram . Berlin: Berlin hand press 2005.
  • In the ether. In the ether. A poetological consideration of the sciences and a scientific consideration of poetry. Original edition German-English. Aachen: Rimbaud 2005. ISBN 3-89086-628-X
  • The city on the golf course. Thessaloniki, Berlin, Zurich, Alexandria . Afterword by Ingo Schulze. Aachen: Rimbaud 2004. ISBN 3-89086-659-X
  • The angels in heaven . Berlin: Berlin hand press 2003.
  • In New York. September 24, 2001-12. October 2001 . Afterword by Hendrik Rost. Berlin: Atalante 2003.
  • Hatching the world. Young writer about writing . Edited by Perikles Monioudis. Berlin: Quadriga 2000.
  • Palladium. Novel. Berlin: Berlin Verlag 2000; Berlin: BTV 2003. ISBN 3-8333-0248-8
  • The truffle hunter. Stories. Stuttgart: Solitude 1999.
  • Germany flight. A dream. Novel. Berlin: Berlin Verlag 1998. ISBN 3-8270-0295-8
  • Ice. Novel. Berlin: Berlin Verlag 1997. ISBN 3-8270-0252-4
  • As far as the eye can see. A story from the mountains . Berlin: set up in 1996.
  • The forest workers on the mountain edge. Stories. Special edition. Glarus: Baeschlin 2017. ISBN 978-3-85546-324-4 (The forest workers, the clearing . Zurich: Nagel & Kimche 1996)
  • The passenger ship. Novel. Zurich: Nagel & Kimche 1995.
  • The mix-up . Zurich: Rotpunkt 1993.
  • The favorite of objects . Glarus: Trumpet 1991; Berlin: construction 1995; Aachen: Rimbaud 2006. ISBN 3-89086-617-4

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Literature (selection)

  • Kraft, Thomas (ed.): Lexicon of contemporary German-language literature since 1945, founded by H. Kunisch . Munich: Nymphenburger 2003.
  • Mazenauer, Beat: Perikles Monioudis. In: Critical Lexicon for Contemporary German Literature , KLG. Munich: edition text + kritik, 1978 ff., P. 308 f.
  • Rapp, Karolina: The Odysseus myth in the works of Perikles Monioudis. In: Dominas, Konrad et al .: Antiquity in popular culture and literature. Berlin: Frank & Timme 2016, pp. 59–78.
  • Bachmann, Plinio: The language of the lost homeland. Four authors from the youngest generation - Perikles Monioudis, Urs Richle, Ruth Schweikert, Peter Weber . In: Christian Döring (ed.): German-language contemporary literature. Against their despisers . Frankfurt / M .: Suhrkamp 1995.
  • Kreitinger, Brooke D .: Are Baklava and Burgers Enough? Seeking Cosmopolitanism through Culinary Practices, Food, and Food Cultures in Perikles Monioudis's Land [...] . In: Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies . Toronto: University of Toronto Press, Volume 53, Number 2, May 2017, pp. 138-158.
  • Kreitinger, Brooke D .: Existence by Comparison: Overcoming Distance in Perikles Monioudis' “Land” . In: The Spatial Imagination of Accelerated Globalization in Contemporary German-language Novels . Washington, DC: Georgetown University 2012, pp. 170-187.
  • Schwarz, Robert: Germany flight. A dream by Perikles Monioudis . In: World Literature Today . Oklahoma: University of Oklahoma 1999, Vol. 73, No. 2, p. 332.
  • Peters, Laura: Spree-Athens in Perikles Monioudis "Palladium". In: Stadttext und Selbstbild , Heidelberg: Universitätsverlag Winter 2012, pp. 237–241.
  • Haupt, Sabine: The virtues of boredom. On the work of Perikles Monioudis. In: new german literature 2/1997, Berlin: construction. Pp. 160-165.
  • Schulze, Ingo: Three days in Thessaloniki. To Perikles Monioudis' "The City by the Golfs". In: What do we want? Berlin: Berlin Verlag 2009.
  • Ledanff, Susanne: The Renouveau of the social novel . In: Capital fantasies. Berlin City Readings in Contemporary Literature 1989-2008 . Bielefeld: Aisthesis Verlag 2009. P. 542 ff.
  • Camartin, Iso: Laudation for the Prix Hermann Ganz 1997 to Perikles Monioudis. In: Forum of Writers , No. 11 (1998), Aarau: Sauerländer Verlag 1998, pp. 92–96.
  • König, Annette: Cultural identity-finding processes [...] in "Land" by Perikles Monioudis. In: World Write. Globalization tendencies in contemporary German-language literature from Switzerland. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag 2013, pp. 90–98.
  • Krumbholz, Martin: What more does the man want? Perikles Monioudis writes in minor. In: Die Zeit, No. 43/2000.
  • Siblewski, Klaus: Two bodies and a third. Perikles Monioudis and the laws of motion of love. In: Frankfurter Rundschau, January 20, 2001.
  • Reinacher, Pia: Museum Island, love nest. Big catch: Perikles Monioudis' novel "Palladium" . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, April 28, 2001.
  • Leipprand, Eva: Anyone looking to be close to me cannot be helped. Perikles Monioudis finds beauty in Berlin. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung, December 6, 2000.
  • Kedves, Alexandra: Flying is better. Perikles Monioudis dreams a delicate dream of technology and therapy. In: Die Zeit, October 1, 1998.
  • Kedves, Alexandra: Sugar-sweet tongues - Perikles Monioudis comes to Zurich. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , 3./4. February 2007.
  • Doering, Sabine: The refugee as a flaneur. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, January 15, 2008.
  • Doering, Sabine: What will happen to father's dog? In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, September 29, 1999.
  • Müller, Lothar: Conquering love and air. Perikles Monioudis takes off for the "Deutschlandflug". In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 31, 1998.
  • Bucheli, Roman: The love of football. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, July 26, 2011.
  • Friday, Annette: high-performance artist and myth. In: Journal21.ch, May 31, 2016.
  • Shoes, Gregor: Always on the go. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, August 13, 2004.
  • Hillgruber, Katrin: Our sea. School of vision: "Land" by Perikles Monioudis. In: Der Tagesspiegel, February 17, 2008.
  • Schütz, Erhard: Flight dream, description of love. Exercise on authorship. In: Friday, February 26, 1999.
  • Wallmann, Hermann: From someone who insatiable frugally sticks to things. In: Basler Zeitung, December 4, 1998.
  • Vogler, Heini: Conversation with Perikles Monioudis (with reading). 52 Best books. In: Schweizer Radio DRS 2, September 23, 2007.
  • Kramatschek, Claudia: Assume - and refute. In: Die Wochenzeitung (literature supplement) 40, 1999.
  • Pulver, Elsbeth: Etudes of transience: Tales by Perikles Monioudis. In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung, April 3, 1996.
  • Kretzen, Friederike: Work discussion with Perikles Monioudis. In: Swiss Monthly Issues 89 (2009), Issue 974.
  • Zurcher, Patricia: Portrait de groupe avec figure absente. In: Le Passe-muraille 40 (1999). Lausanne: Le Passe-Muraille. Pp. 16-17.
  • Zurcher, Patricia: A boire et à manger . Le Passe-Muraille 34 (1998). Lausanne: Le Passe-Muraille, p. 15.
  • Bonin, Sonja: A coffee with the writer Perikles Monioudis. In: Der Tagesspiegel, July 6, 1999.
  • Leis, Sandra: Four men and an airplane. In: Der kleine Bund, October 3, 1998, p. 7.
  • Dieckmann, Dorothea: Small catastrophes. Perikles Monioudis' stories "The forest workers, the clearing". In: Die Zeit, September 27, 1996.
  • Krumbholz, Martin: Lonely travelers. Perikles Monioudis goes into the vast “land” of the human soul. In: Deutschlandfunk, broadcast contribution, March 5, 2008.
  • Weidner, Stefan: Allegory of the secondary world. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, October 29, 2001.
  • Hartung, Harald: Quickly over the sheet. Hour of the tendrils. In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 3, 2000.

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personal data
SURNAME Monioudis, Pericles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer and journalist
DATE OF BIRTH September 8, 1966
PLACE OF BIRTH Glarus