Peter Rüedi
Peter Rüedi (born January 15, 1943 in Basel ) is a Swiss journalist and dramaturge .
Life
After early childhood, Peter Rüedi grew up in Milan and Como in Arbon in the canton of Thurgau . After graduating from high school in Frauenfeld , he studied German at the University of Basel from 1961 , particularly with Walter Muschg .
In 1966 he became editor of the Zürcher Woche and its Sunday journal (1968–72). In 1974 he became head of the culture department at Weltwoche . In 1980 he switched from journalism to work as a dramaturge in Berlin at the Schillertheater until 1982 . Between 1982 and 1989 he was chief dramaturge at the Schauspielhaus Zürich . Since then, Rüedi has mainly worked for Weltwoche : from 1994 to 1996 he edited the literary supplement Weltwoche Supplement , and currently writes weekly columns on jazz and wine. He occasionally writes CD reviews for Die Zeit .
In 1990 he co-founded the cultural foundation of the canton of Thurgau, of which he was a member of the board of trustees until 1999. He was also a member of the board of trustees of the Swiss cultural foundation Pro Helvetia between 1985 and 1997 .
After he had published the correspondence between Max Frisch and Friedrich Dürrenmatt at Diogenes Verlag in 1998, his extensive Dürrenmatt biography “ Dürrenmatt or The Awareness of the Whole ” was published in 2011 .
Rüedi lives in Tremona .
Works
- A hundred times jazz live. Jazz in Willisau (with Margret Staber). Photos by Andreas Raggenbass. Posters by Niklaus Troxler . Raeber, Luzern 1978, ISBN 3-7239-0051-8 .
- (Ed.) New plays from Switzerland . Eichborn, Frankfurt am Main 1991, ISBN 3-8218-1726-7 .
- (Ed.) Max Frisch, Friedrich Dürrenmatt: Correspondence . Diogenes, Zurich 1998, ISBN 3-257-06174-9 ; Paperback, ibid. 2001, ISBN 3-257-23289-6 .
- (Collaboration) Bruno Spoerri (Ed.): Jazz in Switzerland. History and stories. Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0739-6 .
- Dürrenmatt or The Hunch of the Whole. Biography. Diogenes, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-257-06797-2 .
- Stolen moments. 1522 jazz columns. Real time, Basel 2013, ISBN 978-3905800715
literature
- Ute Kröger: Peter Rüedi . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 3, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 1541 f.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Brief portrait of the Diogenes Verlag
- ↑ On his way of working and his attitude as a jazz critic, cf. Pirmin Bossart: Critics Week at the Jazz Faculty in Lucerne. In: Jazz newspaper . 6/2002, p. 22.
- ↑ Rüedi introduced the correspondence with a detailed essay Almost a friendship .
- ↑ See Andreas Kaiser Dürrenmatt: difficult approach to a monument. In: Swissinfo of December 14, 2010.
- ↑ The Incredible Universe. In: Tages-Anzeiger of September 23, 2011
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rüedi, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss journalist and dramaturge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 15, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Basel , Switzerland |