Philipp Tingler

Philipp Tingler (* 1970 in West Berlin ) is a Swiss - German writer and literary critic .

Philipp Tingler (2008)

Life

Tingler studied economics and philosophy at the University of St. Gallen (HSG), the London School of Economics and the University of Zurich and worked at the Institute for Economic Research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Zurich . He is a former scholarship holder of the German National Academic Foundation and was co-editor of an economic case study in 2002. He received his doctorate on the work of Thomas Mann at the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Zurich .

His first novel, Hübsche attempts (2000), ironically portrayed Zurich's social life. In 2001 Tingler read in the competition for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize ; his text was discussed controversially within the jury. In his second book Ich bin ein Profi (2003), Tingler wrote about the mechanisms of the literary business . In Tingler's fictional and essayistic works, the dynamics and facades of society are repeatedly dissected from an ironic point of view. This is a main motif of both the novel Fischtal (2007), which depicts the disintegration of an upper-class West Berlin family, as well as Doctor Phil (2010), where the classic devil's pact motif is also included. Tingler also published the illustrated manners manuals Style Show (2008) and Lighter Travel (2010). In 2013 the essay volume How free are we still? , in which the ideals of classical Anglo-Saxon liberalism are developed.

In addition to contributions in anthologies , Tingler publishes articles, essays and columns in newspapers and magazines (including Vogue , Stern , Neon and NZZ am Sonntag ). He also wrote articles for radio and television ( WDR , Swiss radio and television ). He is currently a columnist for the Zürcher Tages-Anzeiger and for Business Punk . Since September 2014, Tingler has been discussing classics and new releases as a literary critic in the Swiss television program Literaturclub .

In 2020 Tingler was a member of the jury for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize . There he came under fire when, at the beginning of the discussion about the text by Lydia Haider, he suddenly asked the writer to give the jury information about “what concerns” her contribution was pursuing. Haider replied that it was up to the jury to judge that. Jury chairman Hubert Winkels also resolutely opposed Tingler's question.

Private

Tingler lives with his English-Swiss registered partner in Zurich . He campaigns for the rights of homosexual people in Switzerland.

Awards

• Honorary gift of the Canton of Zurich, 2001
• Prize for the Kassel Literature Prize for Grotesque Humor, 2008

Works

Fiction

• Nice attempts . Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich 2000, ISBN 3-905509-26-1 .
• I'm a professional . Edition Patrick Frey, Zurich 2003, ISBN 3-905509-45-8 .
• Jewels of fate. Short prose . Kein & Aber, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0369-5131-8 .
• People of the world. Short prose . Kein & Aber, Zurich 2006, ISBN 3-0369-5171-7 .
• Fish valley. Novel . Kein & Aber, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-0369-5506-3 .
• Show style! Handbook for society and manners . Kein & Aber, Zurich 2008, ISBN 978-3-0369-5520-9 .
• Doctor Phil . Kein & Aber, Zurich 2010, ISBN 978-3-0369-5557-5 .
• Easier travel - etiquette and guide for on the go . Edition Kein & Aber, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-0369-5592-6 .
• How free are we - A pamphlet for liberalism . Edition Kein & Aber, Zurich 2011, ISBN 978-3-0369-5658-9 .
• Beautiful souls . Edition Kein & Aber, Zurich 2015, ISBN 978-3-0369-5723-4 .
• Guess who stays to eat . No & But, Zurich 2019, ISBN 978-3-0369-5814-9 .

Audio

• The ABC of good behavior . CD. Edition No & But, 2008, ISBN 978-3-0369-1241-7 .

science

• Poetry and Criticism. Thomas Mann and the transcendental idealism. Diss. Phil. Zurich, 2009

Web links

• Literature by and about Philipp Tingler in the catalog of the German National Library
• Short biography and reviews of works by Philipp Tingler at perlentaucher.de
• Homepage
• Interview (FASZ February 21, 2016)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Renate Schubert and a .: Corporate volunteering. Companies are discovering volunteering . Bern 2002
2. ↑ 25th Days of German Language Literature 2001. Philip Tingler. "Dealing with Conflicts" from June 30, 2011 on bachmannpreis.orf.at
3. ↑ Jury. In: 44th Days of German-Language Literature. April 21, 2020, accessed June 20, 2020 . 
4. ^ Ekkehard Knörer: First day at the Bachmann Prize: Anti-Klagenfurt in Klagenfurt . In: The daily newspaper: taz . June 19, 2020, ISSN  0931-9085 ( taz.de [accessed June 20, 2020]).
5. ↑ jury discussion Lydia Haider. In: 44th Days of German-Language Literature. June 20, 2020, accessed June 20, 2020 .