Raffael Ganz
Raffael Ganz (born April 2, 1923 in St. Margrethen in the canton of St. Gallen , † January 2, 2004 ) was a Swiss writer .
Life
Raffael Ganz, born in St. Margrethen in 1923, grew up in Horgen and Zurich . Until 1970 he undertook extensive trips with long stays in Morocco , Spain , Finland and the USA . These gave him the necessary “material” for his radio plays, newspaper articles, photo reports and literary texts.
He worked as a copywriter and translator and wrote mostly in his spare time.
His work consists mainly of short stories . He himself said: "The 'short story' is the fever gauge of the time."
Awards
- 1960 Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize for Orange Dream
Works
Books
- Impériale slope . Narrative. Tschudy (Der Bogen 60), St. Gallen 1959.
- Orange dream. Stories from Morocco . Artemis, Zurich 1961.
- Evening of the alligators . Stories. Artemis, Zurich 1962.
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Shabir . Novel. Artemis, Zurich 1966.
- slightly revised licensed edition: Sayed Schabir. Adventure in Mesopotamia . Fischer (paperback 8110), Frankfurt am Main 1985.
- Of jackdaws and time . Mohn, Gütersloh 1967.
- In the cement garden . Prose texts. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1971.
- Snow ride . Narrative. Hug & Sons, Zurich 1979.
- Grain of sand in the wind . Stories. Orell Füssli, Zurich 1980.
Play
- Putscheneller . One-act play, 1973.
Radio plays
- The four elements. Swiss Radio DRS , Zurich 1948
- Ancient waving from the sea. Zurich 1949.
- European landscapes. Zurich 1949.
- The lonely heart. Zurich 1950.
- A song goes around the world . Radio operetta, Zurich 1956.
literature
- Benita Cantieni : Swiss writer personally . Huber, Frauenfeld 1983, ISBN 3-7193-0883-9 , pp. 47-59.
- André Amsler: Raff - Stations in the Twilight. Winterthur 2005, ISBN 3-033-00560-8 .
- Gaudenz Meili : Schabir , film script [not realized] based on the novel of the same name by Raffael Ganz, Zurich Central Library, 1966/2016, MFSD 189 (Swissbib ).
Web links
- Literature by and about Raffael Ganz in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry in the Bibliomedia Foundation's authors' directory
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Quite, Raffael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 2, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Margrethen |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 2, 2004 |