Renato Arlati

Renato P. Arlati (born March 29, 1936 in Zurich ; † March 31, 2005 in Baden , Switzerland ) was a Swiss writer .

life and work

Arlati made his debut in 1977 with And I feel a twist with short prose and stories when I get up in the grass . The little noticed work was followed in 1980 "On the journey to Rome", 1981 The vault of the night is strange and repellent , manuscript prize, Graz and 1985 The house and the bells that ring (Suhrkamp). The last novel by Suhrkamp was Des Mündels Tag- und Nachtgeschichte , 1986, then Did you see my face? , 1989 This indescribably bright light in the window and a second novel with Liebe Lea , 1995. Nevertheless, Arlati has not yet managed to gain fame beyond the borders of Switzerland, where he is also considered a marginal figure. A volume of poetry was published in 2005. More books are to follow.

He started writing early. In 1958 the play Der Fremde was written , followed by the plays Die Insel and "Die Zeit wird ab" (Time is decreasing ) as well as Mubu . From 1970 he began to make readings and publish stories, for example in the Swiss family and in the Tages Anzeiger magazine. His novel Der Vormund , 1965, was published by Franz Böni under the title Des Mündels-Tag und Nachtgeschichte 1985 by Suhrkamp. His volume of poems In dunkler Verneigung, 1965 - 1982 , was never published. In the 1970s he had a romance with the writer Brigitte Meng , which resulted in a lot of prose. For his second novel he received the Guest Prize Bern and the Grand Prize of the Schiller Foundation. After Robert Walser and Ludwig Hohl, he is one of the most mysterious and best poets in Switzerland. He lived in attic below the subsistence level for 30 years. His estate is in the City Archives, Zurich.

• 1980 Prize for Form and Fiction, Graz
• 1982 Prize of the City of Zurich
• 1996 Prize for total works from the Swiss Schiller Foundation .
• 1987 residency grant from the Kunstverein Wien
• 1997 Guest Prize from the City of Bern
• 1997 Pro Helvetia year of work

Works

• To E. Engeler, Basel a. a. 2005, ISBN 3-905591-95-2 .
• Dear Lea . Rauhreif, Möhlin u. a. 1995, ISBN 3-907764-25-0 .
• Did you see my face . Rauhreif-Verlag, Zurich a. a. 1988, ISBN 3-90774-12-9 .
• The ward's day and night history . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1986, ISBN 3-518-03068-X .
• The house and the bells that ring . Stories. Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1985, ISBN 3-518-03213-5 .
• The vault of the night is strange and forbidding . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1983, ISBN 3-518-04503-2 .
• On the trip to Rome . Suhrkamp, ​​Frankfurt am Main 1980, ISBN 3-518-11053-5 .
• And when I get up I feel a turn in the grass . Sauerländer, Aarau u. a. 1977, ISBN 3-7941-1639-9 .

Web links

• Publications by and about Renato Arlati in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library
• Literature by and about Renato Arlati in the catalog of the German National Library
• Renato P. Arlati at Urs Engeler Editor (accessed April 15, 2011)