Sandra Künzi

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Sandra Künzi (* 1969 ) is a Swiss author, musician and spoken word performer .

Career

Künzi grew up in the canton of Schwyz . She studied from 1993 to 2001 as a student trainee jurisprudence at the Universities of Zurich , Hamburg and Bern . During her studies she drew cartoons for the magazine Nebelspalter and worked as a vocational school teacher. She then worked as a lawyer for ten years .

Sandra Künzi is a self-taught artist and orientates herself on punk . She writes and speaks about political and social issues such as equal pay between men and women, the Swiss national strike and everyday situations that drift into the absurd.

Künzi is committed to feminist issues. She is a co-founder of the Tittanic series of authors (since 2005). As a protest against the fact that the literary prizes were mostly given to men, she founded the Almösen association with other Bernese authors in 2007 . Since 2014 she has organized and curated the Bern Reading Festival Aprillen .

Sandra Künzi also works as a radio writer and was a guest on the radio.

She lives in Bern and is the mother of one son.

Works

  • «Micronowellen», published by The Healthy People Dispatch, Lucerne 2013.
  • «Jazzy», play, 2011.
  • «Frau Fröhlichs miraculous journey» (radio soap for DRS 2), 2010
  • "The beast of Tittanic" (CD), 2009

Awards

  • 2008 literary scholarship from the city of Bern in Glasgow
  • 2014 Award for further writing from the city of Bern
  • 2017 writing grant from the Canton of Bern

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Sandra Künzi: Why snails can't help it (for wage discrimination). In: Journal B. September 16, 2018, accessed November 15, 2018 .
  2. ^ Sandra Künzi: à propos della Klima nationale. In: Journal B. November 15, 2018, accessed November 15, 2018 .
  3. ↑ The wrath of the charity bears fruit. In: Berner Zeitung . June 9, 2017. Retrieved November 15, 2018 .
  4. ↑ Bio. Sandra Künzi's website, accessed November 15, 2018 .
  5. ↑ Views. Authors. Sandra Künzi. Swiss Radio and Television (SRF), accessed on November 15, 2018 .
  6. ↑ Anina Barandun: Weibervolk - Freches und Frivoles aus Frauenmund. Swiss Radio and Television (SRF), September 16, 2009, accessed on November 15, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Grants for Authors from Bern. Sandra Künzi. City of Bern, October 14, 2014, accessed on November 15, 2018 (media release).
  8. ↑ Awarded seven literary awards and four writing grants. Canton of Bern, May 30, 2018, accessed on November 15, 2018 (media release).
personal data
SURNAME Künzi, Sandra
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss author, musician and "Spoken Word" performer
DATE OF BIRTH 1969