Silvia Tschui

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Silvia Tschui (* 1974 in Zurich ) is a Swiss writer , journalist , illustrator and cabaret artist .

Life

Silvia Tschui studied German in Zurich, completed a bachelor's degree in graphic design and animation film at Central St. Martins College in London and in literary writing at the Swiss Institute for Literature at the University of the Arts in Biel . During her time in England she worked for RSA Films in London. In 2004 her work was nominated for the British Animation Award. Her debut novel Jakobs Ross was published in 2014 .

At the Bachmann Prize competition 2019 she read from her second novel Der Wod, which will be published in 2020, at the invitation of Nora Gomringer .

Silvia Tschui lives with her family in the city of Zurich. Most recently she worked as an editor in Zurich for the Ringier media group .

Works

novel

stage

In 2015, Jakobs Ross was performed a total of 18 times in an adaptation by Peter Kastenmüller at the Neumarkt Theater in Zurich.

The musical reading program for Jakobs Ross , by Silvia Tschui and Benedikt Lachenmeier, was performed around 100 times in Germany and Switzerland from February 2014.

On October 23, 2015, Tschui's musical cabaret program, Heimat & Heimlifeiss , premiered at the Literaturhaus Zürich as part of the literature event Zürich reads . The program was developed in collaboration with Eric Hunziker and Philipp Schaufelberger .

Movie

Jakobs Ross will be filmed under the direction of Katalin Gödrös . The production company is Turnus Film in coproduction with Dor Film . Urs Bühler wrote the script .

Awards

  • 2004: British Animation Award (nomination)
  • 2014: Recognition award from the Canton of Zurich for Jakobs Ross
  • 2017: Half a year of work for the City of Zurich for the development of the novel Der Wod

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Silvia Tschui Vita on hamlit.de. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ Silvia Tschui Vita on page Vom Theater Neumarkt. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  3. ↑ a b Silvia Tschui Vita on the Hanser publishing house. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  4. ↑ Magischer Realismus am Finstersee Article by Roman Bucheli from April 11, 2014 in the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  5. ↑ Author profile for the Bachmann Prize 2019 , accessed June 27, 2019
  6. ↑ The historians will crucify you , article by Julia Stephan from February 1, 2014 in Switzerland on the weekend , accessed on April 18, 2019.
  7. ↑ Author profile Silvia Tschui at Verlag Nagel & Kimche , accessed June 27, 2019
  8. ^ Jakobs Ross Events on the side of the theater. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  9. ↑ home & Heimlifeiss Eric Hunziker and Silvia Tschui description of the event on page of the Literature House. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  10. ↑ Projects Project description on the Rotus Film page. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  11. ↑ Contributions to works and acknowledgments for literature from the Canton of Zurich 2014 Prize winners on zh.ch. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
  12. ↑ Awards - City of Zurich award winners on stadt.zürich.ch. Retrieved April 18, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Tschui, Silvia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss illustrator, writer and cabaret artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1974
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich