Simon Froehling

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Simon Froehling (* 1978 in Brugg , Aargau ) is a Swiss author .

Life

Simon Froehling was born in 1978 in Brugg in the Swiss canton of Aargau and has dual Swiss and Australian citizens . He did his high school diploma in Brisbane, Australia . He then began training as an English teacher in London , which was followed by a one-year work stay in Cairo . Among other things, he worked as a business correspondent in Zurich. Today Froehling lives in the Zurich Reuss valley and works full-time as an author and translator . In addition to his writing activity, Froehling studied literary writing at the Swiss Literature Institute of the Bern University of the Arts in Biel , where he is now a visiting lecturer.

Froehling lived temporarily in Berlin , a. a. in the apartment of the Association of Swiss Authors (AdS) at the time. Between February 2 and April 28, 2006, Froehling lived in a studio provided by the Canton of Zurich .

Works

Froehlings works include both prose and poetry, as well as radio plays and u. a. the award-winning plays, the Kern family goes to the seaside and Feverkind . With Feindmaterie, another stage play, Froehling received the audience award at the St. Gallen Author Days. For his first novel Lange Nights Day ( bilgerverlag , Zurich 2010), he received a working grant from the Canton of Zurich and was awarded the Network Culture Prize 2014. He also writes texts in Swiss German , a. a. for the theater project This is not a lovesong .

Stage plays

Surname publishing company Publishing year premiere Date of the premiere
I cowboy, you Indian. Publishing house author agency (Pegasus GmbH), Berlin 2005 not listed not listed
Fever child Publishing house author agency (Pegasus GmbH), Berlin 2006 not listed not listed
Enemy matter Publishing house author agency (Pegasus GmbH), Berlin 2006 Theater Biel-Solothurn (R .: Jan Philipp Gloger ) 04/30/2008
Double take, bunk'r! - Youth theater nn nn Schauspielhaus Zurich (R .: Simon Froehling) 2003
Bereaved - short piece nn nn St. Martin's Youth Arts Center , Season of New International Writing (R .: Brett Adams ), Melbourne / Australia 2004
The Kern family goes to the sea - piece with child. Translated by Henning Bochert Publishing house author agency (Pegasus GmbH), Berlin. 2005 Theater discounter (R .: Katja Gaub ) and Vorstadt-Theater Basel (R .: Andreas Storm ) 2005/06
Meet me - short piece nn nn S'Ensemble Theater / Young Theater Augsburg (R .: Jörg Schur ) 2005
This is not a lovesong - a piece of theater in episodes - together with Guy Krneta , Sabine Wen-Ching Wang and Katharina Schlender - youth theater nn nn Theater am Gleis / Bravebühne , Winterthur (R .: Taki Papaconstantinou ) 2006
Absolut Züri - Episode 1: Rolis Baby - theater series nn nn Theater Gessnerallee (R .: Hannes Rudolph ) 2007
Absolut Züri - Episode 2: Beats Fest - together with Patrick Schuckmann - theater series nn nn Theaterhaus Gessnerallee (R .: Andreas Storm ) 2008
sofa nn nn Theater Hildesheim (R .: Karen Becker ) 2007
Everything waltz - monologue for an upright woman Publishing house author agency (Pegasus) GmbH, Berlin 2008 Theaterhaus Gessnerallee (R .: Andreas Storm ) 2008
if she answers, he breathes Publishing house author agency (Pegasus) GmbH, Berlin 2008 Bern University of the Arts , aua we live (R .: Samuel Schwarz ) 2008

Translations

  • Daniela Janjic : Yellow Days (Original: Yellow Days ) from the original language in German to the target language in English
  • Mary Cooper: No space (original: Breathing Space) from the original language in English to the target language in German
  • Darja Stocker : Nightblind (Original: Nachtblind) from the original language in German to the target language: English
  • Laura de Weck : Peer Pleasures (Original: Favorite people ) from the original language in German to the target language in English

Awards

  • Nominated for the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize 2012
  • Elisabeth Gerter Prize 2008
  • Audience award at the 2nd St. Gallen Author Days 2007
  • Scholarship holder of the 11th Klagenfurt literature course in 2007
  • Prize for writing theater pieces 2006 from the Swiss Society of Authors (SSA)
  • Berlin grant from the Canton of Zurich 2006
  • Nominated for the Lenz Dramatist Prize of the City of Jena 2006
  • Sponsorship award from the Cultural Foundation of the Canton of Appenzell Ausserrhoden 2004 and 2008
  • Graduated from Drama Processor 2003/04 and Masterclass MC 6 2006
  • Heinz Weder Award for Poetry 2005
  • Winner of the 2004 “Appellation contrôlée” piece competition
  • Second prize poetry competition AdS / drafts 2004
  • Winner of the Poetry Prize of the Aarauer Kulturtage 2003 (together with Stefanie Grob)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Archived copy ( memento of the original dated December 18, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ensemble-theater.ch
  2. ↑ http://www.simonfroehling.ch
  3. ↑ http://www.fachstellekultur.zh.ch/internet/ji/fs_kultur/de/foerderung_main/ateliers/atelier_reports.SubContainerList.SubContainer1.ContentContainerList.0020.DownloadFile.pdf  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as broken. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.fachstellekultur.zh.ch  
  4. ↑ http://lexikon.ads.ch/edit/detail_a.php?id_autor=2105
  5. ↑ ibid
personal data
SURNAME Froehling, Simon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss author
DATE OF BIRTH 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Brugg , Aargau