Stefan Bachmann (Author)

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Stefan Bachmann (born June 7, 1993 in Boulder , Colorado ) is a Swiss- US-American author . His debut novel Die Seltsamen (Original: The Peculiar ) was published in 2012.

Live and act

Bachmann was born in Colorado, but soon moved to Adliswil with his family . He was homeschooled by his American mother and four siblings through high school . Since the age of eleven he has been attending the Zurich Conservatory , where he studies organ and composition . His first novel was published when he was 19 years old and he writes his books in English .

reception

Bachmann's first novel The Peculiar was praised in various international media, including in the New York Times and the Los Angeles Times . The TV station 3sat broadcast an episode with the author Stefan Bachmann on May 5, 2014 as part of the portrait series Berg und Geist .

Works

  • The peculiar . HarperCollins , 2012. (Eng. The Strange . From the English by Hannes Riffel. Diogenes , Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-25706888-7 .)
  • The Whatnot. HarperCollins, 2013. ( Ger . Die Wedernoch . Diogenes, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-25706906-8 .)
  • The Cabinet of Curiosities: 36 Tales Brief and Sinister. HarperCollins, 2014.
  • A drop of night. HarperCollins, 2016. (German Palace of Darkness . Translated from the English by Stefanie Schäfer. Diogenes, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3-25730055-0 .)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Stefan Bachmann's curriculum vitae on the Diogenes Verlag website .
  2. ↑ Night and Fog - 'The Peculiar' and 'Splendors and Glooms'. New York Times September 14, 2012.
  3. ↑ Not Just For Kids: 'The Peculiar' by Stefan Bachmann is a fantastical tale. Los Angeles Times of September 23, 2012
  4. ↑ Berg und Geist: "Stefan Bachmann - With the writer on the Rigi". On the 3Sat.
personal data
SURNAME Bachmann, Stefan
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss author
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Boulder