Stephan Pörtner
Stephan Pörtner (born November 24, 1965 in Zurich ) is a Swiss writer and translator .
Life
Stephan Pörtner spent his childhood and youth in Zurich. He grew up in a family of writers, his father was the writer Paul Pörtner and his sister is the writer Milena Moser . In 1980 he dropped out of school and took an active part in the youth riots in Zurich. He started a self-managed beverage trading company which he sold after a few years. In 1996 he graduated from the interpreting school. He translated literature and comics from English, Spanish and French into German.
His first detective novel, Köbi der Held , was published in 1998. Since then, four more novels with the main character, Jakob (Köbi) Robert, the author's alter ego have followed at regular intervals . Köbi, who solves criminal cases as a private investigator, lives in District 4 on Langstrasse in Zurich and belongs to the alternative scene.
Another figure is the Zurich canton police commissioner Henry Kummer, who appears in Pörtner's detective novels written for the daily newspaper of the city of Zurich .
On behalf of the Swiss housing cooperatives, a thriller about the caretaker Edi was published in 2013.
Works
Detective novels
- Köbi the hero. Krösus Verlag, Zurich 1998. ISBN 3-906647-06-4
- No account for Köbi. Krösus Verlag, Zurich 2000. ISBN 3-906647-11-0
- Köbi crocodile. Krösus Verlag, Zurich 2002. ISBN 3-906647-12-9
- Köbi Santiago. Bilgerverlag, 2007. ISBN 978-3-908010-89-0
- Die beautiful angel. Bilgerverlag, Zurich 2011. ISBN 978-3-03762-016-8
- Murder Garden. Applaus Verlag, Zurich 2013. ISBN 978-3-03774-056-9
Serial novels for »Tagblatt der Stadt Zürich«
- Last exit Altstetten . (August 2010 to August 2011, 52 episodes.)
- Metzgete in Zurich-North . (March to June 2006, 80 episodes.)
- The Archangel of Albisrieden . (January to December 2005, 52 episodes.)
Plays
- The bank robbers , 2018, world premiere at Theater am Hechtplatz, Zurich (co-author Beat Schlatter )
- Der Wolf im Sihlwald , 2017, open-air world premiere Wildnispark Sihlwald
- Polizeiruf 117 , 2015, world premiere at Theater am Hechtplatz, Zurich (co-author Beat Schlatter )
Miscellaneous
- 100 times 100 words, Woz-Verlag Zurich, 2014, anthology of the weekly column 100 words in the weekly newspaper , ISBN 978-3-906236-11-7
- My life with Barry, The story of a heroic St. Bernard , under the pseudonym Georg Inderbitzin, Salis Verlag Zurich, 2014, ISBN 978-3-906195-15-5
- I'll be right back: Strange things from the life of Beat Schlatter . Orell Füssli, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-280-05469-7 .
- Hosenlupf, a cheeky cultural history of swinging , (editor) Verlag Walde & Graf, 2010 ISBN 978-3-03774-017-0
- Columnist for Surprise since 2008
Radio plays
- Interrogation game , SRF, 2018
- Bodenlätz , SRF, 2016
- Crash . SR DRS 2010.
Translations
- Persepolis , A Childhood in Iran, graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, Edition Moderne, Zurich, 2004
- Persepolis, youth , graphic novel by Marjane Satrapi, Edition Moderne, Zurich, 2005
- Unknown Pleasures, The Joy Division Story, non-fiction book by Peter Hook, Metrolit Verlag, Berlin, 2012
- Tarzan and the Crazy, novel by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Walde & Graf Verlag, Zurich, 2012
- Black Neon, novel by Tony O'Neill, Walde & Graf Verlag, Zurich, 2012
- I pay for sex, graphic novel by Chester Brown, Verlag Walde & Graf, Zurich, 2011
- Im Visier, graphic novel by Manchette / Tardi, Edition Moderne, Zurich, 2011
- Sick City, novel by Tony O'Neill, Walde & Graf Verlag, Zurich, 2011
- The great film directors and their secrets, non-fiction book by Robert Schnakenberg, Verlag Walde & Graf, Zurich, 2010
- The great artists and their secrets , non-fiction book by Elizabeth Lunday, Verlag Walde & Graf, Zurich, 2009
Awards
- Contribution to the literature of the Canton of Zurich, 2019
- Zurich Crime Prize for Die, Beautiful Angel , 2012
- Nomination for the Glauser Kurzkrimipreis for Blue Love, 2012
- Hörstatt, author funding for Crash Radio SRF, 2009
- Work grant from the Dienemann Foundation for Köbi Krokodil, 2002
- Nomination for the Glauser Kurzkrimipreis für Schwachkopf 2001
- Honorary gift from the canton of Zurich for literature for No account for Köbi, 2000
Web links
- Literature by and about Stephan Pörtner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Stephan Pörtner's website
- Crime Couch website
- Entry about Stephan Pörtner in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Wiederstein, Stephan Pörtner: Rambazamba on the Langstrasse. Swiss Month, December 2011, accessed February 8, 2012 .
- ↑ Silvia Süess: Stephan Pörtner. I wanted a hero who would fit in on Langstrasse. WOZ, July 7, 2011, accessed February 8, 2012 .
- ↑ The bank robbers. Accessed June 24, 2019 (German).
- ↑ Andrea Schmider: The wolf will soon be around in the Sihlwald . In: Zürichsee-Zeitung . July 6, 2017 ( zsz.ch [accessed June 24, 2019]).
- ↑ POLIZEIRUF 117. Retrieved on June 24, 2019 (German).
- ^ Reto Ott: Premiere: «Verhörspiel» by Stephan Pörtner. Swiss Radio and Television SRF, February 9, 2018, accessed on June 24, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
- ↑ Buschi Luginbühl: Premiere: “Bodenlätz” by Stephan Pörtner. Swiss Radio and Television SRF, August 22, 2016, accessed on June 24, 2019 (Swiss Standard German).
- ↑ Stephan Pörtner's crash. SF DRS, May 21, 2010, accessed February 8, 2012 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Portner, Stephan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 24, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zurich |