Stephan Sigg

Stephan Sigg (born October 22, 1983 in St. Gallen ) is a Swiss Roman Catholic theologian , author and publisher .

Life

Stephan Sigg spent his childhood and youth in Rheineck . After graduating from the Heerbrugg Cantonal School , he studied Catholic theology at the Chur Theological University .

He has been writing since primary school. Since 2002 he has published books for children, adolescents and adults and works as a journalist. He regularly gives readings throughout the German-speaking area and coaches children, young people and adults in creative writing. He is a member of Autillus, the association of Swiss children's and young adult booksellers, and was elected to the board in 2013.

Since 2011 he has also performed with Sabrina Sauder, a singer from Eastern Switzerland. In December 2012 they were on tour with the concert / reading program The most beautiful Christmas tree in Switzerland. As a duo, the two have already written and composed German-language songs. Sigg is committed to " fair trade ", several of his children's books deal with the idea of ​​a "fair economy".

In 2014 he was awarded the prix.eco.swisscanto in the category “Generation Future” in Basel .

In 2016 he founded the publishing house “ da bux ” with Alice Gabathuler and Tom Zai in Buchs .

Works (selection)

• Clear the stage for the mini-band , Short Stories, 2002
• Emma's SchokoLaden , children's book, 2007
• Fuel , Youth Prayers, 2008
• A broom for the Christmas witch Befana , advent calendar, 2008
• Emma's Easter Adventure , children's book, 2009
• Big appearance for Federica Bellini , 2009
• Carol Singers - A Strong Team , Short Stories, 2009
• You can count on me , youth book, 2010
• Praying with young people , textbook, 2010
• Emma's Christmas present , children's book, 2010
• 10 good reasons for God (The 10 commandments in our time), book for young people, 2011
• Real Time , Youth Prayers, 2012
• The 7 Deadly Sins , youth book, 2012
• The High Song of Love (short stories and poems), book for young people, 2013
• Peace Rap , Youth Prayers , 2013
• Emma's Faire FashionShow , children's book, 2013
• Anna and her friends celebrate Christmas , advent calendar, 2014
• Sinn , youth book, 2014
• Flying sparks , youth book, 2015
• Lucias Lichterkranz , children's book, 2015
• Was Jesus Catholic or Protestant now? , Children's book, 2016
• For nights and miles , youth book, 2016
• Fitness junkie . da bux, Buchs 2016, ISBN 978-3-906876-02-3
• Mourning work with young people . Non-fiction book, don bosco Verlag, Munich 2017, ISBN 978-3-7698-2316-5
• The children of Bethlehem . Children's book, Patmos-Verlag, Ostfildern 2017, ISBN 978-3-8436-0967-8
• 21 days left . da bux, Buchs 2018, ISBN 978-3-906876-11-5
• Farewell to my grandma: what it's like when grandparents leave . Patmos Verlag, Ostfildern 2019, ISBN 978-3-8436-1164-0

Translations

• Paliwo , Youth Prayers , 2009
• Recordação do Crisma , book for young people, 2015
• Faza krytyczna , book for young people, 2015
• Crisma , book for young people, 2016
• Mystere sur le chemin de l'école , Comic, 2016

Radio plays

• De Nico & d'Fruchtekönigin , 2008, with Janic Halioua

Video clips

• Andrina: Let there be hope, 2010 (director & screenplay)

Songs

• The most beautiful Christmas tree , 2012 (text: Stephan Sigg, music: Sabrina Sauder, interpreter: Sabrina Sauder)

Apps

• Pallotti app , 2013

Web links

• Literature by and about Stephan Sigg in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry about Stephan Sigg in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
• Stephan Sigg's website
• Portrait of Stephan Sigg (Anzeiger / Eastern Switzerland)
• Jesus as a DJ and emails from God (Neue Luzerner Zeitung; PDF file; 136 kB)
• Member profile at Autillus

Individual evidence

1. ↑ prix.eco-swisscanto - Generation Future . Website prix.eco.swisscanto. Retrieved June 14, 2014.
2. ↑ Ana Kontoulis: Raser, bullying, muscles. St._Galler Tagblatt , May 25, 2016, accessed on September 23, 2016 .