Sunil man
Sunil Mann (born June 21, 1972 in Zweisimmen ) is a German-speaking Swiss writer who has lived in Zurich since 1992 .
Life
Sunil Mann was born in the Bernese Oberland / Switzerland as the son of Indian immigrants. He spent his youth in Spiez with foster parents. He attended high school in Interlaken . He studied psychology and German language and literature in Zurich , broke off his studies and completed an apprenticeship in gastronomy at the Belvoirpark hotel management school.
Sunil Mann worked for a long time as a part-time flight attendant at Swiss , Switzerland's national airline, interrupted by stays in Israel, Egypt, Japan, India, Paris, Madrid and Berlin, some of which lasted several months.
Around three dozen short stories and short thrillers have been published in various anthologies since 2001, when he published his first short story with Andiamo Verlag . He has also received a number of prizes, including the sponsorship award from the Dienemann Foundation in Lucerne, the Agatha Christie Prize awarded by S. Fischer Verlag, and the Berlin studio grant from the Canton of Zurich .
Fang Schuss, his crime debut, takes place in Zurich's District 4 and was awarded the Zurich crime prize in spring 2011. The protagonist is the Indian private investigator V. J. Kumar. His second novel Festival of Lights was also published in French by the Geneva publishing house Éditions des Sauvages.
The writer is a member of the Swiss Authors (since 2006), the German-speaking Swiss PEN Center DSPZ, the crime authors' association Das Syndikat and Pro Litteris .
Works
- Catch shot . Detective novel, Grafit Verlag , Dortmund 2010, ISBN 978-3-89425-804-7
- Festival of lights . Detective novel, Grafit Verlag, Dortmund 2011, ISBN 978-3-89425-384-4
- Change of bank . Detective novel, Grafit Verlag, Dortmund 2012, ISBN 978-3-89425-407-0
- Family poker . Detective novel, Grafit Verlag, Dortmund 2013, ISBN 978-3-89425-425-4
- Law of the thumb . Detective novel, Grafit-Verlag, Dortmund 2014, ISBN 978-3-89425-447-6
- Shadow cut . Detective novel, Grafit-Verlag, Dortmund 2016, ISBN 978-3-89425-476-6
- Always this Gabriel. Children's book, illustrated by Tine Schulz, Orell Füssli , Zurich 2016, ISBN 978-3-280-03532-0 .
- Gossen blues . Detective novel, Grafit-Verlag, Dortmund 2017, ISBN 978-3-89425-492-6
- New friends for Gabriel. Children's book, Orell Füssli, Zurich 2017, ISBN 978-3280035603
- Totsch. Youth book, da box, Werdenberg 2019, ISBN ISBN 978-3-906876-13-9
- The vow. Detective novel, Grafit Verlag, Dortmund 2020, ISBN 978-3-89425-676-0
Awards
- 2020: Literary award from the Canton of Bern for The Oath
- 2017: Bad Iburger children's literature award for Always this Gabriel
- 2013: Nominated for the Zurich crime prize
- 2011: Work contribution from the Canton of Zurich
- 2010: Zurich crime prize for catch shot
- 2010: Pro Helvetia work grant
- 2009: Isla Volante Literature Prize for Leonie
- 2009: A Matter of Time nominated for the Agatha Christie Prize
- 2009: Berlin studio grant from the Canton of Zurich
- 2009: Goosebumps 3rd prize in the Karo Edition Christmas thriller competition
- 2008: Message in a bottle 2nd prize at the Agatha Christie Prize
- 2008: In my head - finalist in the Carinthian crime prize
- 2008: Mumbai Beat - 2nd prize in the competition 'The best travel reports 2008' by traveldiary.de - Der Reisebuchverlag
- 2007: Mrs. Scholz celebrates her anniversary, nominated for the German Short Crime Award
- 2007: Leonie - 2nd prize from the Marianne and Curt Dienemann Foundation
- 2006: Dead , first place text in the Opennet competition of the Solothurn Literature Days
- 2005: Bruderherz , short thriller, winner of the literary competition 'Zeitzeichen aus Gstaad'
- 2005: Arial28 awarded by the addiction prevention center of the city of Zurich
- 2005: Dowry - 2nd prize at the Schreiner Literature Prize, Zurich
- 2004: Small fish nominated for the Agatha Christie detective award
- 2004: Natalja and the end of the Ice Age awarded as 'Text of the Month', Literaturhaus Zürich
- 2004: Everything is different at night - 3rd prize in the short crime competition of the literary magazines TextArt and Criminalis
- 2004: Traveling with Margrith - 2nd prize in the Bern short story competition
- 2003: Box office number 7 nominated for the Agatha Christie detective award
- 2002: Nume us Liebi - 2nd prize in the Bern Short Story Competition
- 2001: The date - selected for the anthology 'Hallo Taxi', short story competition of the city of Mannheim and Andiamo Verlag Mannheim
Web links
- Literature by and about Sunil Mann in the catalog of the German National Library
- Author's website
- Sunil Mann at Grafit Verlag
supporting documents
- ^ Profile entry S. Mann at ADS , accessed on September 26, 2017.
- ↑ Literary Awards 2020 of the Canton of Bern , be.ch, June 18, 2020, accessed on June 19, 2020
- ↑ Isla Volante Literature Prize 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Man, Sunil |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1972 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zweisimmen |