Tista Murk

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Tista Murk , actually Johann Baptista Murk , (born April 15, 1915 in Müstair ; † August 18, 1992 in Trun ) was a Swiss writer who worked mainly in Vallader , but also in Jauer , Sursilvan , Rumantsch Grischun , German, Italian and French wrote and is considered one of the most important playwrights in Romansh literature.

Live and act

Tista Murk attended schools in Müstair, Disentis and Sarnen. From 1935 to 1942 he studied in Freiburg im Üechtland , in Bern and Paris . From 1937 he worked as a freelancer for the Federal Department of Home Affairs. In 1938 he founded the Münstertal magazine Il giuven Jauer ( The young Münstertaler ).

In 1946 he founded the Rhaeto-Romanic writers' association Union da Scripturas e Scripturs Rumantsch . From 1946 to 1958 he was the cantonal librarian in Chur, and from 1958 to 1968 he worked for the Romansh department of Swiss television in German and Romansh Switzerland. From 1969 to 1979 he headed the Swiss People's Library.

In addition to his work as a theater writer, Murk worked as a poet, translator, director, librarian, television and radio maker and journalist. Murk was married to Anna Mathilde Gafner. The main hall of the new library of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences was named after Murk .

Awards

  • 1967: Prix ​​Charles Veillon
  • 1986: Radio e Televisiun Rumantscha Prize
  • Recognition award from the Canton of Graubünden
  • Recognition award from the Schiller Foundation

Works

  • Il chavrerin . Narrative. Chasa paterna , Lavin 1943.
  • Spinai . Narrative. Chasa paterna, Lavin 1944.
  • Prüms test . Poems. Ediziun dal Giuven Bauer, Müstair 1945.
  • Chalavaina. 1499-1949 . Patriotic drama in three acts. Lia Rumantscha , Chur 1949.
  • La mort dal poet . Drama in three acts. La Scena, Chur 1950.
  • Duos teaterets. Chara lingua da la mamma / Versiun da "Homage to the arts" da Schiller: Chi bler voul pac piglia . Self-published, Chur 1956.
  • Il s-chazi . Self-published, Chur 1956.
  • La tuor . Drama in five acts. La Scena, Chur 1958.
  • Il triarch . Game in three acts, on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of Quarta Lingua. Self-published, Chur 1962.
  • La prova . Festival to commemorate the 200-year liberation of the Munster Valley 1762–1962. Self-published, Chur 1962.
  • The three-arch game . Game in 3 acts. Self-published, Chur 1964.
  • Nos min . Stories and legends. Schweizerisches Jugendschriftenwerk, Zurich 1973.
  • L'hom da Tramèn . Small play for schoolchildren in two acts. Furnished by Jon Ruinatscha. Self-published, Ittigen 1973.
  • Il triarch . Drama. La Scena, Chur 1980.
  • Theater of the Romansh . Theaterkultur-Verlag, Willisau 1987.
  • Il chastè dals giats . Text for a little opera. Lia Rumantscha, Chur 1988.
  • Il treis vents, ni: Il mat e la diala . A fairy tale in theatrical form in eight pictures. Lia Rumantscha, Chur 1988.
  • Tredischin . A fairy tale in theater form. Songs and dances by Carli Scherrer. Lia Rumantscha, Chur 1988.
  • Cronica d'üna famiglia, ün toc istorgia locala . Memories and collected things from Tista Murk. Publishing house Spinai, Trun 1990.
  • La Raieta. Libretto of a Rhaetian opera for the 2000th anniversary of romance. Publisher Spinai, Trun 1991.
  • Poesias . With explanations and remarks by the author. Compiled by Guiu Sobiela-Caanitz , revised by Gion Gaudenz, accompanied by pictures by the artist Dea Murk. Publishers of Uniun dals Grischs, Celerina 1998.
  • Spinai . Romansh / German. Self-published, Basel 2015. ISBN 978-3-033-04970-3 .

literature

  • L. Uffer: The Rhaeto-Romanic literature of Switzerland. In Kindler's literary history of the present , 8, 1980, pp. 229-305.
  • Reto R. Bezzola : Litteratura dals rumauntschs e Ladins. 1979, p. 504 f.
  • Il Chalender Ladin , 83, 1993, 135 f.
  • Gion Deplazes : Funtaunas (istorgia da la litteratura rumantscha per scola e pievel, tom 4). 1993, p. 266.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://feb.sia.ch/de/node/109
personal data
SURNAME Murk, Tista
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Murk, Johann Baptista (real name); Krum (pseudonym); Rutitsch (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH April 15, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Mustair
DATE OF DEATH 18th August 1992
Place of death Trun