Ulrich Knellwolf

Ulrich Knellwolf (born August 17, 1942 in Niederbipp , Canton of Bern ) is a Swiss pastor and crime writer.

Life

Ulrich Knellwolf grew up in Zurich and Olten , attended the canton school in Solothurn and then studied Protestant theology at the University of Basel , the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität in Bonn and the University of Zurich . In 1990 he was awarded a doctorate degree in Zurich with a thesis on Jeremias Gotthelf's narrative theology ( parable and general priesthood. theol. PhD.

From 1969 he worked as a reformed pastor, first in Urnäsch and Zollikon and finally from 1984 to 1996 at the Predigerkirche in Zurich. He then became an employee of the Diakoniewerk Neumünster Zollikerberg Foundation . He lives in Zollikon. In 2006/2007 he spoke the “Word for Sunday” on Swiss television (SF).

Works (selection)

• Roma Termini , Arche Zurich 1992 / Fischer Frankfurt a. M. 1994, ISBN 3-596-11796-8
• Death in Sils Maria. 13 bad stories , Zurich 1993 / Fischer Frankfurt a. M. 2009, ISBN 978-3-596-18052-3
• Class reunion. Detective novel , Zurich 1995 / Fischer Frankfurt a. M. 1997, ISBN 3-596-13420-X
• Adam, Eve & Co. Sixteen biblical criminal cases , Jordan Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-906561-33-X
• Nice Sechseläuten. Detective novel , Zurich 1997 / Fischer Frankfurt a. M. 1999, ISBN 3-596-14178-8
• Gotthelf - Eye Views: Contributions to life and work ; Fischer-Media Münsingen , 1997, ISBN 3-85681-375-6
• Accompanying in suffering and dying: little stories , Zurich: Theologischer Verlag Zurich (TVZ), 2004, ISBN 3-290-17347-X
• Doctor Luther meets Miss Highsmith. Stories , Zurich 1998 / Fischer Frankfurt a. M. 2000, ISBN 3-596-14571-6
• Commissioned in Tartu , Zurich 1999 / Fischer Frankfurt a. M. 2002, ISBN 3-596-14572-4
• In a taxi to Bethlehem. Stories for Christmas , KiK Berg am Irchel 2000, ISBN 3-906581-36-5
• A Protestant in the Vatican and 22 other stories from Swiss church history , TVZ, 2000, ISBN 3-906561-38-0
• For the birds to eat , Zurich 2001 / Fischer Frankfurt a. M. 2004, ISBN 3-596-14573-2
• Storm warnings , Zurich 2004 / Fischer Frankfurt a. M. 2006, ISBN 978-3-596-14574-4
• The good Lord goes on a journey. Christmas stories , Zurich 2004, ISBN 978-3-312-00345-7
• Fulfilled time: new variations on the Christmas story, TVZ, 2008, ISBN 978-3-290-17503-0
• A red carpet for the Messiah. Three short variations on the Christmas story, TVZ, 2005, ISBN 3-290-17376-3
• The confectioner of Bethlehem , Verlag am Eschbach, 2010, ISBN 978-3-86917-023-7
• The invention of Swiss history in the Löwen zu Olten , Knapp Olten , 2010, ISBN 978-3-905848-33-5
• Don't make up your mind Poems from God, from death and from the resurrection , TVZ, 2019

Knellwolf's books have been translated into various languages.

Web links

• Literature by and about Ulrich Knellwolf in the catalog of the German National Library
• Entry about Ulrich Knellwolf in the lexicon of the Association of Authors of Switzerland
• Entry in the Bibliomedia Foundation's authors' directory