Urs Jenny
Urs Jenny (born April 26, 1938 in Essen ) is a Swiss journalist , critic and dramaturge .
Live and act
Jenny graduated from high school in Solothurn in 1957 . He then studied German , Romance studies and theater history without a degree in Munich, among other places . From 1964 to 1969 he wrote theater , film and literary reviews for the Süddeutsche Zeitung .
From 1970 to 1972 he was chief dramaturge at the Bayerisches Staatsschauspiel in Munich , from 1972 to 1979 under director Ivan Nagel he was chief dramaturge at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg .
In 1979 he began working as an editor in the culture section of the Hamburg news magazine Der Spiegel .
Works
- Thomas Mann's novella “Tristan”: analysis and interpretation. University, German Department, Munich 1961.
- Friedrich Dürrenmatt. Friedrich Verlag, Velber near Hanover 1965 ( Friedrich's playwright of the world theater. Vol. 6).
- (Translator) Hugh Kenner : Samuel Beckett: A Critical Study. Hanser Verlag, Munich 1965.
- (Translator) Aidan Higgins : Late summer. Novel. Hanser Verlag, Munich 1967.
literature
- Dietrich Seybold: Urs Jenny . In: Andreas Kotte (Ed.): Theater Lexikon der Schweiz . Volume 2, Chronos, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-0340-0715-9 , p. 927.
- C. Bernd Sucher (Ed.): Theater Lexikon. Authors, directors, actors, dramaturges, stage designers, critics. By Christine Dössel and Marietta Piekenbrock with the assistance of Jean-Claude Kuner and C. Bernd Sucher. 2nd Edition. Deutscher Taschenbuch-Verlag, Munich 1999, ISBN 3-423-03322-3 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Jenny, Urs |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss journalist, critic and dramaturge |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 26, 1938 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | eat |