Urs Zürcher

Urs Zürcher at the Leipzig Book Fair 2014

Urs Zürcher (born September 5, 1963 in Steinhausen ) is a Swiss writer and historian .

Life

After completing an apprenticeship as a commercial clerk , Urs Zürcher studied history , philosophy and modern German literature at the University of Basel . He received his doctorate from the University of Zurich . Then he was a lecturer at the University of Basel and worked as a project manager and teacher. Zürcher lives in Basel .

Awards / nominations

• 2014: Nomination for the shortlist of the Klaus-Michael Kühne Prize for the best novel debut of the year.

Publications

• Monster or freak of nature. Medicine and the study of malformations 1780–1914. Campus Verlag, Frankfurt am Main / New York, 2004, ISBN 978-3-593-37631-8 .
• When it hurts where there is nothing left: Aspects of a body history of phantom pain. In: Historische Anthropologie, 1 (2005), pp. 61–90.
• Violence - body - space. Phenomenological information on domestic violence. In: drafts , 43rd magazine for literature. 10/2005, pp. 89-94.
• A little history of homosexualities. In: Andrea Büchler (ed.): Commentary registered partnership. Stämpfli Verlag, Bern 2007, pp. 3-31.
• The eternal informer. In: Süddeutsche Zeitung . No. 297, 27./28. November 2014, p. 5.
• The Central Swiss. Novel. bilgerverlag, Zurich 2014, ISBN 978-3-03762-040-3 .
• Albert's loss. Novel. bilgerverlag, Zurich 2018, ISBN 978-3-03762-075-5 .
• The language of anger. In: Literary Month. 34, October / November 2018, pp. 6–9.
• Overwinter. Novel. Bilgerverlag, Zurich 2020, ISBN 978-3-03762-084-7 .

Web links

• Publications by Urs Zürcher in the Helveticat catalog of the Swiss National Library.
• Urs Zürcher at Bilgerverlag

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Article on buchmarkt.de
2. ↑ Review at sehepunkte.de
3. ↑ Review at perlentaucher.de