Ursula Fricker
Ursula Fricker (born November 13, 1965 in Schaffhausen ) is a Swiss writer.
Life
Ursula Fricker completed an actor training and was active in social work. She was a co-founder of youth theater groups in Bern and Berlin and u. a. active as an employee of the Süddeutsche Zeitung and the Aargauer Zeitung . She has also published literary works in various Swiss and German magazines. In 1999 she took part in the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in Klagenfurt . Today she lives near Berlin.
Ursula Fricker is the author of narrative works and reports .
Ursula Fricker was in 1997 with the Alfred Döblin Scholarship of the Berlin Academy of Arts and in 2004 with the price of the Swiss Schiller Foundation Award.
In 2012 Ursula Fricker was nominated for the Swiss Book Prize for her novel Ausser .
Works
- Running water . Novel. Pendo, Zurich 2004, ISBN 3858425753 .
- The last picture . Novel. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-85869-400-3 .
- Except yourself . Novel. Rotpunktverlag, Zurich 2012, ISBN 978-3-85869-470-6 .
- Lies from yesterday and today . Novel. dtv , Munich 2016, ISBN 978-3-423-28073-0 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ursula Fricker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Short biography and information on the work of Ursula Fricker at Literaturport
- Portrait of Ursula Fricker at the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition 1999
- Ursula Fricker: Not loud . In: drafts for literature. Zurich.
- Short biography and reviews of works by Ursula Fricker at perlentaucher.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Fricker, Ursula |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 13, 1965 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schaffhausen |