Werner Bucher

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Werner Bucher (born August 19, 1938 in Zurich ; † January 15, 2019 in Heiden AR ) was a Swiss writer , editor and publisher .

Life

Werner Bucher initially worked as a sports journalist and culture editor. In 1974 he made his debut with the volume of poetry Not such fears, you . In the same year he founded the quarterly literary magazine orte and in 1976 orte publishing house , which publishes contemporary poetry and prose as well as detective novels . The main focus of the literary program is the promotion of literary talent and the organization of literary festivals (currently the “Appenzeller Literature Days” in Wald ). Werner Bucher published a novel and a number of detective novels under the pseudonym "Jon Durschei".

Werner Bucher lived and hosted with his wife Irene on the Rütegg in Oberegg in the Appenzellerland . He was a member of the Swiss Writers' Association .

Awards (selection)

Works (selection)

Poetry

  • Not such fears, you ... Bläschke Verlag, Darmstadt 1974.
  • Actually wonderful, life. Day-day poems and night-night messages . Classen Verlag, Zurich 1976.
  • & now the glass, the concrete . In: Zeitünder 1. Three volumes of poetry in one. orte-Verlag, Zurich 1976.
  • There is still a lot to do. 26 poems . Pendo Verlag, Zurich 1980.
  • The better end . Eco Verlag, Zurich 1983, ISBN 3-85647-063-8 .
  • Thanks to the angel . In: Zeitünder 3. Four volumes of poetry in one. orte-Verlag, Zurich 1987.
  • Once & now & tomorrow . Pendo Verlag, Zurich 1989.
  • Mouchette . Poem- Leporello . Verlag im Waldgut, Frauenfeld 1995, ISBN 3-7294-0212-9 .
  • Throw away the glasses, the lies . Verlag im Waldgut, Frauenfeld 1995, ISBN 3-7294-0226-9 .
  • Candidates in the shadow of love. With Jürgen Stelling. orte-Verlag, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-85830-092-6 .
  • When the dodger wins . Pendo Verlag, Zurich 1997.
  • More storms are announced. News from Zurich, the Appenzeller Vorderland etc. Appenzeller Verlag, Herisau 2002, ISBN 3-85882-330-9 .
  • Listen to the frogs, the dead fathers. Poems and Bucher elegies from Heidegg Castle . Rauhreif Verlag, Zurich 2005, ISBN 3-907764-56-0 .
  • You with your faint smile . Verlag im Waldgut, Frauenfeld 2007, ISBN 3-03740-363-2 .

prose

  • Tour de Suisse. A report . Sauerländer, Aarau 1977.
  • The wall . Novel. Sauerländer, Aarau 1978.
  • A different life. Try to approach a stranger . Novel. Eco, Zurich 1981, ISBN 3-85637-037-4 .
  • What about Lazarus? Novel. Edition Erpf, Bern 1989.
  • Shadow Mountains or The goddamn Entlebuch . Under the pseudonym Jon Durschei. orte, Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-85830-083-7 .
  • Riots . Novel. Appenzeller, Herisau 1998, ISBN 3-85882-209-4 .
  • In the shadow of the campanile . Novel. Appenzeller, Herisau 2000, ISBN 3-85882-297-3 .
  • The sleeping Santa Maria of Vezio and other stories . Hoarfrost, Zurich 2007, ISBN 978-3-907764-71-8 .
  • Fladehus, Robert Walser, Seelig & Co. Stories. Littera Authors Verlag, Zurich 2009, ISBN 978-3-906731-32-2 .

Detective novel (pseudonym Jon Durschei)

Anthologies and literary journals (selection)

Non-fiction

  • Swiss writers in conversation. With Georges Ammann. 2 volumes. Reinhardt, Basel 1970/71.
  • The energy saver . Fachverlag, Zurich 1977.
  • Urwaldhus, Tierhag, Ochsenhütte & Co. The most beautiful restaurants in Eastern Switzerland. With René Sommer . orte-Verlag, Zurich 1997; 5th adult Edition 2003, ISBN 3-85830-120-5 .

Release

  • places . Literary magazine. Five issues p. a. orte-Verlag, Zurich / Oberegg 1974ff.
  • Poetry agenda . Illustrated anthology and poetry calendar. With Jürgen Stelling. orte-Verlag, Zurich / Oberegg 1984ff; since

literature

  • Louis Mettler: Close to the ground. Twelve Appenzell portraits between Alpstein and the future . Appenzeller Verlag, Herisau 1997, ISBN 3-85882-197-7 .
  • Theo Breuer : The lyricist Werner Bucher . In: From the hinterland. Poetry after 2000 . Edition YE, Sistig 2005, ISBN 3-87512-186-4 .
  • Theo Breuer: The lateral thinker Werner Bucher . In: Pebbles & Chestnut. Of new poems and stories . Edition YE, Sistig 2008, ISBN 978-3-87512-347-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ To clear the dark - the writer and publisher Werner Bucher has died . In: Neue Zürcher Zeitung , January 24, 2019, accessed on January 26, 2019.
  2. ↑ Werner Bucher. In: Kürschner's German Literature Calendar 2018/2019. Volume II: PZ. Walter de Gruyter , 2018, ISBN 978-3-11-057616-0 , p. 124.
  3. ↑ According to Theo Breuer , see the 2nd paragraph of this text  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.titel-magazin.de  
personal data
SURNAME Bucher, Werner
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Durschei, Jon (pseudonym)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer, editor, publisher
DATE OF BIRTH August 19, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Zurich
DATE OF DEATH 15th January 2019
Place of death Heiden AR