Werner Schmidli

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Werner Schmidli (born September 30, 1939 in Basel ; † November 14, 2005 there ) was a Swiss writer .

Life

Werner Schmidli came from a working class family. He attended secondary school and completed an apprenticeship as a chemical laboratory assistant in Basel. He then went on a world tour: from 1960 to 1962 he first traveled to Australia on a cargo ship via North Africa, the Panama Canal and Polynesia. There he stayed 1 ½ years in Melbourne , where he worked as an industrial worker. After returning to Switzerland via Indonesia and India, he initially lived in the canton of Aargau and worked in publishing. In addition, Schmidli, who had already started writing in the 1950s , continued his literary activities; In 1966 his first volume of stories was published by Benziger Verlag . From 1967 Schmidli lived in Basel. From 1968 to 1978 he was co-editor of the literary magazine rotpunkt , from 1979 Schmidli freelance writer in Basel.

Werner Schmidli's work includes novels, short stories, poems, plays, radio plays and television scripts. While his early works can be assigned to workers' literature, the later ones, from around the eighties onwards, had more general existential problems on the subject. His last works are mainly crime fiction .

Awards

  • 1964: Sponsorship award from the city of Basel
  • 1967: year of work for the city of Basel
  • 1968. Prize for individual work from the Swiss Schiller Foundation
  • 1969: Award of the Pro Helvetia Foundation
  • 1979 and 1992: year of work for the Pro Helvetia Foundation
  • 1985: Basel Literature Prize
  • 1996: Contribution from the Canton of Aargau
  • 2001: Contribution from the cantons of Basel-Stadt and Basel-Landschaft

Works

  • The boy and the dead fish . Stories. Benziger, Einsiedeln 1966
  • It should snow for all of me . Novel. Benziger, Zurich 1967; Lenos, Basel 1992, ISBN 3-85787-609-3
  • The old man, the beer, the clock and other stories . Lukianos, Bern 1968; Good writings (GS 363), Basel 1972
  • The shadow house . Novel. Benziger, Zurich 1969
  • A child's prayer before playing . Poems. Lukianos, Bern 1970
  • Margot's suffering . Narrative. Lenos, Basel 1970
  • Nobody listens to me . Dispute for 2 or more people. Lenos, Basel 1971, ISBN 3-85787-008-7
  • Don't say: the fun stops with money . Prose. Benziger, Zurich 1971, ISBN 3-545-36125-X
  • Find places . Novel. Benziger, Zurich 1974, ISBN 3-545-36176-4
  • Gustav's misdeeds . Stories. Benziger, Zurich 1976, ISBN 3-545-36250-7
  • Zeller's braid . Novel. Benziger, Zurich 1979, ISBN 3-545-36293-0
  • The freedom of a traveler . Stories. Gute Schriften (GS 468), Basel 1980, ISBN 3-7185-0026-4
  • Ordinary days . Novel. Benziger, Zurich 1981, ISBN 3-545-36326-0
  • Why do trees become beautiful with age . Novel. Benziger, Zurich 1984, ISBN 3-545-36360-0
  • The man at the lake . Novel. Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 1985; New edition ibid. 1999, ISBN 3-312-00248-6
  • Rabbit face . Novel. Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 1987, ISBN 3-312-00131-5
  • Guntens proud case . Novel. Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 1989, ISBN 3-312-00147-1
  • Near me from summer to summer . A story diary. Benziger, Zurich 1990, ISBN 3-545-36492-5
  • Kythera or The Blue Room . Novel. Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 1991, ISBN 3-312-00176-5
  • The man from Amsterdam . Novel. Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 1993, ISBN 3-312-00187-0
  • The silk rose tree . Novel. Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 1996, ISBN 3-312-00215-X
  • Rascal . Novel. Nagel & Kimche, Zurich 1997, ISBN 3-312-00234-6
  • Joke . Crime stories. Cosmos, Muri bei Bern 2001, ISBN 3-305-00400-2
  • Devil and Beelzebub . Detective novel. Cosmos, Muri bei Bern 2002, ISBN 3-305-00401-0
  • Mountain Festival . Detective novel. Cosmos, Muri bei Bern 2004, ISBN 3-305-00402-9
  • Oswald's hangover . A Lovestory. Cosmos, Muri bei Bern 2005, ISBN 3-305-00403-7

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personal data
SURNAME Schmidli, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss writer
DATE OF BIRTH September 30, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH November 14, 2005
Place of death Basel