Herta Müller Biography Herta Mülller, born in 1953 in the German-speaking village of Niţchidorf, in Romania, studied German and Romanian philology in Timisoara. She then worked as a translator in a machine factory, from which she was subsequently fired for refusing to collabrorate with the Romanian secret service Securitate. Her first book, Nadirs, was held up four years at the publishers, and was only allowed to appear in a censored version in 1982; in 1984 a shortened version was published in Germany, followed by an Italian translation in 1987. Herta Müller found it increasingly impossible to publish her work in Romania, where she was repeatedly subjected to interrogations, house searches and threats from the Securitate. In 1987 she moved to Germany. From 1989 to 2001 she worked as a guest lecturer at various universities in England, the USA, Germany and Switzerland. From 1995 she was a member of the German Academy of Language and Poetry and in 2005 was a guest professor of poetry at the Freie Universität in Berlin. But above all Herta Müller continues to keep writing, finding inspiration for her books in life under the totalitarian dictatatorship. Her works – and particularly The Hunger Angel and The Land of Green Plums – have been translated into 50 languages. Following numerous other awards, she achieved the distinction of what one might call the writers’ Olympics when in 2009 she was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature. Herta Müller lives in Berlin. Bibliografia (selezione)/Bibliografie (Auswahl)/Bibliography (selective) Immer derselbe Schnee und immer derselbe Onkel, 2011, Carl Hanser Verlag Atemschaukel, 2009, Carl Hanser Verlag (L'altalena del respiro, 2010, Feltrinelli; The Hunger Angel, 2012, Metropolitan Books) Der König verneigt sich und tötet. Essays, 2003, Carl Hanser Verlag (Il re s'inchina e uccide, 2011, Keller) Der fremde Blick oder das Leben ist ein Furz in der Laterne, 1999, Wallstein (Lo sguardo estraneo, ovvero la vita è un peto in un lampione, 2009, Sellerio) Heute wär ich mir lieber nicht begegnet, 1997, Rowohlt (Oggi avrei preferito non incontrarmi, 2011, Feltrinelli; The Appointment, 2001, Metropolitan Books/Picador) In der Falle, 1996, Wallstein (In trappola, 2010, Sellerio) Hunger und Seide, Rowohlt, 1995 Herztier, Rowohlt, 1994, (Il paese delle prugne verdi, 2008, Keller; The Land of Green Plums, 1996, Metropolitan Books/Henry Holt & Company) Der Fuchs war damals schon Jäger, 1992, Rowohlt Der Mensch ist ein großer Fasan auf der Welt, 1986, Berlin (The Passport, 1989, Serpent's Tail) Niederungen, versione censurata/zensierte Version 1982; nuova versione/überarbeitete Fassung/unexpurgated version, 1984, Rotbuch Verlag (Bassure, 1987, Editori Riuniti; Nadirs, University of Nebraska Press, 1999) Poesia (collage di testi)/Lyrik (Textcollagen)/Poetry (collage of texts) Vater telefoniert mit den Fliegen, 2012, Hanser Verlag Die blassen Herren mit den Mokkatassen, 2005, Carl Hanser Verlag Im Haarknoten wohnt eine Dame, 2000, Rowohlt Premi (selezione)/Auszeichnungen (Auswahl)/Awards (selective) 2012 Maximiliansorden für Wissenschaft und Kunst 2011 Samuel-Bogumil-Linde Literaturpreis 2010 Hoffmann-von-Fallersleben-Preis 2010 Großes Verdienstkreuz der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 2009 Ehrengabe der Heine-Gesellschaft 2009 Premio Nobel per la letteratura/Nobelpreis für Literatur/Nobel Prize for Literature 2009 Franz-Werfel-Menschenrechtspreis 2006 Würth-Preis für Europäische Literatur 2006 Walter-Hasenclever-Literaturpreis 2005 Berliner Literaturpreis 2004 Konrad-Adenauer-Preis 2003 Joseph-Breitbach-Preis 1999 Franz Kafka-Preis 1998 International Impac Dublin Literary Award 1998 Ida-Dehmel-Literaturpreis 1997 Franz-Nabl-Preis 1995 Prix Aristeion (Premio letterario europeo/Europäischer Literaturpreis/European Literature Prize) 1994 Kleist-Preis 1992 Kritikerpreis des SWF 1991 Villa Massimo Stipendium 1989 Marieluise-Fleißer-Preis der Stadt Ingolstadt 1987 Ricarda-Huch-Preis 1984 Aspekte-Literaturpreis Carlo Ossola Biography Literary critic Carlo Ossola (born in Turin in 1946) graduated from the Massimo D’Azeglio Liceo Classico and took a degree in literature at Turin’s Università degli studi in1969. He was a professor of Italian literature at the universities of Geneva (1976-82), Padua (1982-88) and Turin (1988-1999). From 2000 he taught modern European literature at the Collège de France, Paris, and from 2007 was director of the Istituto di Studi Italiani, Lugano. He was co-director of the magazines “Lettere Italiane” and “Rivista di Storia e Letteratura Religiosa”. An essayist who combines philological acuity with specialised knowledge of comparative literature and the history of ideas, he has focused in particular on Renaissance culture in the courts of Europe. Among his studies on contemporary authors, highlights include work on Ungaretti, and he has also edited previously little-known and unpublished works by Juan de Valdès, Tesauro, Bossuet, Rossi, Cantù, Deonna, Caillois, Olivetti, de Certeau, Barthes, Hammarskjöld, Milner, with a particular focus on the Baroque. He was director of studies in High Culture at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini, publishing books of extensive cultural scope with Vittore Branca. He has published studies on the tradition of literary institutions within education. With Cesare Segre, he was responsible for the Einaudi-Gallimard “Pléiade” series Antologia della poesia italiana. For the Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, he was supervising editor of both the “Classici Ricciardi” series and the «Classici Treccani. I grandi autori della letteratura italiana», for which he edited Dante Alighieri’s Commedia, 2011, and Alessandro Manzoni’s I Promessi Sposi, 2012. Bibliografia (selezione)/Bibliografie (Auswahl)/Bibliography (selective) A vif. La création et les signes, 2013, Imprimerie Nationale Introduzione alla Divina Commedia, 2012, Marsilio con Giacomo Jori Letteratura Italiana. Canone dei Classici, 2012, UTET Libri d´Italia. 1861-2011, 2011, Classici Ricciardi Il continente interiore, 2010, Marsilio L´Avenir de nos origines. Le copiste et le prophète, 2004, Millon Le antiche memorie del nulla, 1997, Storia e Letteratura L´anima in barocco: testi del Seicento italiano, 1995, Scriptorium Figurato e rimosso: icone e interni del testo, 1988, il Mulino Dal "Cortegiano" all´"Uomo di mondo": storia di un libro e di un modello sociale, 1987, Einaudi Insegnare stanca (con/mit/with P. M. Bertinetto), 1982, il Mulino Brano a brano. L´antologia di italiano nella scuola media inferiore, 1978, il Mulino La pratica della scrittura: costruzione e analisi del testo poetico (con/mit/with P. M. Bertinetto), 1976, Paravia Giuseppe Ungaretti, 1975, Mursia Autunno del Rinascimento: "Idea del tempio dell´arte" nell´ultimo Cinquecento, 1971, Olschki Premi (selezione)/Auszeichnungen (Auswahl)/Awards (selective) 2010 Premio Pisa 2010 Premio Cesare Pavese 1997 Premio Antonio Feltrinelli 1991 Premio Roncaglia 1979 Premio Vallombrosa 1975 Premio Bonavera Martin Meyer Biography Martin Meyer, born in 1951 in Zurich, is a journalist, cultural commentator, and writer of books. From 1974 he worked as an editor for the cultural section of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung, of which he became section head in 1992. He studied history, German literature and philosophy at the University of Zurich, where he obtained a doctorate in 1976 with a thesis on Schiller and German romanticism. Subsequent publications centred on subjects such as Ernst Jünger, “the end of history”, Thomas Mann’s diaries and the war of values; the most recent, published by Carl Hanser, are: Piranesis Zukunft. Essays zu Literatur und Kunst (2009), as well as a major monograph of Albert Camus – Die Freiheit leben (2013). In 2003 he won the renowned Charles Veillon Foundation Euopean Prize for literary essays. In addition, Martin Meyer is a member of the German Academy of Language and Poetry and a member of the Zurich Gelehrten Gesellschaft. From 2008 he was a delegate then in 2013 became president of the directorate of the Istituto svizzero di studi internazionali. In 2011, the University of San Gallo awarded him an honorary doctorate for his work in both journalism and academia. Bibliografia/Bibliografie/ Bibliography Albert Camus. Die Freiheit leben, 2013, Hanser Verlag Piranesis Zukunft. Essays zu Literatur und Kunst, 2009, Hanser Verlag Krieg der Werte. Wie wir leben, um zu überleben, 2003, Nagel & Kimche Tagebuch und spätes Leid. Über Thomas Mann, 1999, Hanser Verlag Die Schweiz – für Europa? Über Kultur und Politik (con/mit/with Georg Kohler), 1998, Hanser Verlag Die Folgen von 1989 (con/mit/with Georg Kohler), 1994, Hanser Verlag Ende der Geschichte?, 1993, Hanser Verlag Intellektuellendämmerung? Beiträge zur neuestes Zeit des Geistes, 1992, Hanser Verlag Vom Übersetzen, 1990, Hanser Verlag Ernst Jünger, 1990, Hanser Verlag Premi/Auszeichnungen/Awards 2011 Dottore honoris causa/Ehrendoktor/Honorary Doctorate Universität St.Gallen 2003 Prix Européen de l'Essai Charles Veillon Nora Gomringer Biography Swiss-German authoress Nora-Eugenie Gomringer (born in 1980 in Neunkirchen, Germany, the only girl among 7 brothers) writes lyrical poetry, radio programmes and cultural articles. From 2000 to date she has published five volumes of poetry and a collection of essays. In addition to writing, reading and reciting poetry, for which she has won numerous awards, the most recent including the Jacob Grimm German Language Prize (2011) and the Joachim Ringelnatz Prize (2012). She is a member of the Rotary Club and PEN and has taught at universities in Landau, Sheffield and Kiel. If you meet her socially, it’s likely to be in the dark, since she is a passionate film-goer. For the same reason she has become ever more frequently – and enthusiastically – involved in working on cinematic adaptations of her work, which has given her an opportunity to collaborate with eminent colleagues from the worlds of music and film. In addition, since 2001 she has run and organised the Bamberga Poetry Slam, although she has not personally participated in it since 2006. In 2013 she took to the stage for the first time in Basilea with the opera project Drei fliegende Minuten, her first libretto, which was followed by other performances in Zurich and Munich. Alongside all these activities, in 2013 she also ran the poetry festival Lyriktage in Frauenfeld. Nora Gomringer lives in Bamberga, where she is part of the directorate for the Villa Concordia International Artists’ Residency. Bibliografia (selezione)/Bibliografie (Auswahl)/Bibliography (selective) Monster Poems (con illustrazioni di/mit Illustrationen von/illustrated by Reimar Limmer), 2013, Voland & Quist Mein Gedicht fragt nicht lange, 2011, Voland & Quist Ich werde etwas mit der Sprache machen, 2011, Voland & Quist Luggage Center ANDORA, 2011, LiteraturQuickie Hamburg Kleine Menschen (con/mit/with Michael Stauffer), 2010, Der Gesunde Menschenversand (CD) La Lanterna. Genua speculativa, 2010, radiodramma per/Hörspielskizze für Goethe Institut Genua, coproduzione per/Koproduktion für/co-production DeutschlandRadio et al. (data delle prima trasmissione ancora sconosciuta/Erstausstrahlungsdatum noch unbekannt/broadcast date still unverified) Nachrichten aus der Luft, 2010, Voland & Quist Klimaforschung, 2008, Voland & Quist Sag doch mal was zur Nacht, 2006, Voland & Quist (raccolta di testi recitati con CD/Sprechtextsammlung mit CD/a collection of spoken texts with CD) Silbentrennung, 2002, Grupello Gedichte, 2000, autoedizione/im Eigenverlag/self-published (ripubblicato/neu aufgelegt/re-published in Mein Gedicht fragt nicht lange) Premi/Auszeichnungen/Awards 2014 Otto-und-Hildegard-Grau-Preis (Erlangen) 2013 Kulturpreis der Bayerischen Landesstiftung 2013 August-von-Platen-Lyrikpreis der Stadt Ansbach 2013 Poesiepreis des Kulturkreises des Bundes der Deutschen Industrie 2012 Adesione al PEN/PEN-Mitgliedschaft/Member of PEN 2012 Joachim-Ringelnatz-Preis für Lyrik der Stadt Cuxhaven 2011 Jacob-Grimm-Preis Deutsche Sprache 2009 Kulturpreis der Oberfrankenstiftung 2008 Bayrischer Kulturpreis verliehen durch die EON-Stiftung 2006 Literaturpreis der Stadt Erlangen 2006 Kunstförderpreis des Freistaates Bayern (Sparte Literatur) 2005 Vincitrice del Poetry Slam di Lipsia nella categoria “Team” con/TeamGewinnerin bei den deutschsprachigen Poetry Slam Meisterschaften Leipzig mit/Winner of the German language Poetry Slam Meisterschaften Leipzig with Mia Pittroff e/und/and Nina Sonnenberg aka Fiva MC 2003 Hattinger Förderpreis für Literatur Mario Botta Biography Mario Botta was born in 1943 in Mendrisio. After a period of apprenticeship as a construction designer in Lugano, he attended the Milan liceo artistico and continued his studies at the Istituto Universitario d’Architettura in Venice, graduating in 1969, with Carlo Scarpa and Giuseppe Mazzariol as his mentors. During his time in Venice he met and worked with Le Corbusier and Luois I. Kahn. In 1970 he opened his own architectural practice in Lugano, where he worked on the design and construction of a wide variety of buildings, from one-family houses in Ticino to churches and museums all over the world. Since then he has also been extensively engaged in teaching, lecturing, holding seminars, and giving courses at architecture schools in Europe, Asia, the USA, and Latin America. In 1976 he was appointed guest professor at the Lausanne Polytechnic and in 1987 at the Yale School of Architecture in New Haven, USA. In 1983 he was appointed a tenured professor at the Scuole Politecniche Svizzere, and from 1982 to 1987 was a member of the Swiss Federal Fine Arts Commission. In 1996 he undertook the creation and establishment of the new Architectural Academy of Mendrisio, of which he was director (2002- 2003 and 2011-2013), and still teaches there today. His work has won major awards including the Merit Award for Excellence in Design for the Museum of Modern Art in San Francisco, and numerous exhibitions have been dedicated to his work. Opere edili (selezione) /Bauten (Auswahl)/Architectural works (selective) 2013 Granatkapelle, Zillertal 2012 Hotel Twelve in Hengshan, Shanghai 2012 Centro benessere/Wellnesszentrum/Wellness Centre, Rigi Kaltbad 2011 Biblioteca dell’Università Tsinghua/Bibibliothek der Tsinghua Universität/ Tsinghua University Library, Beijing 2009 Cantina/Weinkellerei/Winebar Château Faugères, Saint-Emilion 2009 Museo/Museum Bechtler, Charlotte 2006-2009 Sede centrale e residenze/Wohnungen und Hauptsitz/HQ and residential quarters Campari, Sesto San Giovanni 2004-2006 Centro benessere/Wellnesszentrum /Wellness Centre Tschuggen Bergoase, Arosa 2004-2006 Chiesa/Kirche/Church Santo Volto, Torino 2003 Museo e biblioteca/Museum und Bibliothek /Museum and Library Fondation Bodmer, Cologny (CH) 2002-2004 Ristrutturazione/Umbau/Redesign/Teatro alla Scala, Milano 2002 MART Museo d’arte moderna e contemporanea/Kulturzentrum und Museum für moderne und zeitgenössische Kunst/Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art Trento-Rovereto 1999-2000 Centro Friedrich Dürrenmatt/Friedrich Dürrenmatt Zentrum, Neuchâtel 1998 Cymbalist Sinagogue and Hebrew Heritage Center, Tel Aviv 1996 Museo Jean Tinguely/Jean Tinguely Museum, Basel 1990-1995 SFMOMA Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco 1989-2003 Kyobo Tower, Seoul 1984-1987 Teatro e centro culturale/Theater und Kulturzentrum/ André Malraux Cuntural Centre and Theatre, Chambéry Premi (selezione)/Auszeichnungen (Auswahl)/Awards (selective) 2013 Nomina a membro onorario della/Berufung in die/Nominated an Honorary Member of the Pontificia Insigne Accademia di Belle Arti e Letteratura dei Virtuosi al Pantheon da parte di papa Benedetto XVI/durch Papst Benedikt XVI/by Pope Benedict XVI 2006 European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage Europa Nostra, Den Haag 2005 Medaglia Beato Angelico Associazione S. Marco per il Rinascimento, Firenze 2005 Premio/Preis/award Excellence in design for civic architecture, Leeum Samsung Museum, Seoul 1999 Chevalier dans l’Ordre national de la Légion d’Honneur, Paris 1997 Honorary Fellow Royal Institute of British Architects, London 1995 Merit Award for Excellence in Design - AIA, California 1995 Europäischer Kulturpreis, Karlsruhe 1989 CICA Award - Comité Internacional de Criticos de Arquitectura, Bienal de Arquitectura, Buenos Aires 1988 Chevalier dans l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Paris 1986 Chicago Architecture Award 1983 Ehrenmitglied des Bundes Deutscher Architekten Vittorio Gregotti Biography Vittorio Gregotti, was born in Novara in 1927, and graduated in architecture in 1952 from the Milan Polytechnic. From 1953 to 1968 he worked with L. Meneghetti and G. Stoppino. In 1974 he founded Gregotti Associati, of which he is president. From 1978 to 2000 he was a full professor of Architectonic Composition at the Istituto Universitario di Architettura in Venice, taught at the Architecture Faculty in Milano (1964 -1967) and Palermo (1968 -1973), and was a visiting professor at the universities of Tokyo, Buenos Aires, San Paolo, Lausanne, Harvard, Philadelphia, Princeton, Cambridge (U.K.) and M.I.T. in Cambridge (Mass.). He has participated in numerous international exhibitions and from 1974 to 1976 was director of the visual arts and architecture section for the Venice Biennale. In addition, from 1953 to 1955 he edited Casabella, editor in chief of Casabella-Continuità 1955-1963, director of Edilizia Moderna 1963-1965, director of Rassegna 1979-1998. He was also responsible for the architecture section of the magazine Il Verri. He wrote for the cultural sections of the Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica and from 1984 to 1992 was the architectural columnist for the magazine Panorama. He became an member of the Accademia in San Luca in 1976, and of that of Brera in 1995. He was awarded an honorary doctorate by the Prague Polytechnic in 1996, by the Architecture Faculty of the Bucharest Polytechnic in 1999 and by the Architecture Faculty at Porto University in 2003. In 1997 he became a member of the BDA (Bund der deutschen Architekten) and in 1999 an honorary member of the American Institute of Architects. In 2000 he received the President of the Republic’s Gold Medal for “Services to Science and Culture”. Opere edili (selezione)/Bauten (Auswahl)/Architectural works (selective) 2008 Chiesa di/Kirche/Church San Massimiliano Kolbe, Bergamo 2003 Grand Théâtre de Provence, Aix-en-Provence 2003 Bund Central Business District, Shanghai 2002 Nuovo quartiere residenziale nell'area di/Wohnquartier/New residential district Pujiang, Shanghai 2002 Museo archeologico/Archäologiemuseum/Archeological Museum Patras 2002 Complesso amministrativo/Verwaltungsgebäude/Administrative office complex, Mosca 2001 Nuova città di per 100.000 abitanti/neue Stadt Jiangwan für 100.000 Einwohner/New town for 1000,000 residents, Shanghai 2000 Direction commerciale d'Air France, Montreuil 2000 Municipio e nuovo centro urbano/Stadthaus und -zentrum/Nice Town hall and new urban centre, Nizza 1999 Stadio/Stadion/Stadium, Marrakech 1999 Stadio/Stadion/Stadium, Agadir 1999 Salle des Etats al Louvre, Paris 1997 Teatro degli Arcimboldi alla Bicocca, Milano 1997 National Grand Theater, Beijing 1994 Nave da crociera/Kreuzfahrtschiff/Cruise ship "Costa Vittoria" 1993 Edifici residenziali a/Wohngebäude/Residential buildings Spandau, Berlin 1992 Una nuova città sul Mar Nero/neue Stadt am Schwarzen Meer/New town on the Black Sea, Ukraine 1991 Salle des Etats e ala/und Flügel/and Wing Denon Louvre, Paris 1991 Risistemazione/Neuordnung/Redesign Potsdamer Platz e/und/and Leipziger Platz, Berlin 1991 Place de l'Etoile, Strasburgo 1991 Nave da crociera/Kreuzfahrtschiff/Cruise ship "Costa Romantica" 1990 Ristrutturazione area portuale centro storico/Renovierung Hafengebiet Altstadt/Restructuring of the historical port centre, Venezia 1989 Palazzetto dello sport/Sports Centre/, Nîmes 1987 Sede della Regione/Sitz der Region/Regional Seat of Government, Marche, Ancona 1987 Galleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea Accademia Carrara, Bergamo 1986 Stadio olimpico/Olympiastadion/Olympic Stadium, Barcelona 1986 Stadio/Stadion/Stadium, Nîmes 1985 Trasformazione area/Umwandlung Gebiet/Transformation of the area. Pirelli Bicocca, Milano 1984 Quartiere fieristico/Messegelände/Exhibition site , Ferrara 1984 Parco archeologico ai/Archäologiepark/Archeological Park Fori Imperiali, Roma 1974 Fondazione Feltrinelli, Milano 1969 Quartiere per 20.000 abitanti/Quartier für 20.000 Einwohner/Residential quarters for 20,000 inhabitants(ZEN), Palermo 1969 Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Università di Palermo 1960 Palazzo per uffici/Bürogebäude/Office complex, Novara Riconoscimenti (selezione)/Auszeichnungen (Auswahl)/Awards (selective) 1996 Laurea honoris causa Politecnico di Praga /Ehrendoktorat/Honorary Doctorate Polytechnikum Prag 1999 Laurea honoris causa Facoltà di Architettura del Politecnico di Bucarest/Ehrendoktorat Architekturfakultät Polytechnikum Bukarest 2003 Laurea honoris causa dalla Facoltà di Architettura dell’Università di Porto/Ehrendoktorat Architekturfakultät Universität Porto/Honorary Doctorate 2000 Medaglia d’oro della der Presidenza della Repubblica “Benemerito della scienza e della cultura” Nicola Navone Biography Nicola Navone, born in 1967 in Lugano, is vice-director of the Archivio del Moderno and lectures at the Archictecture Academy in Mendrisio - USI. One of his research areas is the role Ticinese craftsmen played in spreading the influence of Italian architectural culture in Russia, from the early 18th century to the mid-19th century, a subject on which he published widely; the other is contemporary Ticinese architecture, which is internationally renowned, and is the focus of his teaching at the Accademia di architettura di Mendrisio and, in Spring 2013, at the Università IUAV in Venice. He is secretary for the international architectural prize, the BSI Swiss Architectural Award. Klaus Wagenbach Biography Publisher Klaus Wagenbach was born in 1930 Berlin. After training as a bookseller he was awarded his doctorate in 1957 with a thesis on Franz Kafka, whose life and work continues to fascinate him. Specialising in German literature, from 1959 he worked as an editor in German for the publishing company S. Fischer, and later as a reviewer for the broadcaster Bayerischer Rundfunk. He lost both jobs due to a letter of protest he wrote to the Procurator General about the arrest of an East German editor during a bookfair. In autumn 1964 he founded the publishing company in Berlin, Verlag Klaus Wagenbach, that remains an independent to this day. He published the early writings of Wolf Biermann to great success, came to be considered the revolutionaries’ publisher and, in the explosive years of the 60s, that of the Red Army Faction. He made speeches at the funerals of the RAF terrorist Ulrike Meinhof, and the publisher Giacomo Feltrinelli. Following internal conflicts in 1973, the publishing company, which had become a collective, fell apart. From then on Klaus Wagenbach concentrated on new literature, publishing Rudi Dutschke, Erich Fried and Boris Vian and promoting Italian authors such as Alberto Moravia, Luigi Malerba and Natalia Ginzburg. He is known as the publisher with the most criminal convictions but also the publisher who has received the most awards. In 2010 he was the first publisher to receive the Kurt Wolff Prize, for lifetime achievement. In 2002 he passed the running of the publishing company to his wife Susanne Schüssler. Klaus Wagenbach lives in Berlin. Bibliografia/Bibliografie/Bibliography Die Freiheit des Verlegers, 2010, Wagenbach (La libertà dell’editore, 2013, Sellerio) Kafkas Prag. Ein Reiselesebuch, 1993, Wagenbach Franz Kafka. Bilder aus seinem Leben, 1983, Wagenbach (nuova edizione rielaborata e ampliata/vollständig überarbeitete und erweiterte Neuausgabe/new, revised and expanded edition 2008) Eintritt frei. Beiträge zur öffentlichen Meinung, 1982, Luchterhand Franz Kafka in Selbstzeugnissen und Bilddokumenten, 1964, Rowohlt Franz Kafka. Eine Biographie seiner Jugend, 1958, Francke Pubblicazioni curate (selezione)/Herausgeber (Auswahl)/Publications as editor Mein Italien, kreuz und quer, 2004, Wagenbach Alberto Moravia, Ach, die Frauen! Die schönsten Erzählungen, 2003, Wagenbach Die weite Reise. Mittelmeergeschichten, 2002, Wagenbach Umberto Eco. Mein verrücktes Italien. Verstreute Notizen aus vierzig Jahren, 2000, Wagenbach Wieso Bücher?, 1994, Wagenbach Tintenfisch. Zweibändige Neuausgabe 1967-1976, 1981, Wagenbach Franz Kafka. In der Strafkolonie, 1975/1995, Wagenbach Lesebuch. Deutsche Literatur der sechziger Jahre, 1968/1994/1997, Wagenbach Tintenfisch, Jahrbuch für deutsche Literatur (co-curatore/Mitherausgeber/co-editor), 1968-1987, Wagenbach Premi (selezione)/Auszeichnungen (Auswahl)/Awards (selective) 2010 Kurt-Wolff-Preis 2006 Rahel-Varnhagen-von-Ense-Medaille der Stadt Berlin 2006 Premio Ardinghello, Firenze 2002 Kythera-Preis, Düsseldorf 2001 Chevalier de la Légion d’honneur 2001 Großes Bundesverdienstkreuz 1999 Hugo-Ball-Preis 1995 Astrolabio d'oro, Pisa 1990 Premio Nazionale per la Traduzione 1990 Bundesverdienstkreuz Erster Klasse 1988 Cavaliere dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana 1979 Deutscher Kritikerpreis Inge Feltrinelli Biography Inge Schönthal was born in 1930 in Essen to German Jewish parents. She had a difficult childhood, and after the war left Germany to work as a photographer. Through her work she met major figures such as Ernest Hemingway, Pablo Picasso and Simone de Beauvoir. Her photographs appeared in international magazines such as Constanze, Paris Match and Life. In 1958 she met the publisher Giangiacomo Feltrinelli, married him in 1960 and moved to Milan to be with him. In 1969 she became the publishing company’s Vice-President, and then its president after her husband’s death in 1972. Over the years she made the company the third largest Italian publisher, brought many Nobel Prize winners to its roster, and worked to bring Italian authors to international attention. Inge Feltrinelli became honorary president of the Librerie Feltrinelli company. In 2005 the financial holding entity Effe was established, to which she wa appointed Vice-President. She has received numerous international awards, including the European Media Karlsmedaille in 2011. In 2013 Photographs, a collection of her photography was published, containing work from her earlier career. Inge Feltrinelli lives and works in Milan. Premi (selezione)/Auszeichnungen (Auswahl)/Awards (selective) 2013 Grande Ufficiale della Repubblica italiana 2011 Laurea honoris causa/Ehrendoktorat/Honorary Doctorate Universität Heidelberg 2011 Karlsmedaille für europäische Medien, Aachen 2008 Miembro de la Fundación Academia Europea de Yuste 2006 Reconocimiento al merito editorial, Guadalajara 2004 Laurea honoris causa/Ehrendoktorat /Honorary Doctorate Iulm Milano 2002 Commandeur dans l’ordre des Arts et des Lettres en Francia 1999 Verdienstkreuz am Bande der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 1996 Accademico di Brera 1991 Laurea honoris causa/Ehrendoktorat /Honorary Doctorate Università di Ferrara 1986 Cavaliere della Repubblica italiana Bibliografia/Bibliografie/Bibliography Mit Fotos die Welt erobern, 2013, Steidl (Photographs, 2014, Steidl) Inge fotoreporter, 2000, Feltrinelli Péter Nádas Biography Péter Nádas was born in 1942 in Budapest, Hungary, but was orphaned at the age of 16. He initially worked as a photographer and journalist, but, as a result of growing disagreement with official guidelines on journalistic editorial policy, in 1968 he withdrew to the countryside to devote himself to writing freelance. In 1967 he published his first collection of short stories. His first novel, The End of a Family Story (1977; USA, 1998), was published in Hungary only several years after being written, since Péter Nádas was not popular with the censors. In the Germanspeaking sphere he enjoys great esteem, thanks in particular to the novels The End of a Family Story and A Book of Memories (1986; USA 1997). For his literary work, stage plays and essays, he has won numerous awards, including the Austrian State Prize for European Literature, (1991), the Kossuth Prize (1992), the Leipzig Book Award for European Understanding (1995) and the Franz Kafka Prize (2003). Exhibitions of his photographs have been held in Paris, Zurich, Salzsburg, Berlin, Moscow, Helsinki, Budapest and at the Kunsthaus in Zugo, among other places. His most recent novel Párhuzamos történetek (Parallel Stories), which took him 18 years to write, was published in Hungary in 2005, in German in 2012, and in 7 other languages. This was a monumental work, the German version comprising 1700 pages, and praised by critics as “the last epic novel of the past century” and a “phenomenal provocation that overturns all literary conventions”. Péter Nádas lives and works in Budapest and Gombosszeg. Bibliografia (selezione)/Bibliografie (Auswahl)/Bibliography (selective) Arbor mundi, 2012, Nimbus. Kunst und Bücher Párhuzamos történetek, 2005, Jelenkor (Parallelgeschichten 2012, Rowohlt; Parallel Stories, 2011, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Minotaurus, 1997, Jelenkor (Minotauro, Zandonai, 2010; Minotauros, 1997, Rowohlt) Vonulás. A fotográfia szép története, 1995, Jelenkor (Die schöne Geschichte der Fotografie, 2001, Berlin Verlag; A Lovely Tale of Photography, 1999, Twisted Spoon Pr) Szerelem (Amore, 2012, Zandonai; Liebe, 1996, Rowohlt; Love, 2000, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Talát cetli, 1992, Jelenkor (Freiheitsübungen und andere Kleine Prosa, 2004, Berlin Verlag) Az égi és a földi szerelemröl, 1991, Jelenkor (Von der himmlischen und der irdischen Liebe, 1994, Rowohlt) Évkönyv, 1989, Szépirodalmi (Der Lebensläufer, 1995, Rowohlt) Hazatérés, Jelenkor, 1985 (Heimkehr, 1992, Rowohlt ) Emlékiratok könyve, 1986, Szépirodalmi (Libro di memorie, 2012, Baldini Castoldi Dalai; Buch der Erinnerung, 1991, Rowohlt; A Book of Memories, 1997, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Egy családregény vége, 1977, Szépirodalmi (Fine di un romanzo familiare, 2009, Baldini Castoldi Dalai; Ende eines Familienromans, 1979, Suhrkamp; The End of a Family Story, 1998, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) A Biblia, 1967, Szépirodalmi (La Bibbia, BUR, 2009; Die Bibel, 2009, Berlin Verlag) Pièce teatrali/Theaterstücke/Plays Ohne Pause (drei Stücke), 1999, Rowohlt Lavori fotografici/Fotografische Arbeiten/Photographic Works Schattengeschichte, 2012, Nimbus. Kunst und Bücher Lichtgeschichte, 2012, Nimbus. Kunst und Bücher Saját halál, 2004, Jelenkor (Der eigene Tod, 2002, Steidl; Own Death, 2006, Steidl) Etwas Licht, Steidl, 1999 Premi/Auszeichnungen/Awards 2014 Würth-Preis für Europäische Literatur 2012 Literatur- und Übersetzungspreis Brücke Berlin (per Párhuzamos történetek, insieme alla traduttrice/für Parallelgeschichten, gemeinsam mit Übersetzerin/for Parallel Stories, along with translator Christina Viragh) 2007 Ordine al merito della Repubblica di Ungheria/Verdienstordens der Republik Ungarn, Komtur/The Republic of Hungary’s Order of Merit 2003 Franz-Kafka-Literaturpreis 1995 Leipziger Buchpreis zur Europäischen Verständigung 1992 Kossuth-Preis 1991 Österreichischer Staatspreis für Europäische Literatur Andreas Breitenstein Biography Andreas Breitenstein was born in 1961 in Zurich, where he studied German, philosophy and art history. After a year spent studying in the USA, and learning English, he worked as a copywriter and freelance literary critic (Zürichsee-Zeitung, Tages-Anzeiger, Neue Zürcher Zeitung). From 1992 he was on the editorial team for the cultural section at NZZ, where he was responsible for covering culture and literature in Austria, Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, Russia, Asia and Latin America. Central to his literary interests are writers from Austria, Scandinavia, Central and Eastern central Europe. As a journalist, he is also a specialist on the rise of Asia. Jonas Lüscher Biography Jonas Lüscher, born in 1976 in Schlieren (Switzerland), is a doctoral candidate in philosophy and a writer. After training as an elementary school teacher in Bern, he worked for some years as a screenwriter for the film industry in Munich, the capital of Bavaria, where he subsequently studied at the Hochschule für Philosophie. Alongside his studies and research, he wrote a novel which, however, has remained unpublished to date. However, his literary debut, the novella Frühling der Barbaren published by C. H. Beck in 2013, brought him instant fame: his work “about nonaction” – as he put it – following the financial collapse, was nominated for the German and Swiss Book Prizes (Deutscher Buchpreis and Schweizer Buchpreis). This book also received the Canton of Bern’s Literary Prize, a City of Zurich’s Artist grant, and the Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis. This year, Frühling der Barbaren will be published in French by Autrement. Further translations into other langauges are also underway. In addition, in November 2012 the Opéra National Montpellier, in France, staged the première of the opera Jetzt, for which Jonas Lüscher wrote the libretto. Between 2012 and 2013 he spent eight months at Stanford University with Hans Ulrich Gumbrecht as a visiting researcher. He is currently working at Zurich Polytechnic’s Department Philosophy on his doctoral thesis on the importance of narrative in depicting the complexities of social issues. For this, he commutes between Munich, where he has lived for thirteen years, and Zurich. He feels completely at home in Germany, so much so that he has applied for German citizenship. Bibliografia/Bibliografie/Bibliography Frühling der Barbaren, 2013, C. H. Beck Libretti/Bühnenstücke/Libretti Jetzt, libretto dell’opera di/Libretto zu einer Oper von Mathis Nitschke, 2012 Premi /Auszeichnungen/Awards 2013 Literarische Auszeichnung des Kanton Bern 2013 Bayerischer Kunstförderpreis Fleur Jaeggy Biography Annemarie Claude Fleur Jaeggy was born in Zurich in 1940 to an Italian father and a Swiss mother. She attended various educational establishments, mainly in Switzerland, but, having had enough of school and full of youthful impatience she moved to Rome in Italy. There she had the opportunity to meet and become friends with Ingeborg Bachmann and spend time with other German-speaking intellectuals. She subsequently moved to Milan, where she still lives today with her writer husband Roberto Calasso. Considered an Italian writer of Swiss origin by the Garzanti Encyclopaedia of Literature, she works in many different fields. She has written on Keats and Walser, translated Schwob and De Quincey, published several books with Adelphi Edizione, as well as having worked with her friend Franco Battiato on song lyrics for the Sicilian singer-songwriter who goes by the name of Carlotta Wieck. Some of her writing has formed the basis for stage-plays, e.g. L’angelo custode was performed in Rome, in 1973, and directed by Giorgio Marini. She worked with the same director, Giorgio Marini, in 1975 on the play Un tram che si chiama Tallulah, presented at the Festival dei Due Mondi in Spoleto, about actress Tallulah Bankhead’s widely-panned performance in a Tennessee Williams drama. I beati anni del castigo, published in 1989 by Adelphi, considered her first major success, was adapted for the stage in 2010, and performed at Milan’s Piccolo Teatro, directed by Luca Ronconi. The writer Susan Sontag chose Proleterka as her book of the year for the Times Literary Supplement’s 2003 review. Jaeggy has also written radio plays for Swiss Italian Radio. Her books have been translated into numerous languages and published in many different countries. Bibliografia/Bibliografie/Bibliography Vite Congetturali, 2009, Adelphi Proleterka, Adelphi 2001 (Proleterka, 2002, Berlin Verlag, S.S. Proleterka, New Directions, 2003) La paura del cielo. Adelphi 1994 (Die Angst vor dem Himmel, Berlin Verlag 1997) I beati anni del castigo. Adelphi 1989 (Die seligen Jahre der Züchtigung, 1996, Berlin Verlag) Le statue d’acqua. Adelphi 1980, (Wasserstatuen, Matthes & Seitz, 1984,) L’angelo custode, 1971, Adelphi Il dito in bocca, 1968, Adelphi Premi/Auszeichnungen/Awards 2011 Premio Centenario BSI 2002 Premio Viareggio-Rèpaci 2001 Premio Donna città di Roma 2001 Premio Vailate Alderigo Sala 1994 Premio Moravia 1994 Premio Boccaccio Europa 1990 Premio Bagutta Anna Ruchat Biography Anna Ruchat was born in Zurich in 1959. She studied philosophy and German literature in Pavia, where she lives today, and in Zurich. The authors she has translated, over her many years of experience in this field, include Thomas Bernhard, Paul Celan, Nelly Sachs, Victor Klemperer, Mariella Mehr and Werner Herzog, Friedrich Dürrenmatt. In 2000, with she worked with actors Bruno Cerruti and Arianna Marano and musicians Mariano Nocito and Gianni Mimmo to take a dramatised reading based on Victor Klemperer’s diaries entitled Una fossa nell’aria to schools and theatres. From 2001 she taught at schools (Scuole Civiche) in Milan and from 2002 has managed the archive of the poet Franco Beltrametti. From 2004 to 2008 she worked at the publishers Effigie, and with Swiss Italian Radio, whilst also writing for the daily newspaper “Il manifesto” as well as the magazines “Il primo amore” and “Pulp”. In 2004 a collection of her short stories In questa vita was published (Casagrande), and 2005 saw the publication of a volume of poetry, Geografia senza fiume (Campanotto) and Il male minore (Ed. Fondazione Beltrametti), in a collaboration with the photographer Elda Papa. A further collaboration followed, this time with artist Giulia Fonti, in 2009, resulting in a collection of her poetry entitled Angeli di stoffa (Pagine d’Arte) and in 2010 she published the short novel Volo in ombra (Quarup), about the day – October 25, 1960 – in which her father André lost his life when his Hunter crashed on a military flight in Meiringen. Olmo Cerri made a documentary of the same title about this event in 2013, with Ruchat’s participation. A collection of her poems, illustrated by Daniele Brolli Terra taciturna e apocalisse was published in 2012 (Campanotto) as was the book Il malinteso (Ibis). German language translations of her work include Die beiden Türen der Welt (Rotpunkt Verlag) and Schattenflug (Limmat Verlag). Bibliografie/Bibliografia/Bibliography Il malinteso, 2012, Ibis Terra taciturna e apocalisse, 2012, Campanotto Volo in ombra, 2010, Quarup (Schattenflug, 2012, Limmat Verlag) Angeli di stoffa. Con collages di/mit Collagen von Giulia Fonti, 2009, Pagine d’Arte Il male minore, 2006, Ed. Fondazione Beltrametti, Geografia senza fiume, 2005, Campanotta Mimare frasi, 2005, Biblioteca cantonale Bellinzona In questa vita, 2004, Casagrande (Die beiden Türen der Welt, 2006, Rotpunktverlag) Premi/Auszeichnungen/Awards 2005 Premio Schiller/Schillerpreis 2005 Premio Chiara Alain Claude Sulzer Biography Alain Claude Sulzer, born in 1953 in Riehen in the canton of Basel-Stadt, trained as a librarian then subsequently turned to journalism. In the 1980s his own literary work began to appear in publication. In parallel he has also worked as a translator from French. From 2008 to 2011 he was a Jury member on the Ingeborg Bachmann International Competition in Klagenfurt. He has won numerous awards, including the Prix Médicis étranger in 2008, the Hermann Hesse Prize in 2009 and in 2013 the City of Basel’s Kulturpreis. His novel Aus den Fugen was short-listed fort the 2012 Swiss Book Prize. 2013 also saw the publication of his portrait of the city, Basel. Sulzer makes his living as a freelance writer in Basel, Berlin and Alsace. Bibliografia/Bibliografie/Bibliography Basel, 2013, Hoffmann und Campe Aus den Fugen, 2012, Galiani (Il concerto, 2013, Sellerio) Zur falschen Zeit, 2010, Galiani Privatstunden, 2007, Epoca/2009, Suhrkamp Ein perfekter Kellner, 2004, Epoca/2006, Suhrkamp (A Perfect Waiter, 2008, Bloomsbury) Annas Maske, 2001, Epoca/2006, Suhrkamp Urmein, 1998, Klett-Cotta Die siamesischen Brüder, 1990, Klett-Cotta Das Künstlerzimmer, 1988, Klett-Cotta Bergelson, 1985, List Das Erwachsenengerüst, 1983, List Premi/Auszeichnungen/Awards 2013 Kulturpreis der Stadt Basel 2009 Prix des auditeurs de la Radio Suisse Romande 2009 Hermann-Hesse-Preis 2008 Prix Médicis étranger 2005 Einzelwerkpreis der Schweizerischen Schillerstiftung 1999 Schillerpreis der Zürcher Kantonalbank 1984 Rauriser Literaturpreis Martin Meyer Biography Martin Meyer, born in 1951 in Zurich, studied philosophy, literature and history. In 1974 he become editor of the prestigious cultural section of the Neuen Zürcher Zeitung, which he ran until 1992. His field of interest includes the analysis of time, literature and philosophy, as well as classical music. His publications and work as a writer and curator has focused on Ernst Jünger, Thomas Mann, Switzerland and Europe, among other subjects; just a few of his noteworthy titles are Ende der Geschichte? (1993), Krieg der Werte (2003), Tagebuch und spätes Leid (about Thomas Mann, 1999) and Piranesis Zukunft (a collection of essays on art and literature, 2009). He is a member of the German Academy of Language and Poetry. Durs Grünbein Biography Durs Grünbein, born in 1962 in Dresden, lives and works as poet, translator, essayist and opera librettist in Berlin and Rome. In 1985 he moved to East Berlin, where he made his debut in 1988 with the poetry collection Grauzone morgens. After the fall of the Iron Curtain he travelled extensively. He is deeply involved with philosophy, works as a foreign correspondent for various magazines, devotes himself to exchanging ideas with performers and painters, and occasionally translates authors from antiquity such as Aeschylus (The Persians), but is above all a writer of poetry. In Schädelbasislektion, 1991, he confronted the reality of the two Germanys, reunited after the fall of the Berlin Wall. Since then he has published fifteen collections of poetry, including Della neve. Ovvero Cartesio in Germania (2003, it. 2005), le meditazioni Der cartesische Taucher (2008), Die Bars von Atlantis (2009), Aroma. Ein römisches Zeichenbuch (2010), inspired by ancient Rome, Koloss im Nebel (2012) and Cyrano oder Die Rückkehr vom Mond, which came out this year. His work has been translated into numerous languages and won him several awards. In 1995 Durs Grünbein was the youngest ever author to receive the Georg Büchner Prize. Additional awards include the Friedrich Nietzsche Prize, the Friedrich Hölderlin Prize, the Pier Paolo Pasolini di Roma international poetry award, and the City of Västerås (Sweden) Tomas Tranströmer Prize, to cite just a few. He is a member of the Order of Merit as well as of various academies, such as the Darmstadt German Academy of Language and Poetry. Grünbein is a Professor of Poetry and Aesthetics at the Fine Arts Academy in Düsseldorf. Bibliografia (selezione)/Bibliografie (Auswahl)/Bibliography (selective) Cyrano oder Die Rückkehr vom Mond, 2014, Suhrkamp Verabredungen. Gespräche und Gegensätze über Jahrzehnte mit Aris Fioretos, 2013, Suhrkamp Koloß im Nebel, 2012, Suhrkamp Limbische Akte, 2011, Reclam Aroma. Ein römisches Zeichenbuch, 2010, Suhrkamp Die Bars von Atlantis. Eine Erkundigung in vierzehn Tauchgängen, 2009, Suhrkamp (The Bars of Atlantis: Selected Essays, 2010, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) Lob des Taifuns. Reisetagebücher in Haikus, 2008, Insel Verlag Der cartesische Taucher. Drei Meditationen, 2008, Suhrkamp (Descartes' Devil: Three Meditations, 2010, Upper West Side Philosophers) Strophen für übermorgen, 2007, Suhrkamp (Strofe per dopodomani, 2011, Einaudi) Liebesgedichte, 2008, Insel Verlag Von ganzem Herzen, 2004, Nicolaische Verlagsbuchhandlung Vom Schnee oder Descartes in Deutschland, 2003, Suhrkamp (Della neve. Ovvero Cartesio in Germania, 2005, Einaudi) Das erste Jahr. Berliner Aufzeichnungen, 2001, Suhrkamp (Il primo anno. Appunti berlinesi, 2004, Einaudi) Die Schweizer Korrektur (con/mit/with Brigitte Oleschinski e/und/and Peter Waterhouse), 1995, Urs Engeler Editor Schädelbasislektion, 1991, Suhrkamp Pièce teatrali e libretti /Bühnenstücke Berenice, Libretto, 2004, Suhrkamp Verlag Die Perser des Aischylos, (come traduttore/als Übersetzer /as translator), 2001, Suhrkamp Verlag Premi/Auszeichnungen/Awards 2012 Tomas-Tranströmer-Preis Västerås 2009 Samuel-Bogumil-Linde-Preis 2009 Großes Verdienstkreuz mit Stern der Bundesrepublik Deutschland 2006 Berliner Literaturpreis der Preussischen Seehandlung 2005 Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis der Stadt Bad Homburg 2004 Friedrich-Nietzsche-Preis des Landes Sachsen-Anhalt 2001 Spycher: Literaturpreis Leuk 2000 Literaturpreis der Osterfestspiele Salzburg 1995 Peter-Huchel-Preis 1995 Georg-Büchner-Preis 1992 Literaturpreis der Stadt Marburg 1993 Nicolas-Born-Preis für Lyrik 1993 Förderungspreis des Kunstpreises Berlin 1992 Literaturförderpreis der Freien Hansestadt Bremen 1989 Förderpreis zum Leonce-und Lena-Preis Joanna Bator Biography Joanna Bator, born in 1968 in Wałbrzych, Poland, studied culture and philosophy in Breslavia. Her academic work concerns the representation of women. Her articles have appeared in major Polish daily newspapers and magazines. In 2002 she published her first novel Kobieta [Woman]. She spent several years in Japan, and an anthology of her journalistic work Japonski wachlarz [The Japanese Fan] won the Beata Pawlak Prize in 2005. Joanna Bator is also a university lecturer, and until 2011 taught, among other institutions, at the Polish-Japanese Institute di informatica in Warsaw. In she 2009 surprised readers with a best-selling novel, Piaskowa Góra [Sandy Mountain]; and the German translation, published in 2012, was also highly successful. Since then she has been considered a major voice in European literature. She followed the family saga Piaskowa Góra with a sequel, Chmurdalia [Cloudalia]. Last year her newest book, Ciemno, prawie noc [Dark, Almost Night], 2012, written during a recent stay in Tokyo, won Poland’s most important literary prize, the Nike Award. Bibliografia/Bibliografie/Bibliography Lost Words, Lost Worlds: Eine europäische Sprachreise (coautrice/Mitautorin/coauthor), 2013, edition.fotoTAPETA, Berlin Ciemno, prawie noc. W.A.B., Warszawa 2012 Chmurdalia, 2010, W. A. B. (Wolkenfern, 2013, Suhrkamp Verlag) Piaskowa Góra, 2009. W. A. B. (Sandberg, Berlin 2012, Suhrkamp Verlag) Japoński wachlarz, 2004, Twój Styl Kobieta, 2002, Twój Styl, Feminizm, postmodernizm, psychoanliza, 2001, Wydawnictwo Słowo Obraz Terytoria Premi/Auszeichnungen/Awards 2013 Premio Nike/Nike-Preis/Nike Prize 2005 Premio Beata Pawlak per/ Beata Pawlak Preis für/Beate Pawlak AwardJapoński wachlarz. 2005 Premio dell'Associazione degli editori polacchi / Preis der Gesellschaft der Polnischen Buchverlage/Polish Booksellers Association Prize (Nagroda wydawców) 2005 Premio letterario/Gdynia Literaturpreis/Literature Prize Frank A. Meyer Biography Frank A. Meyer, born in 1944 in Bienne, is a journalist and columnist for Ringier, an editorial consultant and President of the Hans Ringier Foundation. Since 1981 he has run the programme Vis-à-Vis, for broadcaster 3sat, for which he interviews eminent guests, offering an intellectually challenging exploration of social issues. From 1968 to 1980 Frank A. Meyer, who trained as a typographer, created and developed the marketing agency Büro Cortesi along with Mario Cortesi. He rapidly established himself as an authoritative journalist, enjoying direct contact with politicians and federal councillors, writing for Zürcher Woche, Sonntags-Journal, National Zeitung/Basler Zeitung and Schweizer Illustrierte. In 1972 Frank A. Meyer founded the citizens’ party Freie Bieler Bürger, of which he was president until 1980, and from 1976 to1980 was a member of the town council of Bienne. He also cofounded the bilingual weekly Biel-Bienne and the local bilingual radio programme Canal 3. In 1980 he became co-editor in chief of Woche, then moved to Ringier, where he assumed direction of the Bern office in 1983. In1985 he became a member of the board at Ringier AG in 1996/1997 and was responsible for marketing and publicity, also becoming a board member for the Ringier group. Since 2008 Frank A. Meyer has directed the Cicero-Foyergespräch series of debates at the Berliner Ensemble theatre, which offers a space for live discussion to influential personalities in the fields of politics, economics and culture. He writes regular columns for Blick, Sonntagsblick and the magazine Cicero. Bibliografia/Bibliografie/Bibliography Der lange Abschied vom Bürgertum. Joachim Fest und Wolf Jobst Siedler im Gespräch mit Frank A. Meyer (coautore/Mitautor/co-author), wjs, Berlin 2005 Vis-à-vis. Gespräche mit Zeitgenossen, 1987, Ammann Notizen aus China. Ein Schweizer Lesebuch über die Volksrepublik China seit der Kulturrevolution (con/mit/with Mario Cortesi), 1972, Gloor Valerio Magrelli Biography Valerio Magrelli, born in 1957 in Rome, is a poet and essayist. After taking the equivalent to A levels in classics, he worked as a translator, mainly of French authors, studied piano literature at the Paris Conservatory. He subsequently completed his studies In Paris and at La Sapienza University in Rome, where he took a degree in philosophy in 1989 with a thesis on French literature. In 1980 he published his first collection of poetry, Ora serrata retinae, following it in 1987 with Nature e venature, for which he was awarded the Viareggio Prize. Alongside his work as a poet, he has edited Profilo del dada (1990) and the anthology Poeti francesi del Novecento (1991), as well as a series of translations and a monographic study on Paul Valéry, Vedersi vedersi (2002). He also writes brief essays for numerous literary magazines. From 1987 to 1993 he edited the series of Italian and foreign poetry La Fenice published by Guanda, and then became director of the tri-lingual series Scrittori tradotti da scrittori for Einaudi. Since 1991 Valerio Magrelli has also engaged in teaching and research at the University of Pisa. He is currently associate professor at the University of Cassino and Southern Lazio, in Rome. 2014 sees the publication of his most recent poetry collection, Il sangue amaro. Magrelli lives and works in Rome. Bibliografia (selezione)/Bibliografie (Auswahl)/Bibliography (selective) Geologia di un padre, 2013, Einaudi Addio al calcio, 2010, Einaudi Magica e velenosa. Roma nel racconto degli scrittori stranieri, 2010, Einaudi La vicevita. Treni e viaggi in treno, 2009, Laterza Profilo del dada, 2006, Laterza Che cos'è la poesia? La poesia raccontata ai ragazzi in ventuno voci, 2005, Sossella Nel condominio di carne, 2003, Einaudi Vedersi vedersi. Modelli e circuiti visivi nell'opera di Paul Valéry, 2002, Einaudi Poesia/Poesie/Poems Il sangue amaro, 2014, Einaudi Vanishing Points. Poems by Valerio Magrelli, 2010, Farrar Straus & Giroux Disturbi del sistema binario, 2006, Einaudi Didascalie per la lettura di un giornale, 1999, Einaudi Poesie e altre poesie (raccolta dei primi tre volumi/Sammelband der ersten drei Werke/Collection of the author’s first three volumes 1996, Einaudi Esercizi di tiptologia, 1992, Mondadori Nearsights: Selected Poems of Valerio Magrelli, 1991, Graywolf Press Nature e venature, 1987, Mondadori Ora serrata retinae, 1980, Feltrinelli Premi (selezione)/Auszeichnungen (Auswahl)/Awards (selective) 2013 Premio Supermondello 2006 Premio Frascati 2005 Cavaliere Ufficiale Repubblica Italiana 2004 Prix Littéraire de Francesistica des Thermes de Saint-Vincent. 2002 Premio Antonio Feltrinelli per la poesia italiana/für italienische Poesie/for Italian Poetry 1999 Premio Brancati 1996 Premio letterario Pisa 1996 Premio Nazionale per la Traduzione/Nationaler Übersetzerpreis/National Translation Prize 1992 Premio Montale 1987 Premio Viareggio Daniel Cohn-Bendit Biography Daniel Cohn-Bendit, born in 1945 in Montauban, France, arrived in Germany aged 13 and went to high school there. He then continued his studies in France. In 1968 he was a spokesman for the May 68 protest movement in Paris, which resulted in his residency permit as a German citizen being revoked, and he was not allowed back in the country until 1978. So he moved to Frankfurt, where he was an activist in the ‘Autonom’ movement and squatting. He worked as a teacher in the alternative kindergarten movement Kinderladen and in the Karl Marx bookshop (1968-1973). In 1976 he became editor-in-chief of the magazine Pflasterstrand. In 1984 he became a member of the Greens, to which he made a significant contribution in terms of pragmatic policies. In 1987 he became an advisor to Joschka Fischer when the latter became Minister for the Environment in Hessia. In Frankfurt after the socialists and greens came to power, in 1989, he was rmade esponsible for the new Office for Multiculturalism as honorary section head. In 1994 he was elected to the European Parliament for the first time and subsequently returned temporarily to France as a candidate for leadership of the French Green Party. From 2002 he has been copresident of the Greens’ parliamentary group. He was a member of the committee for economic and monetary problems, the committee for constitutional matters and a deputy member for the sub-committee for security and defence. He chaired the literary programme Literaturclub for Swiss-German broadcaster DRS from 1994 to 2004, and writes articles and books. Daniel Cohn-Bendit lives in Frankurt. Bibliografia (selezione)/Bibliografie (Auswahl)/Bibliography (selective) Pour supprimer les partis politiques !? - Réflexions d'un apatride sans parti, 2013, Indigène Editions Für Europa!: Ein Manifest (con/mit/with Guy Verhofstadt), 2012, Hanser Verlag,(Per l'Europa, 2012; For Europe, 2012, CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform) Has the European Experiment Failed?: The Munk Debate on Europe (con/mit/with Niall Ferguson, Josef Joffe), 2012, House of Anansi Helden Haft: Ueber die Instrumentalisierung des Leistungssport in 5 Gesprächen (con/mit/with Imke Duplitzer), 2012, egoth Verlag Gmbh A bas le Parti Vert ! - Vive l'écologie !, 2011, Mordicus Osare di più. Morte e rinascita della politica, 2010, Edizioni dell'Asino Pour la planète (con/mit/with Edouard Gaudot), 2009, Dalloz-Sirey Que faire?, 2009, Hachette Mai 68, 2008, Editions Denoël 1968: Die Revolte (Curatore con/Herausgeber mit Rüdiger Dammann), 2007, S. Fischer Verlag Quand tu seras président... (con/mit/with Bernard Kouchner, Michel-Antoine Burnier), 2004, Robert Laffont Obsolete Communism: The Left Wing Alternative (con/mit/with Gabriel CohnBendit), 2001, AK Press Sois jeune et tais-toi, 1999, L'Esprit frappeur Une envie de politique, 1999, La Découverte Petit dictionnaire de l'euro (con/mit/with Olivier Duhamel, Thierry Vissol), 1998, Seuil (Euro für alle. Das Währungswörterbuch, 1998, DuMont Reiseverlag) La France est elle soluble dans l'Europe? (con/mit/with Henri Guaino), 1999, Editions Albin Michel Premi/Auszeichnungen/Awards 2013 Theodor-Heuss-Preis 2009 Cicero-Rednerpreis 2001 Hannah-Arendt-Preis für politisches Denken (con/mit/with Ernst Vollrath) 1998 Révélation politique de l’année, Trombinoscope 1997 Honorary degree of doctor of the Catholic University Tilburg Jakob Augstein Biography Jakob Augstein, born in 1967 in Hamburg, is an editor in chief and publisher. While studying political science, German and theatre sciences in Berlin and Paris, he worked freelance for the Berliner Zeitung. After graduating he worked as a journalist for the Süddeutschen Zeitung, where he was responsible for the Berlin city section from 1999 to 2002. In 2004 he bought out the publishing company Rogner & Bernhard, reselling it in 2011. In 2008 he became editor of the weekly publication der Freitag. In addition, he writes columns for Spiegel Online and since 2011 has participated in discussions for the weekly TV programme Augstein und Blome broadcast by Phoenix, a programme that was nominated in 2013 for the Grimme Prize in the “Information and Culture” category. In 2012 he published Die Tage des Gärtners. Vom Glück, im Freien zu sein with Hanser Verlag, followed in 2013 Serena Dandini Biography Serena Dandini, born in Rome in 1954 is a television presenter/host. She studied at the Giulio Cesarei liceo in Rome, and was part of the youth protest and feminist activism movement generation. She began working in radio for RAI at an early age, as a music programmer and then created her own programmes. When she moved into television she became one of the top presenter/hosts at Raitre. Her show Tv delle ragazze which she wrote and presented, enabled her to get to know many outstanding actresses. Since then she has been an almost constant presence on TV. She has recently published a couple of books: Dai diamanti non nasce niente. Storie di vita e di giardini (2011) and Grazie per quella volta. Confessioni di una donna difettosa (2012). In addition she has directed her first stage production, Ferite a morte, a powerful work based on real incidents of violence against women. It was performed at the United Nations’ International “End Violence to Women Day” on November 25, 2013. Bibliografia/Bibliografie/Bibliography Ferite a morte (con/mit/with Maura Misiti), 2013, Rizzoli Grazie per quella volta. Confessioni di una donna difettosa, 2012, Rizzoli Dai diamanti non nasce niente. Storie di vita e di giardini, 2011, Rizzoli L'ottavo nano, 2009, Rizzoli Amo (con/mit/with Neri Marcoré), 2006, Rizzoli Lorenzo e la maturità. Come secernere agli esami (con/mit/with Corrado Guzzanti), 2005, Rizzoli Trasmissioni televisive (selezione)/TV-Sendungen (Auswahl)/Television programmes (selective) 2011 The Show Must go Off 2004 Parla con me 2001 L’ottavo nano 1999 Comici 1997 Pippo Chennedy Show 1995 Producer – Il grande gioco del cinema 1994 Tunnel 1991 Avanzi 1990 Scusate l’interruzione 1988 La TV delle ragazze Premi (selezione)/Auszeichnungen (Auswahl)/Awards (selective) 2013 Premio Rapallo donna scrittrice/als Schriftstellerin/for Women Writers 2013 Premio Fregene per la narrativa/für Romane/for a novel 2012 Premio Personalità Europea 2011 Premio giornalistico/Journalismuspreis/Journalism Prize Il volantino 1998 Oscar tv per/für/for Pippo Chennedy Show 1992 Oscar tv trasmissione rivelazione/als Entdeckung per/für/for Avanzi 1992 Telegatto trasmissione rivelazione/als Entdeckung per/für/for Avanzi
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