Lukas Bärfuss
Lukas Bärfuss (born 30 December 1971) is a Swiss writer and playwright who writes in German. He won the Georg Büchner Prize in 2019.
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- Name
- Lukas Bärfuss
- Born
- 30 December 1971
- Birthplace
- Thun, Switzerland
- Occupation
- Playwright, novelist
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Fields
- prose
- Honours
- Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis · Solothurner Literaturpreis · Swiss Book Prize · Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis · Anna Seghers Prize · Berliner Literaturpreis
- Languages
- German
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• Name — Lukas Bärfuss • Born — 30 December 1971 • Birthplace — Thun, Switzerland • Occupation — Playwright, novelist • Language — German • Website — www.lukasbaerfuss.ch
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Lukas Bärfuss, born in 1971, is documented in the authority records of the Bibliothèque nationale de France. The birth is recorded by the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Biography
Biography
Born in Thun, Switzerland on 30 December 1971, Lukas Bärfuss began training as a bookseller after graduating from high school. In 1998, he co-founded the independent theater group 400asa.
Plays
Plays
• Sophokles' Ödipus (1998) • Siebzehn Uhr Siebzehn (2000) • 74 Sekunden (2000) • Vier Frauen (2000) • Die Reise von Klaus und Edith durch den Schacht zum Mittelpunkt der Erde (2001) • Meienbergs Tod (2001) • Vier Bilder der Liebe (2002) • Die sexuellen Neurosen unserer Eltern (2003) • Der Bus (Das Zeug einer Heiligen) (2005) • Alices Reise in die Schweiz (2005) • Die Probe (Der brave Simon Korach) (2007) • Amygdala (2009) • Öl (2009) • Malaga (2010) • Zwanzigtausend Seiten (2012) • Die schwarze Halle (2013) • Frau Schmitz (2016) • Der Elefantengeist (2018) • Julien – Rot und Schwarz (2020) • Verführung (2023) • Einsiedler Welttheater (2024) • Sex mit Ted Cruz (2025)
Life and career
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Life and career
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1971
Lukas Bärfuss was born on 30 December 1971.
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Lukas Bärfuss - Frankfurt Buchmesse 2014
ActuaLitté · Lukas Bärfuss - Frankfurt Buchmesse 2014
Der Schriftsteller Lukas Bärfuss - Kurator des "Forum" beim Literaturfest München 2023 - bei der Pressekonferenz im Münchner Literaturhaus anlässlich der Vorstellung des Programms.
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Awards
Awards
Bärfuss has won the Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis in 2005 for the play Der Bus (Das Zeug einer Heiligen), the Anna Seghers-Preis in 2008, the Hans Fallada Prize in 2010, the Solothurner Literaturpreis in 2014, the Swiss Book Prize (Schweizer Buchpreis) in 2014 for Koala, the Nicolas Born Prize in 2015 and the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis in 2016. In 2019, he was awarded the Georg Büchner Prize for his dramas, novels and essays. The Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung praised his work, among other things, as being permeated by "a high degree of stylistic certainty and formal richness of variation" that explores "always anew and differently fundamental existential situations of modern life." The prize was awarded in Darmstadt on 2 November 2019. The Georg Büchner Prize is regarded as the most prestigious prize in German literature. Bärfuss was the fourth Swiss to win the Prize and the first Swiss winner in 25 years, the last Swiss winner being Adolf Muschg in 1994.
Memberships
Memberships
Bärfuss has been a member of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung since early summer 2015.
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- 1.Lukas Bärfuss. Willkommen an der Universität Duisburg-Essen.
- 2.Bärfuss, Lukas. Fachbereich Philosophie und Geisteswissenschaften. 29 October 2020.
- 3.Lukas Bärfuss. Deutsches Theater Berlin.
- 4.Lukas Bärfuss. internationales literaturfestival berlin.
- 5.Georg-Büchner-Preis 2019 geht an Lukas Bärfuss DW 2 November 2019. DW.COM.
- 6.Geisel, Sieglinde. Büchner-Preisträger Lukas Bärfuss – Poesie und Engagement. Deutschlandfunk Kultur. 25 October 2019.
- 7.Reichel, Peter. Lukas Bärfuss: Wie der Autor die Bundesrepublik diffamiert. Neue Zürcher Zeitung. 12 November 2019.
- 8.Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung - Akademie - Presse - Lukas Bärfuss erhält den Georg-Büchner-Preis 2019. www.deutscheakademie.de.
- 9.Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung - Aktivitäten - Veranstaltungen - Verleihung der Akademie-Preise. www.deutscheakademie.de.
- 10.Radisch, Iris. Traurig über seine eigenen Einsichten. Die Zeit. 10 July 2019.
- 11.Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung – Mitglieder. Akademie.
- 12.Boehm, Philip. Lukas Bärfuss, The Sexual Neuroses of Our Parents. Translation Review. Informa UK Limited. 79. 1. 73–76. 2010. 0737-4836.
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