Lukas Hartmann

• Name — Lukas Hartmann • Born — 29 August 1944 • Birthplace — Bern, Switzerland • Occupation — Novelist, author, children's writer • Birth Name — Hans-Rudolf Lehmann • Genre — Novels and Children's literature • Years Active — since 1976 • Awards — Lukas Hartmann#Awards • Website — lukashartmann.ch

Born as Hans-Rudolf Lehmann in Bern, his mother was a farmer's daughter and his father was a shoemaker, later auxiliary postman and department manager at the Swiss Post. His mother had a creative streak, which passed to both sons. Hartmann's younger brother Jürg became a journalist, and now heads the Ringier Group school of journalism. Lukas Hartmann wrote his first stories at the age of 13. He completed a teacher training course in Bern with majors in German, history and music, and worked first as a teacher. He then decided to pursue further studies in psychology, but he did not graduate, and later worked as a social worker, journalist and writer. His novels Anna - annA and Pestalozzis Berg have been filmed. Hartmann's grandmother was one of the so-called Verdingkinder, hence Hartmann is one of the most prominent supporters of the so-called Wiedergutmachungsinitiative. In April 2018, Ein Bild von Lydia was published, a historical novel about Lydia Welti-Escher. Since 1996 Hartmann has been married to the Swiss politician Simonetta Sommaruga. At the end of October 2022, he suffered a stroke, so his wife announced her resignation as Federal Councillor at the end of 2022.

• 1978: Pestalozzis Berg. Zytglogge, Gümligen,. • 1980: Gebrochenes Eis: Aufzeichnungen. Arche, Zürich,. • 1982: Mahabalipuram oder Als Schweizer in Indien. Ein Reisetagebuch. Arche, Zürich,. • 2003: Die Tochter des Jägers. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich,. • 2013: Abschied von Sansibar. Diogenes, Zürich,. • 2015: Auf beiden Seiten. Diogenes, Zürich,. • 2016: Ein passender Mieter, Diogenes, Zürich, • 2018: Ein Bild von Lydia, Diogenes, Zürich, • 2021: Schattentanz: Die Wege des Louis Soutter, Diogenes, Zürich,

• 1976: Beruhigungsmittel. • 1977: Familiefescht.

• 1976: Em Pfarrer sy Scheidig for Schweizer Radio DRS. • 1984: Auf dem Scherbenberg for DRS.

• 1984: Anna annA. Zytglogge, Gümligen,. • 1987: Joachim zeichnet sich weg. Ein Roman für Kinder. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich,. • 1990: Die wilde Sophie. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich,. • 1994: So eine lange Nase. Nagel & Kimche, Zürich,. • 2006: Heul nicht, kleiner Seehund! Kinderroman. Illustrations by Julia Friese. Bajazzo, Zürich,. • 2007: Spuren in der Polenta. Essgeschichten und Rezepte für Kinder. Illustrations by Larissa Bertonasco. Bajazzo, Zürich,.

• Lukas Hartmann