Matthias Zschokke
Matthias Zschokke (29 October 1954 Bern, Switzerland) is a Swiss writer and filmmaker.
Matthias Zschokke
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- Name
- Matthias Zschokke
- Born
- 29 October 1954
- Birthplace
- Bern, Switzerland
- Occupation
- Writer and filmmaker
- Nationality
- Switzerland
- Honours
- Prix Femina étranger · Gerhart Hauptmann prize · Robert Walser Prize
- Languages
- German
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• Name — Matthias Zschokke • Born — 29 October 1954 • Birthplace — Bern, Switzerland • Occupation — Writer and filmmaker
Life
Life
He attended drama school at the Schauspielschule Bochum. Since 1980, he has been living as a writer and filmmaker in Berlin. He has written nine volumes of prose, eight plays, and three films.
Prose
Prose
• Max. Roman. München: Ullstein, 1982 • Prinz Hans. Roman. München 1984; Ullstein, 1987, • ErSieEs. Roman. München 1986 • Piraten. Roman. Frankfurt am Main: Luchterhand Literaturverlag, 1991, • Der dicke Dichter. Roman. Bruckner & Thünker, Basel/Köln 1995 • Das lose Glück. Roman. Ammann Verlag, Zürich, 1999 • Ein neuer Nachbar. Erzählungen. Ammann, Zürich 2002, • Maurice mit Huhn. Roman. Ammann, Zürich 2006, • paperback edition: Fischer, Frankfurt am Main 2008, • Auf Reisen. Erzählung. Ammann, Zürich 2008, • Lieber Niels. Wallstein, Göttingen 2011, • Der Mann mit den zwei Augen. Wallstein, Göttingen 2012, • Die strengen Frauen von Rosa Salva. Wallstein, Göttingen 2014, • Die Wolken waren groß und weiß und zogen da oben hin. Wallstein, Göttingen 2016, • Ein Sommer mit Proust. Wallstein, Göttingen, 2017,
Theatre
Theatre
• Elefanten können nicht in die Luft springen, weil sie zu dick sind – oder wollen sie nicht. Kiepenheuer, Berlin 1983 (UA Berlin 1986) • Brut. Kiepenheuer, Berlin 1986 (UA Bonn 1988) • Die Alphabeten. Kiepenheuer, Berlin: Kiepenheuer-Bühnenvertriebs-GmbH, 1990; (UA Bern 1994) • Der reiche Freund. Kiepenheuer, Berlin 1994 (UA Hannover 1995) • Die Exzentrischen. Kiepenheuer, Berlin 1997, Gustav Kiepenheuer Bühnenvertriebs-GmbH • Die Einladung. Kiepenheuer, Berlin: Kiepenheuer Bühnenvertriebs-GmbH, 2000; (UA Genf 2006) • Die singende Kommissarin. Kiepenheuer, Berlin, Kiepenheuer Bühnenvertriebs-GmbH, 2001; (UA Berlin 2002) • Raghadan. Kiepenheuer, Berlin 2005 (unaufgeführt)
Films
• Edvige Scimitt, 1985 • Der wilde Mann, 1988 • Erhöhte Waldbrandgefahr, 1996
Awards
• 1981 Robert Walser Prize of the city and canton of Bern, for Max • 1983 scholarship from the German Literature Fund • 1986 Award of the German Film Critics for Best Feature Film Edvige Scimitt • 1989 election of the Theater Today magazine for the best young playwright • 1989 Berne Film Award for the movie The Wild Man • 1991 Award of the Hans-Erich-Nossack price • 1992 Gerhart Hauptmann Prize for The alphabets • 1994 Award for The Rich Friend • 1995 Award of the Goethe Institute for the alphabets • 1996 Aargauer Literature • 2000 Literature Prize of the City of Bern • 2002 Award of the German-language Literature Commission Bern • 2002 Swiss Schiller Foundation, individual works prize • 2006 Solothurner Literaturpreis • 2006 Swiss Schiller Foundation individual works prize • 2006 Literature Prize of the Canton of Bern • 2009 Prix Femina Étranger
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