Klaus Merz, (born 3 October 1945 in Aarau, canton Aargau) is a Swiss writer.
Klaus Merz
Swiss writer
Life
As a teacher (secondary school), Merz has worked in adult education. He has won several prices, e.g. the famous Hermann Hesse Prize for Literature in 1997, the „Gottfried Keller-Preis“ in 2004 and the „Werkpreis der schweizerischen Schillerstiftung“ in 2005.
He wrote a lot of narrations and stories, e.g. „Adams Kostüm“ or the short novel „Jakob schläft“. Merz has also made poems („Kurze Durchsage“) – his works are rather short. But the titles already show Merz’s special ability: He manages it, to place two or three banal words, one next to the other, and it starts “buzzing” amongst them.
Today, Merz lives in Unterkulm as a narrator and lyric poet.
Selected bibliography
Mit gesammelter Blindheit. Gedichte. Tschudy, St. Gallen 1967.
2005: Prize of the Schiller Foundation, Switzerland (Los)
2005: Culture Prize Aargau
Book Prize Zurich 1992, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2005, 2010
2012: Poetry Prize Basel
2012: Friedrich-Hölderlin-Preis, Bad Homburg, Germany
2016: Rainer-Malkowski-Preis, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany
2018: Christine Lavant Prize, Vienna, Austria
Film
Merzluft. documentary about Klaus Merz. Cast: Melinda Nadj Abonji, Peter von Matt, Manfred Papst, Markus Bundi, Robert Hunger-Bühler and Heinz Egger. Director: Heinz Bütler. Production: Pixiu Films, 2015.[1]
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