Urs Faes
Year of birth: 1947
lives in Zürich
International Writers' and Translators' House
22. August 2008 -
21. September 2008
House of the Pygmalion Foundation
22. September 2008 -
22. October 2008
Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp, 2006
Als hätte die Stille Türen
Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp, 2005
Und Ruth
Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp, 2001
Ombra
Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp, 1997
Augenblicke im Paradies
Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp, 1994
Alphabet des Abschieds
Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp, 1991
Sommerwende
Frankfurt/Main: Suhrkamp, 1989
Bis ans Ende der Erinnerung
Basel: Lenos, 1986
Der Traum vom Leben
Basel: Lenos, 1984
Webfehler
Basel: Lenos, 1983
Heidentum und Aberglauben der Schwarzafrikaner in der Beurteilung durch deutsche Reisende des 17. Jahrhunderts. Dissertation
Zürich: Zentralstelle der Studentenschaft, http://www.zentralstelle.unizh.ch/1981
Regenspur
Basel: Lenos, 1979
Eine Kerbe im Mittag
Aarau: Sauerländer, 1975
Urs Faes was born in 1947 in Aarau (Switzerland). In Wettingen he studied to be an elementary teacher, and afterwards held several employments as a teacher, including a year at a grammar school in Zurich. At the same time, he studied General History, German, Philosophy and Ethnology. In 1978, he earned a doctorate at the University of Zurich.
His first literary work, published in 1975, was a collection of poetry called "Eine Kerbe im Mittag" (A kerf in the noon). Four years later, his second collection of poetry called "Regenspur" (Trace of Rain) appeared. Several novels and narratives followed, among them "Webfehler" (Weaving Flaw, 1983), "Sommerwende" (Midsummer, 1989), "Und Ruth" (And Ruth, 2001), as well as his latest novel "Liebesarchiv" (Archive of Love, 2006). Faes has publishesd his work with the Suhrkamp publishing house since 1989.
Besides his activities as a writer, Urs Faes also works as a journalist for several newspapers (et al. NZZ), and for the radio.
For his literary work, he has been awarded, among other prizes, with the subsidy award of the Solothurn canton, the Werkjahr support of Pro Helvetia (1990), the Swiss Schiller award (2001) and the Annual Work Award of the Zurich canton (2005).
Urs Faes lives in Zurich as a freelance writer. Since 1989, he has a second home in Umbria, Italy.
The HALMA grant for Urs Faes was made possible by the Swiss cultural foundation Pro Helvetia.
In the course of his HALMA scholarship, Urs Faes wrote the essay "HALMA jumps: from Ventspils to Plovdiv" which can be found in the library.
