Raphael Urweider
Raphael Bendicht Urweider (born 5 November 1974 in Bern, Switzerland), is a writer in English and German and a musician.
Career[edit]
Raphael Urweider is the son of a reformed minister.[1] He studied German literature and philosophy at the University of Fribourg.[2] He performed with LDeeP and has composed music for a number of plays. He also worked on two plays with Samuel Schwarz – Maxim Gorki Theatre and Deutsches Schauspielhaus (Hamburg). His first volume of poetry, Light in Menlo Park, was published in 2000.[3][4] He subsequently published "Kobold and the Kunstpfeifer" in 2002, "The opposite of meat" in 2003, and "Poems of craze and longing" in 2008. He has also translated plays and poetry.
Awards[edit]
In 1999, he received the Arbeitsstipendium des Deutschen Literaturfonds and the Leonce-und-Lena-Preis. In 2001, he was awarded the Förderpreis des Bremer Literaturpreises, the 3sat award at the Ingeborg Bachmann Competition in 2002, and the Clemens-Brentano-Preis in 2004. In 2009, he received the 'Schillerpreis' for his poetry in 'Alle deine Namen'.
References[edit]
- ^ "Raphael Urweider". ansichten.srf.ch.
- ^ "ein reigen – norma (Raphael Urweider)". www.lyrikline.org.
- ^ "Poetisch botanisiert Raphael Urweider in seinen neuen Gedichten | NZZ".
- ^ "Raphael Urweider – Autoren – Hanser Literaturverlage". www.hanser-literaturverlage.de.
External links[edit]
- Literature by and about Raphael Urweider in the German National Library catalogue
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