Thomas Hürlimann

Awards:
1981 Aspekte Literary Award for Die Tessinerin
1982 Rauriser Literary Award for Die Tessinerin
1990 Award of the Swiss Schiller Foundation for Das Gartenhaus
1990 Award of the Literary Magazine of the SWF Broadcasting Company
1992 Berlin Literature Award
1992 Marieluise-Fleißer Award of the City of Ingolstadt
1995 Weilheimer Literary Award
1997 Literature Award of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation
1998 Literature Award of Solothurn
2001 Joseph Breitbach Award
2003 Jean Paul Award (Bavarian Literature Award)
2007 Award of the Swiss Schiller Foundation for Vierzig Rosen
2007 Award of the LiteraTour Nord
2007 Stefan Andres Award of the town of Schweich für Vierzig Rosen and the complete works
2008 Caroline Schlegel Award for the essay Über die Treppe
2010 Herbert Haag Award
2012 Thomas Mann Award of the city of Lübeck and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
Alpen-Hegel
2 D, 3 H
LENI: I must go soon.ZUSENN: Well goddam, where does Leni want to go now? WOMAN: ... more
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Aufstand der Schwingbesen
2 D, 1 H
“Operetta is a decrepit genre, it isn’t fertile anymore; the reason for it being ... more
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Carleton
3 D, 5 H
In Kansas, the granary of America, the land of infinite fertility, nothing is ... more
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Das Einsiedler Welttheater
28 D, 23 H
Based on The Great Theatre of the World by Calderón de la BarcaThe will of man ... more
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Das Gartenhaus
2 D, 2 H
After their only son’s death, a silent struggle begins between the aging parents ... more
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Das Geburtstagskind
6 D, 7 H
An evening in early September of 1996, in the villa Laetitia in Z. In ... more
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Das Lied der Heimat
3 D, 3 H
When does bogus turn into fraud, falsehood into self-deception? Thomas Hürlimann ... more
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Der Franzos im Ybrig
6 D, 7 H
1798. Distant cannon thunder announces the war. The French are already in ... more
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Der Gesandte
1 D, 3 H
“You need men with imagination in big politics as well. Not too many, heaven ... more
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Der letzte Gast
6 D, 8 H
“Once upon a time, there was family Frunz, who successfully produced umbrellas ... more
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Grossvater und Halbbruder
2 D, 9 H
About Grossvater und Halbbruder:My grandfather told me the story many years ago: ... more
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