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Urs Widmer


Born
in Basel, Switzerland
May 21, 1938

Died
April 02, 2014

Influences
Heinrich Böll


Urs Widmer was born in Basel in 1938. He studied German, Romance languages and History in Basel, Montpellier and Paris. In 1966 he completed his doctoral thesis on German postwar prose, and then worked as an editor for Walter Publishing House in Olten, Switzerland, and for Suhrkamp Publishing House in Frankfurt. In Frankfurt he stayed for 17 years, though with Suhrkamp only until 1968. Together with other editors he founded the ›Verlag der Autoren‹. Until his death Urs Widmer lived and worked as a writer in Zurich.

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Average rating: 3.21 · 1,828 ratings · 138 reviews · 106 distinct works • Similar authors
Der Geliebte der Mutter
3.46 avg rating — 388 ratings — published 2000 — 28 editions
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Top Dogs
2.42 avg rating — 505 ratings — 4 editions
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Der Blaue Siphon
3.21 avg rating — 216 ratings — published 1992 — 18 editions
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Das Buch des Vaters
3.60 avg rating — 187 ratings — published 2004 — 20 editions
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Im Kongo
3.33 avg rating — 117 ratings — published 1996 — 10 editions
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Herr Adamson
3.44 avg rating — 107 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions
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Reise an den Rand des Unive...
3.98 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions
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Ein Leben als Zwerg
3.59 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2006 — 4 editions
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Liebesbrief für Mary. Erzäh...
3.30 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 1993 — 4 editions
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Il grande amore di mia madre
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