Markus Werner

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Markus Werner


Born
in Eschlikon, Switzerland
December 27, 1944

Died
July 03, 2016

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Markus Werner (December 27, 1944 in Eschlikon, canton of Thurgau) was a German-speaking Swiss writer, the author of Zündels Abgang (Zündel’s Departure).


Life

Markus Werner was born in Eschlikon (canton of Thurgau). In 1948 the family moved to Thayngen (canton of Schaffhausen) where Werner finished school and passed the general qualification for university entrance in 1965. At the University of Zürich he studied German, Philosophy, and Psychology. In 1974 he completed a doctorate on Max Frisch, whose writing has an important influence on Werner. From 1975 to 1985, he worked as a main teacher, and from 1985 to 1990 as an assistant professor at the Kantonsschule (= preparatory high school) in Schaffhausen. He has dedicated himself exclusively to
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Am Hang

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Zündels Abgang

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The Frog in the Throat

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Die kalte Schulter

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Festland

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Bis Bald

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Der ägyptische Heinrich

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Tierra firme

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Bilder des Endgültigen - En...

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L'AMI DE LESSEPS

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“Hat das Virus - welches auch immer - erst einmal alle befallen, darf man es nicht mehr Virus nennen. Am Anfang ja, am Anfang hat man jede Menge von Verbündeten. Je mehr der Strom aber anschwillt, je selbstverständlicher, je närrischer, je diktatorischer er sich gebärdet, um so mehr fallen um und hinein, und ich stehe belämmert am Ufer, und das letzte, was sie mir zubrüllen, im Chor, sind die Worte: »Nur wer sich ändert, bleibt sich treu!«, und unsereins steht als verkalkter Sack am Ufer.”
Markus Werner, Am Hang

“Ако можеш да си отидеш по всяко време, оставането е лесна работа.”
Markus Werner, Zündels Abgang

“Заглежда се в рафта с книгите. Вие всезнайковци такива, доставчици на житейски мъдрости, наконтени специалисти по фантасмагории. Ето ви всичките, обединени от тесногръдата вяра, че с думи се проправя път. Колко време само залагах на вас, колко време ви пусках да гнездите в кухината на моята неопитност. Край на тия неща. Радикално отхвърлям господата на ума, които ми даваха наготово дешифриран света. Превърнахте ме в хамстер на цитати. На вашата словоохотливост дължа несгодите си. Искам чувството, не предчувстваното, делото, не книгата. С настоящото до второ нареждане обявявам нефилтрираната действителност за моя пътеводна звезда, най-сериозно говоря. Установено е и може да се докаже, че умът – колкото и да му симпатизираме – умът потиска жизнерадостта.”
Markus Werner, Zündels Abgang

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