Lukas Bärfuss (born 30 December 1971) is a Swiss writer and playwright who writes in German. He won the Georg Büchner Prize in 2019.
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Born | (1971-12-30) 30 December 1971 (age 50) Thun, Switzerland |
Occupation | Playwright, novelist |
Language | German |
Nationality | Swiss |
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Born in Thun, Switzerland in 1971, Lukas Bärfuss began training as a bookseller after graduating from high school.[1] In 1998 he co-founded the independent theater group 400asa.[2]
Bärfuss has won the Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis in 2005 for the play Der Bus (Das Zeug einer Heiligen), the Anna Seghers-Preis in 2008,[3] the Hans Fallada Prize in 2010,[3] the Solothurner Literaturpreis in 2014,[3] the Swiss Book Prize (German: Schweizer Buchpreis) in 2014 for Koala,[4] the Nicolas Born Prize in 2015, the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis in 2016, and the most prestigious German literature prize[5] the Georg Büchner Prize in 2019.[6][4][7] He was the first Swiss to win the Georg Büchner Prize in 25 years, the last Swiss winner being Adolf Muschg in 1994.
Bärfuss has been a member of the Deutsche Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung since early summer 2015.[2][8]
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