Switzerland
Guest of the book fair Svět knihy Praha 2024
The path to becoming a professional writer of one of the best known contemporary Swiss authors was not a straightforward one. He graduated from a business school and worked as an accountant, later studying English, psychology and computer science. He also worked as an intern at various psychiatric clinics. After stints in Paris, New York and Scandinavia, he settled back in Switzerland, with his first book published in 1995. His successful output of novels, short stories, children’s books, radio and stage plays has earned him several prestigious awards, including the 2018 Swiss Book Prize, two film adaptations, a documentary about him and a street bearing his name. His works have been translated into 40 languages, and his 5th book was published in Czech translation in 2023.
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Book World Prague 2024
11:00 - 11:50
Das Buch, Albatros Media
Czech, German
Where else can you live? On Uncle Tom's hat? On the moon? What's home? Peter Stamm, the author of a poetic story about a family on the move, talks to the book's...
Thursday, 23. 5. 2024
Book World Prague 2024
17:00 - 17:50
Svět knihy, Das Buch, Albatros Media, Francouzský institut v Praze
Czech, English
“A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us”, but isn’t the writer rather the one using Nietzsche’s hammer, the one who patiently examines the past, the...
Friday, 24. 5. 2024
Book World Prague 2024
18:00 - 18:50
Das Buch
Spisovatel Peter Stamm v návaznosti na diskuzi se Stefanem Hertmansem podepisuje své knihy.
Friday, 24. 5. 2024
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