28^th Leukerbad International Literary Festival

Authors

Peter Weber

Switzerland

The writer Peter Weber was born in 1968 in Wattwil and now lives in Toggenburg, Zurich, and occasionally in Istanbul. Like few other authors of his generation, he seeks the music in language and the sound of words and sentences. His first novel, Der Wettermacher (The Weathermaker), was celebrated as an original shot and was awarded a number of prestigious literary awards. Since then, Peter Weber has counted as a strikingly independent voice in Swiss literature. His novels stand out from mass of contemporary writing due to his original and musical language, as the FAZ has noted.
Peter Weber’s work is distinguished by his exuberant imagination and his marked sense of rhythm. It’s no surprise that his chosen instrument is the mouth harp.
His most recent publication appeared several years ago and yet it proves why it’s worth patiently waiting for each of this author’s new works. Peter Weber will read new texts in Leukerbad.

Die melodielosen Jahre. Roman. Suhrkamp 2007
Bahnhofsprosa. Miniaturen. Suhrkamp 2002
Der Wettermacher. Roman Suhrkamp 1996

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