Adolf Muschg (* May 13, 1934 in Zollikon, canton of Zurich) is a writer and literature professor from Switzerland. Muschg was a member of the Gruppe Olten. May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Zollikon is a municipality in the district of Meilen, in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... A professor giving a lecture The meaning of the word professor (Latin: one who claims publicly to be an expert) varies. ... May 13 is the 133rd day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (134th in leap years). ... 1934 (MCMXXXIV) was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar). ... Zollikon is a municipality in the district of Meilen, in the canton of Zürich, Switzerland. ... Location within Switzerland   Zürich[?] (German pronunciation IPA: ; usually spelled Zurich in English) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... The term writer can apply to anyone who creates a written work, but the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... Old book bindings at the Merton College library. ... The Gruppe Olten (Olten Group) was a community of Swiss writers, that met in a so called “Bahnhofbuffet“ (helvetism for a railway station’s restaurant. ...

His life

Adolf Muschg studied german studies, english studies as well as philosophy at the universities of Zurich and Cambridge and achieved his doctor title with a work about Ernst Barlach. German studies is a broad term covering a number of academic areas, including more traditional Germanistics. ... English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S., Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, India, South Africa, and the Middle East, among other areas), English linguistics (including English phonetics, phonology, syntax, morphology, semantics... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article may require cleanup. ... Location within Switzerland   Zürich[?] (German pronunciation IPA: ; usually spelled Zurich in English) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ... Shown within Cambridgeshire Geography Status City (1951) Region East of England Admin. ... The young Ernst Barlach Ernst Barlach, (January 2, 1870 in Wedel, Pinneberg, Germany - October 24, 1938 in Rostock, Germany) was a famous German expressionist sculptor. ...

Between 1959 and 1962 he worked as a teacher in Zurich, then different engagements as a teacher followed in Germany (Göttingen), Japan and the USA. From 1970 to 1999 he was professor for german language and literature at the „Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule“, Zurich. Location within Switzerland   Zürich[?] (German pronunciation IPA: ; usually spelled Zurich in English) is the largest city in Switzerland (population: 366,145 in 2004; population of urban area: 1,091,732) and capital of the canton of Zürich. ...

He wrote the foreword to Fritz Zorn’s controversial memoirs Mars, a book that pointed out the supposedly “cancer-causing” lifestyle of Zurich’s wealthy gold coast, provocated a scandal in Switzerland, and who’s author died of cancer before its release. Muschg also provocated with works like “Wenn Auschwitz in der Schweiz liegt” („If Auschwitz is in Switzerland“). His detractors and slashers suggest, that Muschg was an author writing without own and direct experience. Theme of his newer works often is aged love. Mars is an autobiographical essay written by Fritz Angst under the pseudonym Fritz Zorn. ...

Since 1976 he is a member of the Akademie der Künste, Berlin, further he is member of the „Akademie der Wissenschaften und der Literatur“, Mainz and the „Deutschen Akademie für Sprache und Dichtung“, Darmstadt. In 2003 he was elected for president of the „Akademie der Künste“, Berlin. He left the presidentship in december 2005 surprisingly because of disagreements (about public relations) with the senate of the academy. Akademie der Künste at Pariser Platz, Berlin The Akademie der Künste (Academy of the Arts) in Berlin was founded in 1696 by Kurfürst (Elector) Friedrich III. of Brandenburg. ... Mainz is a city in Germany and the capital of the German federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate. ... Darmstadt is a city in the Bundesland (federal state) of Hessen in Germany. ...

He lives in Männedorf near Zurich. Männedorf is a village near Zürich, Switzerland. ...

Awards

• 1968 Conrad-Ferdinand-Meyer-Price
• 1974 Hermann-Hesse-Price
• 1984 Zurich Literature Price
• 1990 Carl-Zuckmayer-Medal
• 1993 Ricarda-Huch-Price
• 1994 Georg-Büchner-Price
• 2001 Grimmelshausen-Price

The Carl Zuckmayer Medal (German: Carl-Zuckmayer-Medaille) is a literary prize given by the state of Rhineland-Palatinate in memory of Carl Zuckmayer. ...

Works

• Im Sommer des Hasen, 1965
• Gegenzauber, 1967
• Fremdkörper, 1968
• Rumpelstilz. Ein kleinbürgerliches Trauerspiel, 1968
• Mitgespielt, 1969
• Papierwände, 1970
• Die Aufgeregten von Goethe. Ein politisches Drama, 1971
• Liebesgeschichte, 1972
• Albissers Grund, crime novel, 1974
• Entfernte Bekannte, 1976
• Kellers Abend. Ein Stück aus dem 19. Jahrhundert, 1976
• Noch ein Wunsch, 1979
• Baiyun oder die Freundschaftsgesellschaft, 1980
• Leib und Leben, 1982
• Das Licht und der Schlüssel. Erziehungsroman eines Vampirs, novel, 1984
• Goethe als Emigrant, 1986
• Der Turmhahn und andere Lebensgeschichten, 1987
• Der Rote Ritter. Eine Geschichte von Parzival, 1993
• Herr, was fehlt euch? Zusprüche und Nachreden aus dem Sprechzimmer eines heiligen Grals, 1994
• Nur ausziehen wollte sie sich nicht, 1995
• Die Insel, die Kolumbus nicht gefunden hat. Sieben Gesichter Japans, 1995
• O mein Heimatland!, 1998
• Sutters Glück, 2001
• Das gefangene Lächeln. Eine Erzählung, 2002
• Gehen kann ich allein und andere Liebesgeschichten, 2003
• Der Schein trügt nicht. Ueber Goethe, 2004
• Eikan, du bist spät, 2005

other works

• Gottfried Keller, biography, 1977
• Wenn Auschwitz in der Schweiz liegt, 1997

voice recordings

• Baiyun oder die Freundschaftsgesellschaft; Läufer und Brücken - eine unveröffentlichte Erzählung. Ausschnitte aus der Lesung in Hoser's Buchhandlung am 4. Oktober 1979 (Hoser's Buchhandlung, Stuttgart, ohne Nummer) (1 LP) ISBN 3-921414-05-9

Literature

• Manfred Dierks (Hrsg.): Adolf Muschg. Suhrkamp-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1989, ISBN 3-518-38586-0.
• Judith Ricker-Abderhalden (Hrsg.): Über Adolf Muschg. Suhrkamp-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main 1979, ISBN 3-518-10686-4.
• Rüdiger Schaper: Wer im Glashaus schwitzt. Akademie-Präsident Adolf Muschg gibt auf. In: Der Tagesspiegel Nr. 19047, Berlin, 16. Dezember 2005; S. 25.
• Renate Voris: Adolf Muschg. C.H. Beck Verlag, München 1984. ISBN 3-406-30165-7.

Der Tagesspiegel (The Daily Mirror; motto: rerum cognoscere causas, or to know the causes of things) is a liberal German daily newspaper. ...

Weblinks

• Works of and about Adolf Muschg in the DNB catalogue
• Portrait of the author by Suhrkamp V
• Information by the ETH Zurich