Friedrich Glauser's grave in Zurich

Friedrich Charles Glauser (b. February 4, 1896 in Vienna; d. December 8, 1938 in Genoa) was a German-language Swiss writer. He was a morphine and opium addict for most of his life, and begun writing his novel Thumbprint while he was an inmate at Waldau, a Swiss insane asylum. 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. ... February 4 is the 35th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Vienna (German: Wien ; Bosnian, Croatian, and Serbian: Beč, Czech: Vídeň, Hungarian: Bécs, Romanian: Viena, Romani: Bech or Vidnya, Russian: Вена, Slovak: Viedeň, Slovenian: Dunaj) is the capital of Austria, and also one of the nine States of Austria. ... December 8 is the 342nd day (343rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... Location within Italy Genoa (Italian Genova, Genoese (dialect of Ligurian) Zena, French Gênes, German Genua, Spanish Génova, Galician Xénova) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ... Morphine (INN), the principal active agent in opium, is a powerful opioid analgesic drug. ... Opium is a narcotic analgesic drug which is obtained from the unripe seed pods of the opium poppy (Papaver somniferum L. or the synonym paeoniflorum). ...

Germany's most prestigious and best-known crime writing award is the Glauser prize.

Bibliography

German Originals

• 1932 - Der Tee der drei alten Damen
• 1935 - Wachtmeister Studer
• 1935 - Die Fieberkurve
• 1936 - Matto regiert
• 1936 - Gourrama
• 1937 - Krock & Co.
• 1938 - Der Chinese
• 1980 - Morphium

1932 (MCMXXXII) was a leap year starting on Friday (the link will take you to a full 1932 calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1936 (MCMXXXVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1937 (MCMXXXVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1938 (MCMXXXVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...

English Translations

• 2004 - Thumbprint (translated by Mike Mitchell)
• 2005 - In Matto's Realm (translation of Matto regiert by Mike Mitchell)
• 2006 - Fever