Arno Camenisch
Arno Camenisch (born 1 February 1978 in the village of Tavanasa in the Swiss canton Grisons) is a Swiss writer publishing in German and Romansh.
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 Arno Camenisch, Zurich 2014 | |
| Born | 1 February 1978 Tavanasa, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Novelist, poet, playwright |
| Language | German, Romansh |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Period | 2005–present |
| Notable works | Sez Ner |
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Life and works
Camenisch grew up in Tavanasa and studied at a teacher training college in Chur. From 2004 to 2007 he lived in Madrid, where he was employed as a teacher at the Colegio Suizo de Madrid. Since 2007, Camenisch's place of residence is the bilingual city of Biel/Bienne in the canton of Berne where he attended the Bern School of Arts and received a Bachelor's Diploma in Literary Writing. He is a member of the Spoken Word Ensemble Bern ist überall.
Camenisch writes prose, poetry and plays. He is best known for his novel Sez Ner (translated as The Alp), about life in a modern Alpine village, which was written jointly in German and Romansh.
External links
- Publications by and about Arno Camenisch in the catalogue Helveticat of the Swiss National Library
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