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Charles Lewinsky

Charles Lewinsky

Charles Lewinsky, born in Zurich in 1946, has been a freelance writer since 1980. He won international renown with his novel Melnitz, which was awarded numerous prizes, including the French ›Prix du meilleur livre étranger‹. His novel Halfbeard was nominated for both the ›Swiss Book Prize‹ and the ›German Book Prize‹. Charles Lewinsky lives in Vereux (France) in summer, and in Zurich in winter.

Awards
  • Der Halbbart auf der Shortlist des ›Schweizer Buchpreises‹, 2020
  • Der Halbbart auf der Longlist des ›Deutschen Buchpreises‹, 2020
  • ›Dreitannen-Literaturpreis‹ des Buchfestivals Olten, 2020
  • Andersen auf der Shortlist des ›Schweizer Buchpreises‹, 2016
  • Kastelau auf der Longlist des ›Deutschen Buchpreises‹, 2014
  • Gerron für den ›Schweizer Buchpreis‹ nominiert, 2011
  • ›Prix Lipp‹ für Melnitz, Genf, 2009
  • ›Prix du meilleur livre étranger‹ für Melnitz, Paris, 2008
  • ›Best Foreign Novel‹ für Melnitz, Foreign Literature Learned Society, Peking, 2008
  • Melnitz wird als ›Bester deutscher Roman 2006‹ von der ›Jury für den besten fremdsprachigen Roman des Jahres im 21. Jahrhundert‹ in China ausgezeichnet., 2007
  • ›Preis der Schweizerischen Schillerstiftung‹ für Johannistag, 2001
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»Lewinsky has a deft feel for drama; you get the impression he has a field day setting the readers on one track and then drawing them onto another.«

Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich

»Charles Lewinsky is a literary jack of all trades. Wilding a sharp pen and with a keen eye he moves between different genres in a virtuoso manner. He has dedicated his life to words and today is one of the most read Swiss authors.«

Kurt Aeschbacher / SRF 1, Zurich

»Rare linguistic splendour and striking narrative virtuosity.«

Andreas Isenschmid / NZZ am Sonntag, Zurich

»Charles Lewinsky is probably one of the hardest-working and undisputedly one of the most successful and versatile Swiss writers.«

Martin Ebel / Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich

»The versatile star of contemporary Swiss literature.«

Hansruedi Kugler / Aargauer Zeitung, Aarau

»Above all, though, the tradition, the storytelling itself is always part of the narrative; this is the allure of the multi-layered works.«

Peter Zander / Berliner Morgenpost, Berlin

»Charles Lewinsky is the Swiss author with the broadest range when it comes to forms of expression.«

Felix Münger / Radio SRF2 Kultur, Basel

»Lewinsky has a deft feel for drama; you get the impression he has a field day setting the readers on one track and then drawing them onto another.«

Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich

»Charles Lewinsky is a literary jack of all trades. Wilding a sharp pen and with a keen eye he moves between different genres in a virtuoso manner. He has dedicated his life to words and today is one of the most read Swiss authors.«

Kurt Aeschbacher / SRF 1, Zurich

»Rare linguistic splendour and striking narrative virtuosity.«

Andreas Isenschmid / NZZ am Sonntag, Zurich

»Charles Lewinsky is probably one of the hardest-working and undisputedly one of the most successful and versatile Swiss writers.«

Martin Ebel / Süddeutsche Zeitung, Munich

»The versatile star of contemporary Swiss literature.«

Hansruedi Kugler / Aargauer Zeitung, Aarau

»Above all, though, the tradition, the storytelling itself is always part of the narrative; this is the allure of the multi-layered works.«

Peter Zander / Berliner Morgenpost, Berlin

»Charles Lewinsky is the Swiss author with the broadest range when it comes to forms of expression.«

Felix Münger / Radio SRF2 Kultur, Basel
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Charles Lewinsky
Deceptively Real
General Fiction / 320 pages
2024
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Smoke and Sound
General Fiction / 304 pages
2023
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The Devil on Christmas Night / The Good Lord on Inspection Day
General Fiction / 88 pages
2023
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Give-and-Go
General Fiction / 384 pages
2023
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Ten and One Nights
General Fiction / 240 pages
2023
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His Son
General Fiction / 368 pages
2022
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Is that You?
General Fiction / 288 pages
2021
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Melnitz
General Fiction / 944 pages
2021
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Kastelau
General Fiction / 416 pages
2021
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Midsummer’s Day
General Fiction / 368 pages
2021
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Gerron
General Fiction / 704 pages
2021
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Halfbeard
General Fiction / 688 pages
2020
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To the Earth and Back
Books for young readers / 192 pages
2019
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The Stutterer
General Fiction / 416 pages
2019
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Der Halbbart
Gerron
Einmal Erde und zurück
Zehnundeine Nacht
Der Stotterer
Doppelpass
Zehnundeine Nacht
Johannistag
Sind Sie das?
Der Teufel in der Weihnachtsnacht
Der Teufel in der Weihnachtsnacht
Kastelau
Melnitz
Der Halbbart
Sein Sohn
Rauch und Schall
Sein Sohn
Sein Sohn
Der Stotterer
Rauch und Schall
Doppelpass
Johannistag
Der Halbbart
Kastelau