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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.
- 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
- ›Best Foreign Novel‹ für Melnitz, Foreign Literature Learned Society, Peking, 2008
- ›Prix du meilleur livre étranger‹ für Melnitz, Paris, 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
»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.«
»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.«
»Rare linguistic splendour and striking narrative virtuosity.«
»Charles Lewinsky is probably one of the hardest-working and undisputedly one of the most successful and versatile Swiss writers.«
»The versatile star of contemporary Swiss literature.«
»Above all, though, the tradition, the storytelling itself is always part of the narrative; this is the allure of the multi-layered works.«
»Charles Lewinsky is the Swiss author with the broadest range when it comes to forms of expression.«
»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.«
»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.«
»Rare linguistic splendour and striking narrative virtuosity.«
»Charles Lewinsky is probably one of the hardest-working and undisputedly one of the most successful and versatile Swiss writers.«
»The versatile star of contemporary Swiss literature.«
»Above all, though, the tradition, the storytelling itself is always part of the narrative; this is the allure of the multi-layered works.«
»Charles Lewinsky is the Swiss author with the broadest range when it comes to forms of expression.«