Klaus Merz, (born 3 October 1945 in Aarau, canton Aargau) is a Swiss writer, who writes in German.
Klaus Merz, (born 3 October 1945 in Aarau, canton Aargau) is a Swiss writer, who writes in German.
As a teacher (secondary school), Merz has worked in adult education. He has won several prices, e.g. the famous Hermann Hesse Prize for Literature in 1997, the Gottfried-Keller-Preis in 2004 and the Werkpreis der schweizerischen Schillerstiftung in 2005.
He wrote a lot of narrations and stories, e.g. Adams Kostüm or the short novel Jakob schläft. Merz has also made poems (Kurze Durchsage) – his works are rather short. But the titles already show Merz's special ability: He manages it, to place two or three banal words, one next to the other, and it starts "buzzing" amongst them.
Today, Merz lives in Unterkulm as a narrator and lyric poet.
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