Lukas Bärfuss in 2014
Lukas Bärfuss (born 30 December 1971 in Thun , Switzerland ) is a Swiss writer . He writes in German . He has won many prizes in literature . These prizes include the Mülheimer Dramatikerpreis in 2005 for the play Der Bus (Das Zeug einer Heiligen) , the Swiss Book Prize (German : Schweizer Buchpreis ) in 2008 for Hundert Tage, the Anna Seghers-Preis in 2008, the Hans Fallada Prize in 2010, the Solothurner Literaturpreis in 2014, the Nicolas Born Prize in 2015, the Johann-Peter-Hebel-Preis in 2016, and the most important German literature prize[ 1] the Georg-Büchner-Preis in 2019.[ 2]
Bärfuss writes critically about Switzerland in his novels and theatrical work.[ 1] He also has written novels based on personal events and genocide in Rwanda .[ 2]
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