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'''Urs Allemann''' (1 April 1948 – 24 November 2024) was a Swiss writer and journalist.<br />
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==Life and career==<br />
Allemann was born on 1 April 1948 in [[Schlieren, Switzerland]], but grew up in [[Bonn]] and [[Berlin]]. He studied German and English at the [[University of Marburg]] and sociology and social psychology at [[Leibniz University Hannover]]. From 1975 to 1976 he was editor of the magazine ''[[Theater heute]]''. From 1986 to 2005 he was literary editor on the arts section of the ''[[Basler Zeitung]]'' newspaper in [[Basel]].<br />
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His work won several awards, including the [[Heimrad Bäcker Prize]] and the [[Swiss Literature Awards|Swiss Literature Prize]].<ref>[http://www.literaturpreise.ch/de/archiv/schweizer-literaturpreise2014/urs-allemann/ www.literaturpreise.ch]{{Dead link|date=August 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> He is known for his experimental prose style and has courted controversy in the past: his 1992 novel ''Babyfucker'' caused a minor scandal when it was presented in a literary competition (where despite protests from some of the judges, it went on to win the second-place [[Prize of Carinthia]]).<ref>[http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/mln/summary/v123/123.5.greaney.html Patrick Greaney, 'Urs Allemann's Beginnings']</ref><br />
Alleman died on 24 November 2024, at the age of 76.<ref>[https://orf.at/stories/3377030/ Schweizer Autor Urs Allemann tot] {{in lang|de}}</ref><br />
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==Selected works==<br />
*''Fuzzhase''. Ammann, Zürich, 1988<br />
*''Öz & Kco: Sieben fernmündliche Delirien''. Ammann, Zürich, 1990<br />
*''Babyficker''. Deuticke, Vienna. 1992. (''[[Babyfucker]]'', translated by Peter Smith, Les Figues Press, 2010)<br />
*''Der alte Mann und die Bank: Ein Fünfmontagsgequassel''. Deuticke, Vienna, 1993. (''[[The Old Man and the Bench]]'', translated by Patrick Greaney, [[Dalkey Archive Press]], 2015)<br />
*''Holder die Polder''. Engeler, Basel, Weil am Rhein and Vienna, 2001<br />
*''schœn! schœn!'' Engeler, Basel and Weil am Rhein, 2003<br />
*''Im Kinde schwirren die Ahnen''. Engeler, Basel and Weil am Rhein, 2008<br />
*''In Sepps Welt''. Klever, Vienna, 2013<br />
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==External links==<br />
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