Tim Krohn
Landis & Gyr Stiftung Residency
2002
Tim Krohn is a German-born writer, living and working in Switzerland. He is best known for the novels Quatemberkinder (1998); Irinia’s Book of Careless Love (2000); Vrenelis Gärtli (2007); Ans Meer (2009); Herr Brechbühl is looking for a cat (2017); and Erich Wyss practices free fall (2017). He is also the author of the short story collections, From the life of a mattress of the best quality (2014) and Nachts in Vals (2015), as well as numerous plays. He is the winner of multiple prizes, including the Berlin Open Mike, the Conrad Ferdinand Meyer Prize, the Prize of the Swiss Schiller Foundation and the Culture Prize of the Canton of Glarus.
Landis & Gyr Stiftung, Switzerland
The Landis & Gyr foundation awards studio scholarships to Swiss artists and cultural professionals in London, Budapest, Sofia and Zug. Its London-based residency partnership with Acme was established in 1987, and provides six month long work/live opportunities for ten Swiss artists per year. Artists are selected for the programme directly by Landis & Gyr Stiftung and must demonstrate a track record of achievement in their field. Over two hundred visual artists, curators, writers, musicians and composers have benefitted from the programme. Residencies are based in Stepney, E1 and are available to Swiss residents only
For more information visit lg-stiftung.ch.
