Paul Nizon


Paul Nizon is a Swiss art historian and writer.

Biography

The son of a Jewish chemist from Vitebsk and a Swiss mother, after leaving school he studied history of art, classical archaeology and German language and literature in the universities of Bern and Munich. He obtained his doctorate in 1957 with a thesis on Vincent van Gogh. He worked as an assistant at the Historisches Museum in Bern until 1959. In 1960, he was awarded a scholarship at the Swiss Institute in Rome. In 1961, he was a leading art critic of the Neue Zürcher Zeitung. Since 1962 Nizon, who has lived in Paris since 1977, has been a freelance writer. He has held various guest lectureships, including in 1984 in the Johann Wolfgang [Goethe University of Frankfurt am Main|University of Frankfurt am Main] and 1987 in Washington University in St. Louis. Nizon's estate is archived in the Swiss Literary Archives in Bern.

Selected bibliography

Die gleitenden Plätze Canto Diskurs in der Enge Im Hause enden die Geschichten Untertauchen. Protokoll einer Reise Stolz Das Jahr der Liebe. My Year of Love, trans. Jean M. Snook Im Bauch des Wals Hund Abschied von Europa
  • ''Das Fell der Forelle''

Journals

Die Innenseite des Mantels. Journal 1980–1989 Die Erstausgaben der Gefühle. Journal 1961–1972 Das Drehbuch der Liebe. Journal 1973–1979 Die Zettel des Kuriers. Journal 1990–1999 Urkundenfälschung. Journal 2000–2010
  • ''Der Nagel im Kopf. Journal 2011–2020''

Awards and honors

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