Autor/-in: Romano Cuonz

Romano Cuonz was born in Chur in 1945 and today lives in Sarnen. Original profession: secondary and vocational school teacher. From 1978 to 2010, editor and presenter at Radio DRS I. Writer and columnist. Publications in Swiss dialect and German. Poetry includes Wenn d Sunnä durä Näbel schynd. Short stories include Schräg in der Landschaft (Verlag Martin Wallimann). Theater pieces and radio plays include Z’ Läid und z’ Trotz (Radio DRS) and Häxä machä (Theater Giswil). Essays include Franz Josef Bucher – Josef Durrer (Brunner Verlag); Viktor Röthlin Marathonläufer. Selected awards and honors: Federer Buchpreis (Federer Book Prize) 1988. Schweizerischer Preis für Mundartliteratur (Swiss Prize for Literature in Dialect) 1999. Kulturpreis des Kantons Obwalden (Culture Prize of Canton Obwalden) 2013.