Cédric Weidmann (born 29 July 1991) is a Swiss writer, philologist and literary promoter. He holds a doctorate from the ETH Zurich (2022).[1][2]
Cédric Weidmann | |
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| Born | 29 July 1991 Affoltern am Albis, Affoltern District, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland |
| Occupation | Writer, philologist, literary promoter |
| Language | German |
| Citizenship | Switzerland |
| Alma mater | ETH Zurich |
| Genre | Short prose, essay |
| Notable awards | Wartholz Literary Prize (2017) |
| Website | |
| cedricweidmann | |
Biography
editIn 2006, at the age of 15, Cédric Weidmann created his first author literary blog.[3] He participated in cantonal and national literary competitions, published in literary periodicals, studied and then taught Germanistics, literary theory, and economic history at ETH Zurich.[1][2]
Since 2013, he has been a member of the editorial board of the Zurich countercultural magazine delirium.[1][2]
In 2022, he defended his doctoral dissertation, "Anticipating Nostalgia. Calculating the transformation of language and capital" (German: Antizipation der Nostalgie. Das Kalkül der Verklärung von Sprache und Kapital), in which, based on the material of science fiction works and political-economic theories, including the Marxist theory of surplus value, he developed a typology of nostalgia as a sociocultural phenomenon that devalues the past in favor of the future ("productive" type) or the future in favor of the past ("extractive" type).[4] In the same year, he became the head of the Aargauer Literaturhaus in Lenzburg, an institution in whose work he had been actively involved since 2009.[1][2][5]
Weidmann has published short stories, articles, essays on science fiction, futurology, video games, collective literary practices, and the relationship between literature and economics in various German-language media, including delirium, entwürfe, Das Magazin, Das Narr (Switzerland), The Gap (Austria), Süddeutsche Zeitung, litradio (Germany),[6] the thematic anthology Biocatalyst. Psychoactive Literature (German: Wirkstoff. Psychoaktive Literatur, 2022), etc.[2]
Weidmann is the silver medallist of the Swiss Philosophy Olympiad (2010),[3][7] winner of the national literary competition Permanent Place (German: Stammplatz, 2011)[3] and the Wartholz Literary Prize (Austria, 2017).[1][2][8][9]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Aargauer Literaturhaus Lenzburg. Über uns. Das Team. Dr. Cédric Weidmann". 2023. Archived from the original on August 22, 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Autor*innen. Cédric Weidmann". Skalpell Verlag. 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ a b c W-Archiv (2023, Täterprofil)
- ^ "Das Kalkül der Verklärung in Sprache und Kapital. Dr. Cédric Weidmann". Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ Raymann, Anna (May 16, 2022). ""Ich kenne die Möglichkeiten": Was der Rückkehrer aus Zürich aus dem Aargauer Literaturhaus machen will. Mehr ein Zurückkehren denn ein Neuanfang: Cédric Weidmann hat viele Jahre das Jugendprogramm orchestrier, nun leitet er das Aargauer Literaturhaus in Lenzburg". Aargauer Zeitung. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ "Cédric Weidmann. Texte des Monats 2013: Abschlusslesung. Die Gewinnerinnen und Gewinner des Schreibwettbewerbs des Literaturhauses 2013 lesen aus ihren Texten". litradio. 2014. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ "Bronze für Stucky. 5. Schweizer Philosophie-Olympiade SPO 2010" (PDF). Walliser Bote (75): 19. April 1, 2010.
- ^ "Wartholz Literaturpreis an Cedric Weidmann". noe@ORF.at. March 12, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- ^ "Österreichischer Wartholz Literaturpreis für Schweizer Schriftsteller Cédric Weidmann". ch-cultura.ch. March 13, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
Sources cited
edit- "W-Archiv" (Official website). Cédric Weidmann. 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
- "Cédric Weidmann". Academia.edu. 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
Bibliography
editDissertation
- Weidmann C. (2022). "Abstract/Zusammenfassung" (PDF). Antizipation der Nostalgie. Das Kalkül der Verklärung von Sprache und Kapital: Abhandlung zur Erlangung des Titels Doktor der Wissenschaften (Dr. sc. ETH Zürich). Zürich: [ETH]. doi:10.3929/ethz-b-000602289. hdl:20.500.11850/602289.
Articles, essays
- Weidmann C. (May 2013). "Eine Chance". Literaturhaus Zürich.
- Weidmann C. (September 30, 2016). "Filmische Buchbesprechung zum Werk Kracht, Christian. (2016). Die Toten: Roman (2. Auflage ed.). Köln: Kiepenheuer & Witsch". Zenodo.
- Weidmann C. (October 8, 2018). "Der diskrete Charme des angewandten Ballardismus. Mark Fisher, Nina Power, Nick Land: Was hat es auf sich mit der Begeisterung so vieler Zukunftsphilosophen für J. G. Ballard?". Süddeutsche Zeitung.
- Weidmann C., Fanzun S. (2019). "Randkulturen. Lese- und Gebrauchsspuren in Autorenbibliotheken des 19. und 20. Jahrhundertss (Tagung in Zürich v. 15.–17.11.2018)" (PDF). Zeitschrift für Germanistik. 29 (3). Bern: Peter Lang: 620–621. doi:10.3726/92165_620.
- Fanzun S., Weidmann C. (April 1, 2020). "How Likely Is It to Be a Bat?". Pop-Zeitschrift.
- Weidmann C. (2022). "Letzte Besorgnisse". Wirkstoff. Psychoaktive Literatur: Anthologie. Niki Grieser, Patrizia Huber (Hg.). Zürich: Skalpell Verlag, delirium. ISBN 978-3-9525-0064-4.
