What is Markus Werner?
'''Markus Werner''' ({{IPA-de|vɛʀneʀ|lang}}; 27 December 1944 &ndash; 3 July 2016) was a [[Swiss people|Swiss]] [[writer]]. He was known as the author of the novels ''[[Zündels Abgang]]'' (''Zündel’s Departure'') and ''Am Hang'' (''[[On the Edge (novel)|On the Edge]]'').<ref>[http://www.tagesanzeiger.ch/kultur/markus-werner-ist-tot/story/15129330 Markus Werner ist tot] {{in lang|de}}</ref> He was born in [[Eschlikon]], [[Thurgau]]. From 1975 to 1985, he worked as a teacher, and from 1985 to 1990 as an assistant professor at the ''[[Kantonsschule]]'' (high school) in [[Schaffhausen]]. Werner died on 3 July 2016 in Schaffhausen, [[Switzerland]], aged 72. ==Works== * ''Bilder des Endgültigen, Entwürfe des Möglichen. Zum Werk Max Frischs'', Univ. Diss. 1974 (literally: “Pictures of the definitive. Drafts of the possible. About Max Frisch’s work”) * ''[[Zündels Abgang]]'', novel, 1984, {{ISBN|3-7017-1385-5}} (''[[Zündel’s Departure]]'') * ''Froschnacht'', novel, 1985, {{ISBN|3-7017-0424-4}}, {{ISBN|3-423-11250-6}} (literally: „Frog night“) * ''Die kalte Schulter'', novel, 1989, {{ISBN|3-423-11672-2}} (literally: „The cold shoulder“) * ''Bis bald'', novel, 1992, {{ISBN|3-7017-0758-8}}, {{ISBN|3-423-12112-2}} (2005/2006 in the [[book series]] ''[[Schweizer Bibliothek]]'') (literally: „Good bye“) * ''Festland'', novel, 1996, {{ISBN|3-7017-0969-6}}, {{ISBN|3-423-12529-2}} (literally: „Mainland“) * ''Der ägyptische Heinrich'', novel, 1999, {{ISBN|3-7017-1174-7}}, {{ISBN|3-423-12901-8}} (literally: „The Egyptian Heinrich“) * ''Am Hang'', novel, 2004, {{ISBN|3-10-091066-4}}, translated into English by [[Robert E. Goodwin]] as ''[[On the Edge (novel)|On the Edge]]'', 2013, {{ISBN|978-1590176528}} ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Werner, Markus}} [[Category:1944 births]] [[Category:2016 deaths]] [[Category:Swiss writers]] [[Category:People from Thurgau]]