{"title": "Verleihung des Jonathan Swift Preises an Irene Dische", "start": "2026-11-08T11:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Zürich", "address": "Limmatquai 62, 8001 Zürich", "price": "Eintritt frei, Platzzahl begrenzt, Anmeldung unter info@literaturhaus.ch", "price_from": "0.00", "price_to": "0.00", "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/humor"], "description": "At the Literaturhaus Zürich, the international Jonathan Swift Prize for satirical and comic literature is awarded to Irene Dische. The prize, endowed with 20,000 Swiss francs, is presented there. The jury of Dirk Vaihinger, Ursula Zangger and Thomas Strässle praises Dische as a sharp observer of society who tells with cool compassion of eccentric personalities and family psychodynamics. 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The event is organised by the Stiftung Alterswohnungen of the City of Zurich, with readings by its author Esther Rein, a crime writer and editor. The novel combines murderous suspense with humorous observations of everyday life in Zurich. 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The poet appears as a revenant in a small memorial exhibition and is given a voice, without excusing his transgressions. The Zurich premiere traces the places of his life from Hittnau to the city of Zurich.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/warum-nur-warum-5978/", "official_url": "https://keller62.ch/reservation/warum-nur-warum", "image": "https://noky.io/images/1266d84148aed7e14802d0ad56c1551d9691b0186c1976b33744aa82ee067f24-2000.webp"}, {"title": "Alain Claude Sulzer – Szenenwechsel", "start": "2026-11-04T19:30:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Literaturhaus Zürich", "address": "Limmatquai 62, 8001 Zürich", "price": "", "price_from": null, "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature/reading"], "description": "At Literaturhaus Zürich, Alain Claude Sulzer reads from his new novel \"Szenenwechsel\" (Galiani 2026). The novel takes readers into the world of the theatre: the great director Simon Muthesius is dead, and his whole ensemble – dramaturge, diva, make-up artist, family members – is set in motion, each with their own story and some with an open score to settle. The event is moderated by Nicola Steiner, with a book table from Buchhandlung Hottingerplatz. With his elegantly crafted, many-voiced portrayal of society, Sulzer shows what remains of a life once fame has passed.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/alain-claude-sulzer-szenenwechsel-641/", "official_url": "https://literaturhaus.ch/veranstaltungen/alain-claude-sulzer-szenenwechsel/", "image": "https://noky.io/images/71f523e88a9641c2bb3ad2e80769f23488a886993a09415d4fc599b1a34d0728-600.webp"}, {"title": "James Joyce's Finnegans Wake", "start": "2026-11-05T19:00:00+01:00", "end": null, "place": "Zurich James Joyce Foundation", "address": "Augustinergasse 9, 8001 Zurich", "price": "", "price_from": "52.00", "price_to": null, "tickets_url": "", "category": "talks-readings", "tags": ["literature"], "description": "A reading group at the Zurich James Joyce Foundation that engages with James Joyce's Finnegans Wake together. The 1939 text is Joyce's most experimental, challenging and hilarious work, which some say is impossible to read – so instead it is played together. Martin Mühlheim is involved, and the group can be joined at any time without prior knowledge. It is made possible by the Friends of the Zurich James Joyce Foundation.", "url": "https://noky.io/en/zurich/events/james-joyces-finnegans-wake-59696/", "official_url": "", "image": "https://noky.io/images/5d4921e6a261a2a79ca006aaf52c512f2b3471b8b0e1db581c4e9b6c9a9b2e59-2000.webp"}]}