Lorenz Langenegger
Born 1980 in Gattikon, lives in Zurich. He studied Dramatics and Political Sciences in Bern, where first works for the the- atre were created. In 2003 he was one of the Swiss delegates at World Interplay in Townsville Australia. In 2005 his play „Nordwärts“ opened in Zurich at Theater an der Sihl. He participated in the Master Class MC6 with John von Düffel and in the Dramenprozessor, a new writing programme, where his play „Nah und hoch hinaus“ was created. It premiered at the National Theatre in Mannheim/Germany in March 2008. He was scholarship holder at the Stuttgarter Schriftsteller- haus, in Berlin, Krems and Kitzbühel. The play „Rakows Dom“ won the 4th playwright competition of the Schaubühne Berlin. 2008 he was participant of the International Resicency at the Royal Court Theatre in London. In Spring 2009 his first novel „Hier im Regen“ was published by Jung und Jung in Salzburg.
