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Simon
Christoph

Biography

Christoph Simon, born in Langnau im Emmental in 1972, is a freelance writer and cabaret artist living in Bern. He attended grammar school in Thun and the Swiss Jazz School in Bern. He has a background of matriculation, various travels and career dead ends. His novels and texts have been translated into nine languages and have been honoured with various awards. He tours small theatres in Switzerland and neighbouring countries with his solo cabaret programmes. Christoph Simon is the winner of Canton of Bern Book Prize (2005 Planet Obrist, 2010 Spaziergänger Zbinden), two-time Swiss Poetry Slam Champion (2014 and 2015) and winner of the Salzburger Stier (2018), the most prestigious cabaret prize in the German-speaking world. ‘Die geschenkte Leiche’ is volume I of the Gertsch crime series and was published in autumn 2025 by Atlantis Verlag, an imprint of Kampa Verlag. ‘Die Regeln des Spiels’, the second volume in the Gertsch crime series, is due to be published in April 2026.

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Publisher

Books

  • Die Regeln des Spiels. Volume II Gertsch crime series. Atlantis Verlag, imprint of Kampa Verlag, Zürich 2026
  • Die geschenkte Leiche. Volume I Gertsch crime series. Atlantis Verlag, imprint of Kampa Verlag, Zürich 2025
  • Der Suboptimist, kleine Romane. Knapp Verlag, Olten 2021
  • und das nach vier milliarden jahren evolution, Gedichte. edition merkwürdig, Olten 2021
  • Die Dinge daheim, Erzählungen. Edition Taberna Kritika, Bern 2021
  • Viel Gutes zum kleinen Preis, Sammelsurium. Bilgerverlag, Zurich 2011
  • Swiss Miniatur, Erzählungen. Edition Baes, Zirl (AU) 2020
  • Spaziergänger Zbinden, Roman. Bilgerverlag, Zurich 2010 (paperback Unionsverlag, Zurich 2019)
  • ein pony in nachbars garten, ein rennpferd in meinem, Gedichte. Edition Baes, Zirl (AU) 2009
  • Häsin Mels und Hase Fitz und der Teichgruselgolz, children’s book. Kyrene, Vienna 2008
  • Planet Obrist, Roman. Bilgerverlag, Zurich 2005
  • Luna Llena, Roman. Bilgerverlag, Zurich 2003
  • Franz oder Warum Antilopen nebeneinander laufen, Roman. 2001 Bilgerverlag, Zurich 2001 (paperback Unionsverlag, Zurich 2018)

Translations:

  • Zbinden’s Progress, And Other Stories, London 2012 (German title: Spaziergänger Zbinden)
  • Franz albo Dlaczego antylopy biegna jedna obok drugiej, Jacek Santorski, Warschau 2005, (German title: Franz oder Warum Antilopen nebeneinander laufen)
  • Vocation: promeneur, Les éditions Zoé, Chêne-Bourg 2016 (German title: Spaziergänger Zbinden)
  • Spaziergänger Zbinden, Persian translation
  • Spaziergänger Zbinden, Russian translation, February issue 2021 of the “Inostrannaya literatura”
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