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
Born (1991-07-29) 29 July 1991 (age 33)
Affoltern am Albis, Affoltern District, Canton of Zürich, Switzerland
OccupationWriter, philologist, literary promoter
LanguageGerman
CitizenshipSwitzerland
Alma materETH Zurich
GenreShort prose, essay
Notable awardsWartholz Literary Prize [de] (2017)
Website
cedricweidmann.ch

Biography

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In 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 [de].[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 [de], Das Magazin [de], Das Narr [de] (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 [de] (2010),[3][7] winner of the national literary competition Permanent Place (German: Stammplatz, 2011)[3] and the Wartholz Literary Prize [de] (Austria, 2017).[1][2][8][9]

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Autor*innen. Cédric Weidmann". Skalpell Verlag. 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  3. ^ a b c W-Archiv (2023, Täterprofil)
  4. ^ "Das Kalkül der Verklärung in Sprache und Kapital. Dr. Cédric Weidmann". Zürcher Hochschule der Künste. 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ "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.
  7. ^ "Bronze für Stucky. 5. Schweizer Philosophie-Olympiade SPO 2010" (PDF). Walliser Bote (75): 19. April 1, 2010.
  8. ^ "Wartholz Literaturpreis an Cedric Weidmann". noe@ORF.at. March 12, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  9. ^ "Österreichischer Wartholz Literaturpreis für Schweizer Schriftsteller Cédric Weidmann". ch-cultura.ch. March 13, 2017. Retrieved August 23, 2023.

Sources cited

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Bibliography

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Dissertation

Articles, essays