Jonas Lüscher

His first novel, Frühling der Barbaren (Barbarian Spring, translated by Peter Lewis) was nominated in 2013 for both the Swiss Book Prize and the German Book Prize.

In 2011 Lüscher moved to the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zürich (Eidgenössische Technische Hochschule Zürich or ETH). There he embarked on a dissertation under the supervision of philosopher Michael Hampe on the work of Richard Rorty. In 2012–13 Lüscher was awarded a grant by the Swiss Government enabling him to spend nine months as Visiting Researcher in the Comparative Literature Department at Stanford University. At the end of 2014 Lüscher left ETH without completing his dissertation.

From 2009–2001 Lüscher researched ethics in science at the TTN Institute (Institut Technik-Theologie-Naturwissenschaften) at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich.

He spent a few years as a script editor and screenwriter for the Munich film industry. He then undertook studies at the Munich School of Philosophy from 2005 to 2009, earning a master's degree in 2009. At the same time he was working as a freelance editor.

Lüscher is a member of the PEN Centre Germany and began living in Munich in 2001.

Lüscher grew up in Bern where he later trained between 1994 and 1998 at the Muristalden Evangelical Teacher Training School (Evangelische Lehrerseminar Muristalden) to qualify as a primary school teacher.

Jonas Lüscher (born 22 October 1976 in Schlieren) is a Swiss-German writer and essayist.