Armin Öhri
Armin Öhri (born September 23, 1978) is a Liechtensteiner writer who was among the winners of the 2014 European Union Prize for Literature. He received it for Die dunkle Muse (The Dark Muse), the first novel of a crime series. Armin Öhri grew up in Ruggell and works in Switzerland. He has been active since 2009. His works are influenced by 19th century crime fiction. He is a best-selling author in Liechtenstein.
Life
[edit]Armin Öhri was born on 23 September 1978 and grew up in Ruggell in Liechtenstein.[1] He studied history, philosophy and German linguistics and literature at the University of Bern.[1][2] Öhri lives in Switzerland, where he works in education at a business school.[1] Öhri has been active as a writer since 2009. His works are influenced by 19th century crime fiction.[1]
Öhri' is a bestselling author in Liechtenstein.[3] His work includes stories and novels. His debut novel was published by van Eck Verlag in 2009, and was called Das Nachtvolk.[3] He switched to German publishing house Gmeiner in 2011.[3]
In 2014 Öhri was awarded the European Union Prize for Literature for his crime novel Die dunkle Muse (The Dark Muse).[1] The book was the first of a series of linked chronological historical crime novels. It is set in Berlin in 1865, and the protagonist is a student, Julius Bentheim, solving the question of why a philosophy professor murdered a prostitute.[1] His works have been translated internationally, and were bestsellers in Spain and South America.[3]
With author Daniel Batliner, Öhri founded Literatursalon in 2011, an organisation which hosts events and a website profiling Liechtenstein authors and writing.[4] He also founded the Liechtenstein Authors' Association 'IG Wort'.[3]
Works
[edit]- Das Nachtvolk. Erzählung. Van Eck-Verlag 2009. ISBN 978-3905881028
- Die Entführung. Erzählung. Gmeiner-Verlag 2010, ISBN 978-3905881097
- Sinfonie des Todes. Historischer Kriminalroman. Gmeiner-Verlag 2011, ISBN 978-3-8392-1145-8
- Die dunkle Muse. Julius Bentheims erster Fall. Historischer Kriminalroman. Gmeiner-Verlag 2012, ISBN 978-3-8392-1295-0. Translated into Albanian, Spanish, Italian and Croatian.
- Der Bund der Okkultisten. Julius Bentheims zweiter Fall. Historischer Kriminalroman. Gmeiner-Verlag 2014, ISBN 978-3-8392-1500-5
- Die Dame im Schatten. Julius Bentheims dritter Fall. Historischer Kriminalroman. Gmeiner-Verlag 2015, ISBN 978-3-8392-1729-0
- Die letzte Reise der Hindenburg. Kurzroman. E-Book, Gmeiner-Verlag, 2016 ISBN 978-3-7349-9213-1
- Professor Harpers Expedition. Historischer Roman. E-Book, Gmeiner-Verlag, 2016 ISBN 978-3-7349-9223-0
- Liechtenstein. Klein, aber oho Herausgeber. Gmeiner-Verlag, 2016, ISBN 978-3-8392-1986-7
- Liechtenstein. Roman einer Nation. Zeitgeschichtlicher Kriminalroman. Gmeiner-Verlang 2016, ISBN 978-3-8392-1978-2
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e f "European Union Prize for Literature site's "about the author" page". Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 27 June 2020.
- ^ KG, Literatur-Couch Medien GmbH & Co. "Autor*in". www.histo-couch.de (in German). Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ a b c d e "Literatursalon.li - Armin Öhri". www.literatursalon.li. Archived from the original on 26 January 2025. Retrieved 22 April 2025.
- ^ "Uber uns". Literatursalon. Retrieved 23 April 2025.
