Cédric Weidmann

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]

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Cédric Weidmann
Born (1991-07-29) 29 July 1991
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 (2017)
Website
cedricweidmann.ch

Biography

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

References
  1. "Aargauer Literaturhaus Lenzburg. Über uns. Das Team. Dr. Cédric Weidmann". 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  2. "Autor*innen. Cédric Weidmann". Skalpell Verlag. 2023. Retrieved August 23, 2023.
  3. 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

Bibliography

Dissertation

Articles, essays

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