Writer
But I never thought of it as a profession. For a long time I thought that writing simply belonged to life, like eating, sleeping or breathing; but then other people told me that they never write. Since then, that idea has gone; and I have realized that I could make writing my profession.
Speaking of sleeping. So far, I haven't written anything that you can't read before falling asleep without hesitation. Gentle souls don't have to worry about that either, because I'm one of them. Before going to bed, I myself prefer to read Marcel Proust. His work covers several thousand pages and spares you violence and cruelty. In the meantime I have reached volume 7: Time Rediscovered. So, unfortunately, the end is near.
I was born in 1989 and live in Basel. With a view over the rooftops of the city, I write my novels and texts here. What drives me when I write are the thoughts and images in my head, the imagination and the joy of creating worlds. I often feel that stories are floating around between us humans, just waiting to be written down. But it's rarely easy to put multi-layered inspirations into tightly defined words. Much can get lost, but with luck some of it will stick between the lines, along with the space for imagination.
The literary world is very international - but isn't it also exciting what authors from the neighborhood write? Maybe even about the city you live in? Together with colleagues, I founded the Netzwerk lokal lesen. The project was funded by the Literature Committee of the Canton of Basel-Stadt and already has over 100 members from the Basel region. We make local literature visible with stickers, cooperations with bookstores and events. Our goal is to create awareness of how colorful and good the local literary scene is: www.lokallesen.ch
Interview with Andreas Urban for urbslit.de
https://www.urbslit.de/ich-schreibe-immer-so-wie-es-sich-in-meinem-kopf-anhoert
Podcast about books - from minute 27:31
5 Fragen vom Literaturensohn
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