Über den Autor Knellwolf, Ulrich
Ulrich Knellwolf, born in 1942, grew up in the German part of Switzerland. After studying theology in Basel, Bonn and Zurich, he graduated with a doctorate on the 19th-century Swiss author and priest Jeremias Gotthelf, who also combined narrative and theology. Knellwolf has been a priest since 1969 and published the first of many books in 1992. He is not only an acclaimed author of many short stories and novels, but has also written influential academic essays, treatises and books in the field of theology. He is much respected and has won many significant awards for his work.